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Iconic Monarch Butterfly Designated for Possible Endangered Species Act Protection: Potential Impacts on Agriculture

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On December 12, the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) issued a proposed rule to list the monarch butterfly as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA). Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and...more

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USFWS lists Monarch Butterfly as Threatened under Endangered Species Act

On December 12, 2024, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) proposed listing the monarch butterfly as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). This proposal includes a 4(d) rule offering species-specific...more

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U.S Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes to List the Monarch Butterfly as Threatened, Seeks Comments on Developing a Final Rule

On December 12, 2024, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (the “Service”) published notice in the Federal Register of a proposed rule to list the monarch butterfly as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act...more

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The Butterfly Effect: FWS Proposes Nationwide Threatened Species Listing for Monarch Butterfly

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On December 12, 2024, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) proposed listing the monarch butterfly as a threatened species with a special section 4(d) rule under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The special 4(d) rule...more

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Issues Final Northern Long-eared Bat and Tricolored Bat Guidance

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On Wednesday, October 23, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) released final guidance and tools (Final Guidance) to assist project proponents with Endangered Species Act (ESA) compliance with respect to the northern...more

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes Listing, Designating Critical Habitat for Kentucky Creekshell

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On September 17, 2024, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) proposed listing the Kentucky creekshell (Villosa ortmanni) as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and designating critical habitat...more

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Federal Court Orders Re-do of Golden-Cheeked Warbler Petition Review

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On September 5, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas held in General Land Office v. U.S. Department of the Interior, that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) improperly denied a petition to...more

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Service Lists Suwannee Alligator Snapping Turtle as Threatened with a 4(d) Rule

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On June 27, 2024, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) issued a final rule listing the Suwannee alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelids suwanniensis) as a threatened species with a 4(d) rule under the Endangered...more

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Dunes Sagebrush Lizard Earns Spot on Endangered Species List

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On May 20, 2024, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) published a final rule listing the dunes sagebrush lizard (Scleroperus arenicolus) (DSL) as endangered (Final Rule) under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). In the...more

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FWS and NMFS Return to Stricter ESA Rules and Reverse Recent Streamlining Measures

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) (together the Services) have issued three final rules effective May 6, 2024...more

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Endangered Species Act: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Finalizes Rule to Revise Criteria for Designating and Delisting Species and...

On Friday, April 5, 2024, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (the “Service”) finalized a rule clarifying the procedures and criteria for listing, reclassifying, and delisting species on the Lists of Endangered and Threatened...more

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Updates Permitting Regulations

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Tomorrow, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) will publish its final rule updating regulations implementing section 10 of the Endangered Species Act (Section 10), which addresses the agency’s issuance of incidental...more

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Revisions to Endangered Species Act ‎Regulations Reverse Some Trump, ‎Keep Some Trump, Raise ‎Opportunity for Mischief

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On April 5, 2024, The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (“USFWS”) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (“NMFS”) (collectively, the “Services”) finalized a series of rules reversing certain revisions to the Services’...more

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FWS Prepares for Tricolored Bat Listing With New Guidance

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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) continues to focus on protections for bat species that have been ravaged by white-nose syndrome. In 2023, the Northern Long-Eared Bat (NLEB) was uplisted to endangered status. The FWS...more

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Services Finalize Endangered Species Act Regulatory Revisions

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On March 27, 2024, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) (collectively, the Services) made available pre-publication versions of the agencies’ long-awaited updates to...more

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Groups Petition California Fish and Game Commission to List Western Burrowing Owl

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On March 5, 2024, the Center for Biological Diversity and several other groups submitted a petition to the California Fish and Game Commission (the Commission) to list the western burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia hypugaea)...more

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Unified Agenda Forecasts Proposed and Final Listings and Critical Habitat Designations for Species Found in Eastern States

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As previously reported, on December 6, the Biden Administration published the Fall 2023 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (Unified Agenda), outlining the various regulatory and deregulatory actions the...more

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Unified Agenda Forecasts Anticipated Timing of ESA Regulations

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As we have previously reported, on December 6, the Biden Administration released the Fall 2023 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (Unified Agenda). The Unified Agenda, published twice a year, lists the...more

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Western States Will See Species Listings, Critical Habitat Designations According to Unified Agenda

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As we have previously reported, on December 6, the Biden Administration released the Fall 2023 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (Unified Agenda), which lists the regulatory and deregulatory actions that...more

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Unified Agenda Foretells Species Listings, Critical Habitat Designations for Texas

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On December 6, the Biden Administration released the Fall 2023 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (Unified Agenda), which lists the regulatory and deregulatory actions the various federal administrative...more

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Service Lists Population of North American Wolverine as Threatened with Interim 4(d) Rule

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On November 30, 2023, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) published a final rule listing a distinct population segment (DPS) of the North American wolverine (Gulo gulo luscas) as a threatened species under the...more

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Western Pond Turtle Listing Will Impact Land and Water Managers Throughout the Western U.S.

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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has proposed listing the northwestern pond turtle (Actinemys marmorata) and the southwestern pond turtle (Actinemys pallida) as threatened species under the federal Endangered Species...more

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes Listing Oblong Rocksnail, Once Believed Extinct

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On October 31, 2023, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) proposed listing the oblong rocksnail (Leptoxis compacta) as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The freshwater snail exists only in...more

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District Court Upholds Final Rule Downlisting American Burying Beetle

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On September 30, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted summary judgment in favor of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) in a case challenging the agency’s final rule downlisting the...more

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Service Proposes Listing Two Pond Turtle Species and Short-tailed Snake as Threatened with 4(d) Rules

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On October 3, 2023, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) published two proposed rules to list three species—the northwestern pond turtle (Actinemys marmorata), the southwestern pond turtle (Actinemys pallida), and the...more

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