Well, welcome back to a beginning of a new week! We hope you enjoyed your weekend!
Did anyone read The Houston Chronicle online over the weekend and their article, "How a legal battle over an
endangered chicken could reshape the Texas oil industry.” The current administration of the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service moved the Lesser Prairie Chicken to the endangered species
list last week. The reasons are the Lesser
Prairie Chickens numbers have decreased to about 32,000, and some its habitats
which are protected have not solved the problem for decreasing populations, and
they are still losing habitat and are being separated by development. The
Endangered Species title triggers strict guidelines and conservation rules
which will affect all new oil and gas projects along five states where the
prairie chicken has habitat and lives. In
response to this, several of the same groups who challenged it in 2014 are back
at it again. Currently everyone from the
Permian Basin Petroleum Association to the Texas Attorney General, landowners,
and ranchers have all filed lawsuits to stop the decision. The current Texas Parks and Wildlife do not
agree with the decision they believe the current voluntary conservation is
working, and it may take decades to see real improvement. Well, we’re going to have to see how this
plays out, and if it will curtail new oil and gas development in the panhandle
and West Texas.
If you would like to check out the article in The Houston Chronicle, please click the
link: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/article/texas-endangered-chicken-17864887.php
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We hope you have a great week!
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