Swordsmyth
07-02-2018, 09:58 PM
Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) released draft legislation (https://www.epw.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/b/9/b99b7ec0-cc53-4051-8827-9a1681602304/FD921A33A08582D2C2C4124BDE001F48.esa-amendments-of-2018-discussion-draft.pdf) on Monday that could severely undermine the Endangered Species Act
The proposed legislation would shift key authority for conserving threatened and endangered species away from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to individual states. States would be granted authority to write species recovery goals, habitat objectives, and other criteria for delisting at-risk animals and plants under the ESA.
State governors, who often oppose protections for endangered species, also would be granted the power to veto scientific decisions about those protections.
Barrasso’s proposal would also revamp the judicial review process for decisions to delist species under the ESA. “A determination to delist will not be subject to judicial review until the expiration of the monitoring period for a delisted species,” the proposed legislation says.
“The Western Governors’ Association appreciates the Chairman’s willingness to productively engage with Governors, and that the Chairman has approached this polarizing topic in an inclusive, thoughtful manner,” wrote South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard (R) and Hawaii Gov. David Ige (D). “The proposed bill reflects this fact and offers meaningful, bipartisan solutions to challenging species conservation issues.”
More at: https://thinkprogress.org/republican-senator-wants-to-undermine-law-that-saved-the-bald-eagle-de7a269ed313/
The proposed legislation would shift key authority for conserving threatened and endangered species away from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to individual states. States would be granted authority to write species recovery goals, habitat objectives, and other criteria for delisting at-risk animals and plants under the ESA.
State governors, who often oppose protections for endangered species, also would be granted the power to veto scientific decisions about those protections.
Barrasso’s proposal would also revamp the judicial review process for decisions to delist species under the ESA. “A determination to delist will not be subject to judicial review until the expiration of the monitoring period for a delisted species,” the proposed legislation says.
“The Western Governors’ Association appreciates the Chairman’s willingness to productively engage with Governors, and that the Chairman has approached this polarizing topic in an inclusive, thoughtful manner,” wrote South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard (R) and Hawaii Gov. David Ige (D). “The proposed bill reflects this fact and offers meaningful, bipartisan solutions to challenging species conservation issues.”
More at: https://thinkprogress.org/republican-senator-wants-to-undermine-law-that-saved-the-bald-eagle-de7a269ed313/