August 4, 2017 – Washington, D.C: Congressional leaders sent a letter to President Donald Trump requesting that his Administration be the first to ensure meaningful coordination...
March 27, 2017, Secretary of the Interior, Ryan Zinke, issued a Memorandum to the Acting Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) directing him to streamline the land use...
June 23, 2017 – GEORGETOWN, TX – The Hualapai Mexican vole or Hualapai vole (Microtus mexicanus hualpaiensis) of Northern Arizona is now the first ESA-listed domestic species to...
HEMPSTEAD, TX: The Texas Department of Transportation returned once again to Waller County on Monday, May 15, 2017 as ordered by a Travis County State District Court to...
January 6, 2017 – HEMPSTEAD, TX: A Travis County District Court on Thursday, January 5th, ruled that the Texas Department of Transportation (TXDOT) has a “duty to coordinate...
GEORGETOWN, TX: A diverse group of local governments, landowners and industry representatives has challenged the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) by filing a petition...
AUSTIN, TX – American Stewards of Liberty (ASL) and the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) have filed a Notice of Intent to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife...
December 28, 2016—GEORGETOWN, TX – The United States District Court for the Western District of Texas issued an order late last week granting the motion of the U.S. Fish and...
Today, counties in six western states and a soil and water conservation district filed suit in federal district court in Utah challenging new resource planning rules adopted by...
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...
(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,...
(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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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