COP16 en Colombia: El Futuro de la Biodiversidad
Stoel Rives Deeply Rooted Podcast Season 3 Episode 2: Forest Management, Endangered Species, and Regulatory Frameworks with Galen Schuler, General Counsel for Green Diamond Resources
On-Demand Webinar | Regulatory Uncertainty and Linear Infrastructure Projects: Where Are We and What’s Ahead?
The Water Values Podcast: Rolling Out AMI in San Francisco with Alison Kastama and Heather Pohl (Part 1)
The First Steps to a Paperless Law Office: Austin Lawyer D. Todd Smith
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
Under the Bureau of Land Management’s recently promulgated Conservation and Landscape Health Rule, 43 C.F.R. §§ 6100-6103.2, the BLM must seek to achieve “ecosystem resilience,” which encapsulates an ecosystem’s ability to...more
The 18th annual edition of the “NRD State Guide” has now been published . For nearly two decades, this Guide has provided companies, private practitioners, government officials, and researchers with a comprehensive overview...more
The United Stated Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) transmitted a September 9th letter to the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources (“Vermont”) addressing a Joint Petition from: Conservation Law Foundation....more
Ending four years of litigation in consolidated cases filed by the Nahant Preservation Trust, Inc. (“Nahant”) and Northeastern University (“Northeastern” or “the University”), the Massachusetts Appeals Court determined that...more
At its October 10 meeting, the California Fish and Game Commission (the Commission) unanimously found that a petition to list the western burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia hypugaea) as an endangered or threatened species in...more
On September 27, 2024, Governor Gavin Newsom signed California Assembly Bill 1889, the “Room to Roam Act.” The Act amends Section 65302 of the Government Code to add certain fish, wildlife, and habitat connectivity...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has issued a September 2024 document titled: Action Plan to Reduce Exposure of Vulnerable Federally Listed Endangered and Threatened Species from the Use of...more
On September 25, 2024, USDA’s Acting Deputy Administrator of Farm Programs issued a Notice to all Farm Service Agency (FSA) State and County Offices, directing them to cease processing and/or approving offers of enrollment or...more
There’s no shortage of laws or regulations governing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). But how PFAS are defined across federal and state programs is far from consistent....more
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
The United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service (“NRCS”) issued a September news release announcing funding for the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (“ACEP”) for fiscal year 2025....more
En este episodio de "A Lo Legal En Par Minutos", nuestro socio Edwin Cortés habla con José Vicente Zapata, socio del área de energía, sobre el próximo evento COP16 en Colombia, que se enfocará en la biodiversidad y el medio...more
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
The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) and 27 other bird and wildlife conservation organizations from 23 states submitted a Petition to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) styled: Petition for...more
On September 4, 2024, the Center for Biological Diversity, along with more than 20 other groups, (collectively, CBD) delivered a petition (Petition) to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) in which CBD requested the...more
El Congreso de la República de Colombia aprobó el pasado 8 de agosto la Ley 2415 de 2024, por medio de la cual se declaró el Río Ranchería como sujeto de derechos, reconociéndole al río los derechos de conservación,...more
On August 16, 2024, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) issued a Request for Information (RFI) seeking input on its formulation of processes, priorities, and criteria for...more
For most, the Farm Bill is understood to provide a safety net for the nation’s agricultural producers and a nutrition-assistance program for the nation’s most vulnerable. This understanding is generally correct; the Farm...more
The Northwest Arkansas Land Trust (“Trust”) issued an August 5th news release stating that it had entered into a partnership with the Ozark Natural Science Center (“Center”). The stated purpose of the partnership is to...more
In this Alert, we review the impact of the recent acceptance by the Japan Diet of the 2009 Amendment to the London Protocol. Acceptance of the Amendment provides a critical enabler for the export of CO2 from Japan for...more
Public hearing dates have been set to discuss the January 1, 2025, rule changes affecting freshwater wetlands jurisdiction and classification in New York. The hearings will be held virtually on WebEx at 1:00 p.m. and 6:00...more
As part of its ongoing climate policy and environmental justice efforts, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) recently issued policy guidance intended to ensure that the agency’s permitting...more
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
Intentional genomic alterations (IGAs) in animals refer to deliberate changes made to the genetic material of animals. These alterations are designed to introduce, remove or modify specific traits in animals for various...more