Tag: consultation

February 24, 2021

TWS supports proposed ESA consultation rules

The Wildlife Society is supporting a recent proposal that would streamline the consultation process for federal land management agencies under the Endangered Species Act. New rules for consultations under the...

January 21, 2021

New rules for ESA consultations proposed

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife and NOAA Fisheries are proposing to change the rules regarding how other federal agencies consult about effects on threatened and endangered species. Under a new...

April 30, 2020

Federal court sends pipeline permit back for consultation

A federal court vacated a permit issued by the Army Corps of Engineers for construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, which will carry crude oil extracted from tar sands...