As we previously reported, in August 2015, a U.S. District Court in San Francisco nullified the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s new rule increasing the length of programmatic permits to “take” bald and golden eagles from 5 years to 30 years. Shearwater v. Ashe, No.14-CV-02830-LHK (N. Dist. Ca, Aug. 11, 2015). In
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How Far Will USFWS Expand Incentives for Voluntary Conservation Actions Under the Endangered Species Act?
By Julie Jones on
Posted in Endangered Species
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service tries to encourage landowners to take voluntary steps to benefit species that might become threatened or endangered. The hope is that the landowners’ conservation actions will prevent the species from declining to the point that listing is required. But as USFWS has recognized, the beneficial actions of one or…