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Byrne Supports Reforms to Endangered Species Act

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday, July 30, Congressman Bradley Byrne (R) voted in support of H.R. 4315, the Endangered Species Transparency and Reasonableness Act. The legislation is the first attempt in 26 years to renew and reform the Endangered Species Act, which was created in 1973 to protect and recover key domestic … Continued

August 1, 2014

As Georgia Drought Crisis Looms, Fish and Wildlife Service Approves Corps of Engineers Emergency Plan to Conserve Reservoir Water

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has approved a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plan to cut the amount of water flowing from Woodruff Dam into the Appalachicola River from 5,000 cubic feet of water per second (CFS) to 4,500 CFS. The USFWS biological opinion released to the … Continued

May 24, 2012

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Lists the Snuff Box Mussel as Endangered Species

By Brandon MoseleyAlabama Political Reporter In a press release, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that the federal agency had listed two freshwater mussels – the rayed bean and the snuffbox – as endangered under the federal Endangered Species Act. The two mussels are found in river systems in the eastern United States. The … Continued

February 15, 2012