I think that if the Fish and Wildlife Service truly wants to recover species, they need to tell us what they want or let the States and loca...
Will the Agency provide a timeline for when future development occurs for the elements a species needs in critical habitat?
My biggest concern is the part that habitat could develop at some undetermined time in the future.
I want to focus my questions on the rule allowing for critical habitat designation if the land merely has the potential to develop primary c...
Could an adverse modification be used to stop stream diversions because the water is needed in a downstream critical habitat for a fish?
You know, the gentleman's time has expired.
Bottom line, these sweeping policies will require more Federal permitting that is already bogged down in bureaucratic processes.
The aggregate result is broad-sweeping changes with minimal input from the American public.
These new rules could significantly alter activities in areas newly proposed or already designated as critical habitat.
We need a clear distinction in our minds about what constitutes conservation: on-the-ground stewardship or repeated court battles.
these new rules could alter activities in areas newly proposed or already designated as critical habitat.
this committee must look at the Administration's actions on critical habitat designations because they expand the scope of the Endangered Sp...
We need a 21st century conservation ethic that is consistent with the movement that the American people have made in their understanding of ...
the regulations will also likely encourage increased ESA litigation and closed-door ESA settlements between the Services and litigious group...
the Services are unilaterally promulgating rules that change and expand critical habitat designations without congressional input.
2,400 jobs have been lost in the energy sector in Wyoming since January, and I believe it is directly a result of the EPA actions.
many existing wells will be shut in and new wells not developed, denying the Federal Treasury much larger royalties
I think it is fair to say that we all want to reduce unnecessary venting and flaring of natural gas.