We Can Now Exhale…

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…

(Not so) Critical Habitat

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…