Esa Blawg

"Includes federal register and case law summaries, editorial-style 'ESA musings,' and hundreds of links to useful resources on endangered and threatened species."

Author: Keith Rizzardi is a managing attorney for the South Florida Water Management District.

Blawg Related Categories: Administrative Law • Environmental Law

Recent Posts from ESA Blawg

FWS proposes to list salmon-crested cockatoo and BC populations of Queen Charlotte Goshawk, reduces critical habitat for La Graciosa Thistle
74 Fed. Reg. 56770 / Vol. 74, No. 211 / Tuesday, November 3, 2009 / Proposed Rules DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service 50 CFR Part 17 Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants;…
FWS proposes largest ever critical habitat designation with over 200,000 square miles for polar bears
74 Fed. Reg. 56058 / Vol. 74, No. 208 / Thursday, October 29, 2009 / Proposed Rules DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service 50 CFR Part 17 Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants;…
FWS revisiting status of arctic grayling, and still considering listing of northern leopard frog
74 Fed. Reg. 55524 / Vol. 74, No. 207 / Wednesday, October 28, 2009 / Proposed Rules DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service 50 CFR Part 17 Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants;…
Judge Wanger rejects commerce clause challenge to ESA
The Delta Smelt Consolidated Cases, 2009 WL 3273843 (E.D. Cal., Oct. 8, 2009) INTRO: This case concerns the United States Fish and Wildlife Service's (FWS) December 15, 2008 biological opinion (BiOp or 2008 BiOp) concerning…
FWS rejects petition to list American dipper in South Dakota
74 Fed. Reg. 55177 / Vol. 74, No. 206 / Tuesday, October 27, 2009 / Proposed Rules DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service / 50 CFR Part 17 Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and…
NOAA proposes to list population of spotted seals, and implements gear restriction rule to protect listed sea turtles in Gulf fishery
74 Fed. Reg. 53683 / Vol. 74, No. 201 / Tuesday, October 20, 2009 / Proposed Rules DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration / 50 CFR Part 223 Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and…
FWS proposes revised critical habitat for Buena Vista lake shrew
74 Fed. Reg. 53999 / Vol. 74, No. 202 / Wednesday, October 21, 2009 / Proposed Rules DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service / 50 CFR Part 17 Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and…
ESA news: dollars, cents, and undoing past nonsense
“FWS represents only about 7 percent of total federal expenditures related to the Endangered Species Act,” John Platt recently explained in his Scientific American article reviewing a 2007 U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service report on…
FWS proposes or finalizes critical habitat rules for Arroyo Toad, Red Legged Frog, Northern Sea Otter, and Preble’s Meadow Jumping Mouse
74 Fed. Reg. 52612 / Vol. 74, No. 196 / Tuesday, October 13, 2009 / Proposed Rules DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR / Fish and Wildlife Service / 50 CFR Part 17 Endangered and Threatened Wildlife…
FWS lists slickspot peppergrass as threatened species
74 Fed. Reg. 52014 / Vol. 74, No. 194 / Thursday, October 8, 2009 / Rules and Regulations DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service 50 CFR Part 17 Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and…