Tag Archives: Energy

Upcoming Pacific Northwest Timberlands Management Seminar to Provide Timely Updates from Top Timber Sector Practitioners

By Svend Brandt-Erichsen on Posted in Conservation, Continuing Education, Critical Habitat, Legal, Legislation, Pacific Northwest, Regulatory Reform, Speaking Engagements, Timberland
On March 16, 2018, Nossaman Environment and Land Use Law Partner Svend Brandt-Erichsen will be serving as a member of the faculty for The Seminar Group’s CLE and Foresters program Pacific Northwest Timberlands Management: Regulations, Litigation, and Business Considerations.  The full conference, held from March 15-16, 2018, at the Portland, Oregon World Trade Center, will … Continue Reading

Department of the Interior Announces Actions to Expedite Energy Development with Potential Consequences for Listed Species

By Stephanie Clark on Posted in Consultation, Fish & Wildlife Service, National Marine Fisheries Service, Regulatory Reform
On October 25, 2017, the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) released a report entitled “Review of the Department of the Interior Actions that Potentially Burden Domestic Energy” identifying agency actions that potentially burden the development or use of domestic energy resources.  This report, generated in response to Executive Order 13783, identifies several “costly and … Continue Reading

Citing Conservation Plan and $45 Million in Funding, FWS Concludes Listing for Bi-State Population of Greater Sage Grouse is Unnecessary

By Ben Rubin on Posted in Fish & Wildlife Service
While the larger controversy is far from over, for the California and Nevada populations of the greater sage grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus), the controversy does appear to be put to rest.  In 2013, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) published a proposed rule to list the bi-state population as threatened under the Endangered Species Act … Continue Reading
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