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California Update: Here Comes El Nino While much of the West suffers through an epic drought that has contributed to a deadly fire season, state and local officials are bracing for a severe El Nino winter that could bring substantial rain along the...

The US Fish and Wildlife Service has released the “Guidance on Developing and Implementing a Myotid Bat Conservation Plan. http://www.fws.gov/westvirginiafieldoffice/PDF/WVFO_IBCP.pdf . Key teaching points about this guidance are raised in the following...

According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, California is experiencing severe to exceptional drought conditions. Twice in 2014, California Governor Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown, Jr. has issued proclamations regarding the State of Emergency related to...

On April 1, 2015, California Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. issued an Executive Order to address the significant drought conditions in the state. This Alert provides a summary of the key measures, which are effective immediately. 25-percent urban...

BROWN URGES CONSERVATION AS CA RUNS DRY: With the state facing its worst drought in decades, California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) urged Golden State residents last week to cut back their water usage wherever possible. Brown said residents should voluntarily...

By Mr. Michael Anderson Get the latest expert analysis on the federal "Roadless Area Conservation Rule," which bans road building and logging on millions of acres of national forest land in numerous states. This article includes an overview...

NEW ORLEANS - The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and other animal protection and conservation organizations filed a lawsuit in federal court June 30 against British Petroleum America Inc., British Petroleum Exploration & Production and British Petroleum...

How many miles would you need to drive to work, shopping, and other necessary places, from the home you're considering purchasing or renting? Increasingly, purchasers and renters are becoming as interested in mileage as they are in square footage...

By Richard D. Vetstein, ESQ Overview of Wetlands Regulations Massachusetts has one of the most restrictive wetlands and environmental codes in the U.S. Simply put you cannot do anything - not clear, cut, fill, dump (not even leaves, grass clippings...

As noted in a prior post, researchers have found that various pesticides act synergistically to harm salmon. The report by scientists of the Northwest Fisheries Science Center evaluated the effects of 5 of the most extensively used pesticides in the Pacific...

A recent FERC report notes that conservation measures by both business and residential electricity customers (known as demand response programs) could reduce peak demand by as much as 20%. The decreased demand could prevent the need for several hundred...

The common practice of catching only the larger fish in a population becomes an evolutionary pressure for later generations to stay small and grow slow, a problem seen emerging with a number of fish species commonly taken for food. A recent study suggests...

A number of strategies have been noted in prior posts for increasing marine life in a particular area. In terms of commercial fishing, two strategies that have shown some success have been a) the creation of islands of no-fishing, which allow all marine...

Many studies on various aspects of the global environment provide evidence that humankind is inflicting significant damage to the ecosystems that support human livelihoods. Many such studies also predict that ecosystems will take centuries to recover...