ESA

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...

A Nebraska landowner received a new contract last week to re-enroll a portion of his lands into the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) offered through the U.S. Department of...

Georgetown, TX –  Late Thursday, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas ruled against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) directing them to reconsider...

GEORGETOWN, TX – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) has announced a positive 90-day finding on a petition to remove the western distinct population segment (DPS) of the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA), American Stewards of Liberty (ASL), and Osage Producers Association have filed a lawsuit today against...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...