Monthly Archives: June 2021

EO Signing

Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts Issues Executive Order to Stop 30 x 30

Governor Pete Ricketts took unprecedented action and signed the “Stop 30 x 30 – Protect our Land and Water,” Executive Order 21-08 on June 24, 2021. The order directs Nebraska state agencies to take specific steps to prevent the implementation of President … Continue reading

American Stewards Helps Prepare Basis for Delisting the Golden-cheeked Warbler

(LMNS June 8, 2021) The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) placed the Golden-cheeked warbler (GCW) under federal protection in 1990, as an endangered species. The GCW’s habitat covers a wide swath of Texas land that stretches above Fort Worth and down … Continue reading

Voluntary Conservation Programs Not Enough to Keep Lesser Prairie Chicken Off Endangered List

(LMNS June 8, 2021) The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) has issued a new rule proposing to place the Lesser prairie chicken (LPC) on the Endangered Species list, again. In 2014, they issued a final rule to list the species as … Continue reading