On April 5, 2024, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) (collectively, the Services) finalized three sets of revisions to the regulations implementing the Endangered...more
The United States Forest Service (“Forest Service”) recently announced plans to amend all its land management plans for National Forest System units, affecting 128 plans in total. The Forest Service did so in a scoping notice...more
1/4/2024
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Conservation ,
Department of the Interior ,
Executive Orders ,
Forest Service ,
Forestry ,
NEPA ,
NFMA ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Shareholders ,
USDA
On May 17, 2023, in Center for Biological Diversity v. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (CBD v. FWS), the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals set aside parts of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (FWS) designation of critical...more
President Biden identified his goal "of conserving at least 30 percent of our lands and waters by 2030" (the 30x30 goal) in Section 216 of Executive Order No. 14008, "Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad" (EO 14008)...more
5/17/2021
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Biden Administration ,
Climate Change ,
Conservation ,
Department of Agriculture ,
Department of Environmental Quality ,
Department of the Interior ,
Departments of Commerce ,
Executive Orders ,
Farms ,
Forestry ,
Land Owners ,
Land Preservation ,
Proposed Legislation
Right out of the box, the Biden Administration took a decisive stance on the importance of climate costs in agency decision making, returning to Obama-era metrics and values. On his first day in office, President Biden issued...more
3/23/2021
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Clean Air Act ,
Clean Power Plan ,
Climate Change ,
Endangered Species Act (ESA) ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Executive Orders ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Habitat Conservation Plan ,
NEPA ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Working Groups
As previously described here, on July 16, 2020, the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) issued the first major revisions to its National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations since 1978, which become effective on...more
On July 16, 2020, the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) published its final rule in the Federal Register revising the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations (Rule). This Rule, which is scheduled to go into...more
On July 19, 2018, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS, and collectively with FWS, the Services) announced several proposed changes to the regulations implementing the...more
7/30/2018
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Critical Habitat ,
Delisting ,
Endangered Species ,
Endangered Species Act (ESA) ,
Environmental Impact Report (EIR) ,
Environmental Policies ,
ESA Listings ,
Incidental Take Permits ,
Proposed Rules ,
Public Comment ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Trump Administration ,
US Fish and Wildlife Service
The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) opened a 30-day comment period today to solicit comments on potential revisions to its regulations for implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). CEQ’s NEPA...more