HEMPSTEAD, TX – The Waller County Sub-Regional Planning Commission (Commission) filed suit in Travis District Court on Wednesday, October 26, against the Texas Department of...
Texas State Agency Sued for Failure to Coordinate
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Federal Rail Authority Controls Texas Department of Transportation
(Part 2 of a 2-Part Series on Federalism in Texas) On May 13, 2016, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) wrote a stunning letter to Waller County Judge Trey Duhon,...
EPA Trojan Horse Rolls Into Texas!
(Part 1 of a 2 Part Series) The State of Texas has a long history of opposing the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) regulatory edicts, but interestingly, the Sunset...
Coalition Challenges BLM’s Proposed Planning Rules
A coalition of Local Governments and Associations filed comments today, challenging the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) proposed revisions to their planning rules (81 Fed. Reg....
Coordination Requested on BLM’s Proposed Planning Rules
April 12, 2016, six Counties and three Conservation Districts representing seven Western states (the Coordinating Local Governments) issued a letter to the Bureau of Land...
BLM Proposes New Rules that Erode Coordination
Coalition of Local Governments Formed to Stop Proposed Rules February 25, 2016, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released proposed new rules that govern how they develop and...
ASL’s Beetle Petition Leads to Formal Status Review
Tuesday, March 15, 2016, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced its finding that American Stewards of Liberty’s (ASL) petition to delist the American Burying Beetle...
Two Court Victories with ASL Connection
On Monday, February 29th, and Tuesday, March 1st, 2016, two major court victories were announced on the Dunes Sagebrush lizard and Lesser Prairie chicken. Both of these issues...
ASL Files Notice of Intent to Sue for the Delisting of the American Burying Beetle
January 20, 2016, American Stewards of Liberty and its partners sent Notice of Intent to Sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) pursuant to the citizen suit provision...
Coordinating National Monument Plans
On February 12, 2016, President Obama withdrew another 1.8 million acres for permanent protection under the Antiquities Act. He created three new National Monuments in...
Separating the Men from the Boys
Coordination was recently described as the powerful tool for local governments that separates the men from the boys. The County Seat TV interviewed Kane County, Utah...
ASL Files Cave Bug Delisting Case
December 15, 2015, American Stewards of Liberty (ALS) and partners filed a case against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for failing to make a proper 90-day review of the...
Stage Set to Sue USFWS for Failing to Delist Species
American Stewards of Liberty (ASL) and its Delisting partners have filed two 60-day Notices of Intent to Sue for failing to delist the Bone Cave harvestman (a spider like cave...
COURT VACATES THREATENED RULING
Lesser Prairie Chicken Removed from ESA List As word spreads on how a Federal District Court in Midland, Texas has vacated the US Fish and Wildlife Service’s (Service) decision...
Beetle Petitioned for Delisting
ASL Files Fourth “De-list” Petition with USFWS to Remove Species that do not Warrant ESA Protection On August 18, 2015, American Stewards of Liberty (ASL), along with a broad...
USFWS Defers Complying with Law this Year
We recently filed a petition with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to delist the Navasota ladies’-tresses, a late summer flowering orchid that is currently known to reside in...
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