We started the year with a week’s worth of suggestions: #1 for January 1, 2021: newly elected Michigan House members are sworn in today. Find your Michigan state representative and resolve to get to know her/him. #2 for January 2, … Continued
Today Attorneys for Animals responded to the latest in a long series of proposed regulations issued by the Department of Interior which weaken the Endangered Species Act; or priviledge oil and gas and other industrial uses of the land; or … Continued
You’ve likely never heard of the American Burying Beetle. Neither had we, until the species was downgraded from “endangered” to “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act by the US Fish and Wildlife Service, the agency charged with administering the Act. … Continued
On July 6, two court decisions breathed new life into the 50 year old National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. § 4321 et seq.; and, in one case, supported a broad interpretation of the Endangered Species Act. The decisions … Continued
Many federal agencies have been on the public’s radar during the last few months of the pandemic. The Department of Interior has not. We think it should be. “Some of the most cruel hunting practices again will be allowed on … Continued
*With apologies to the Nobel laureate and Columbian writer, Gabriel García Márquez “Since we all have time on our hands, do you think it’s a good time to write to our legislators? Or would it be better to get the … Continued
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End of summer means pumpkin spice latte in your favorite coffee shop, the beginning of school, and the return of legislators to the state and US capitols. In Michigan, we’ve seen two bills introduced this past month which the AFA … Continued
