Recent Updates to Federal Environmental and Natural Resource Regulations
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On Wednesday, March 23, 2022, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Proposed Rule) to reclassify the northern long-eared bat (NLEB) from “threatened” to “endangered” under the...more
In December 2016, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) issued new regulations that provide an important mechanism for renewable energy, transmission line and other development projects to obtain eagle “incidental...more
On December 16, 2016, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) issued a long-awaited final rule (Rule) revising the regulations that govern the Service’s eagle take permit program (Eagle Permit Program) under the Bald and...more