At the end of this post I am going to invite you to join us in a “Virtual Lobby Day” in Washington DC! In last week’s post we applauded all of the new administrative directives on the rapidly unfolding climate crisis, and…
Back in the darkening days of the previous administration, Rep. Raul Grijalva, Chair of the House Natural Resources Committee, introduced the Ocean Based Climate Solutions Act of 2020 – a roadmap to advancing our engagement with the ocean with a…
I was on a call yesterday with one of my many working groups – the “MMPA Coalition” focused on the Marine Mammal Protection Act. This august assembly of environmental and conservation specialists includes lawyers, scientists, “policy wonks,” lobbyists, and communications…
With much more than a sigh of relief; I can start breathing again more regularly as the wheels of our Republic start pulling out of the ditch they’ve been stuck in for some time now. But there is much more…
On August 5, 2020, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) proposed two definitions of the word “habitat” under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Both of their proposed definitions limited the agency’s ability…