Endangered Species Act: Happy 50th Birthday at a Pivotal Moment
28 Dec 2023

Endangered Species Act: Happy 50th Birthday at a Pivotal Moment

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The Act reflects our democracy Zygmunt Plater, environmental law professor, Boston College, quoted in “50 years ago, Democrats and Republicans agreed to protect endangered species”Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, December 28, 2023 President Richard Nixon signed the ESA into law 50 … Continued

Lunch + Legislation: Prof. John Vucetich, Academic, Researcher, Scientist … and Policy Wonk
6 Nov 2023

Lunch + Legislation: Prof. John Vucetich, Academic, Researcher, Scientist … and Policy Wonk

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His book Restoring the Balance: What wolves tell us about our relationship with nature will be published in paperback in Feb. 2024, and is available for pre-order now. Watch the interview here. I’ve come to understand that to no longer … Continued

Lunch + Legislation #10: What’s Up with … Wolves
2 Aug 2021

Lunch + Legislation #10: What’s Up with … Wolves

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Learn about this complex issue in 14 slides. Links available in this document.

AFA Named to Wolf Management Advisory Council: We Ask a Wolf Advocate What it Means
29 Mar 2021

AFA Named to Wolf Management Advisory Council: We Ask a Wolf Advocate What it Means

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EDITOR’S NOTE: Nancy Warren is Executive Director of the National Wolfwatcher Coalition and a resident of the western Upper Peninsula who has advocated on behalf of wolves for nearly three decades. After AFA was named to the new Advisory Council, … Continued

They All Matter
9 Sep 2020

They All Matter

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You’ve likely never heard of the American Burying Beetle. Neither had we, until the species was downgraded from “endangered” to “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act by the US Fish and Wildlife Service, the agency charged with administering the Act. … Continued

3 Wins this Week and it’s only Tuesday
7 Jul 2020

3 Wins this Week and it’s only Tuesday

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On July 6, two court decisions breathed new life into the 50 year old National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. § 4321 et seq.; and, in one case, supported a broad interpretation of the Endangered Species Act. The decisions … Continued

Endangered…
16 Aug 2019

Endangered…

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Now it’s the Endangered Species Act itself that is endangered. Although it received overwhelming bi-partisan support when enacted in 1973*, but for years a political football, the Endangered Species Act (ESA) faces an existential challenge. The current administration this week … Continued