On April 27, 2015, the Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, released the text (pdf) of the National Defense Authorization Act (Act), including language that would ban the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) from issuing its listing decision for the greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) through September 30, 2025. The Act would also limit the application of federal conservation plans for the species.
As we previously reported, the greater sage-grouse is a candidate species under the ESA. In 2010, the Service ...
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