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Endangered No More: Legal Implications Of Life After The List ( March 2005 )
The Endangered Species Act (ESA) grabs more headlines than nearly any other federal environmental law. Perhaps this is rightfully so. The United States Supreme Court has described the ESA as “the most comprehensive legislation for the preservation of endangered species ever enacted by any nation.” -
Land Development in the New Millennium: Navigating Species, Wetlands, Water and Forest Issues ( February 2005 )
Private land development in California has recently become more complex because of a proliferation of environmental and land use permit approvals at all government levels. Although land development has historically been the province of local governments, federal and state laws that protect wetlands, species, forests and water resources have transformed the project approval process. As a result, land development in the new millennium has changed dramatically. -
Environmental Movement Is Catching Up To Wineries ( October 2004 )
High-profile prosecutions relating to unauthorized fill of wetlands, excessive runoff in violation of Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB) standards, and violation of the "take" provisions and/or critical habitat designations of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) have further raised the level of scrutiny for vineyards and other agricultural uses. Wineries and growers are well advised to evaluate and understand early in the process the environmental and land use issues relating to their property. -
Endangered Species: New Roadblocks to Designation of Critical Habitat ( September 2003 )
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has made expansive designations of "critical habitat" for wildlife species under the Endangered Species Act in the last three years. These designations typically encompass large swaths of land far beyond where a species is actually known to exist, often without the scientific and economic analyses required. -
Critical Habitat Regulations under the New Jersey Endangered and Nongame Species Conservation Act . . . Protecting Habitat or Combating Sprawl? ( September 2003 )
On July 15, 2003, Bradley Campbell, Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection ("DEP"), announced his plans to expand the scope of the New Jersey Endangered and Nongame Species Conservation Act ("State Act") by promulgating regulations that protect the habitat of threatened and endangered species. The State Act regulates the taking, possession, transportation, exportation, processing and sale of endangered and certain non-game species and, heretofore, has never been used by the DEP as a comprehensive tool to guide the use and development of land containing critical habitat. -
The Endangered Species Act ( January 1999 )
This primer provides an introduction to the Endangered Species Act. -
Digest of Federal Resource Laws of Interest to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service ( September 1999 )
Digest prepared by the Department of Interior of the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 199. -
Feathers Flying in Battle to Protect Pygmy Owls ( September 1999 )
New federal rules designed to protect the pygmy owl could stall growth near urban areas in Arizona, critics say. . -
California Streamlines Endangered Species Restrictions ( June 1999 )
Three recently enacted bills amend the California Endangered Species Act to address long-standing concerns of land.