New Jersey Invasive Species Bill
New Jersey Senate Bill 1029 has been pref-filed for 2025. It establishes the NJ Invasive Species Council. The Council would be tasked with developing a list of regulated invasive species that are subject to permitting requirements. Those species would be banned...
ALERT: Diamondback Terrapin ESA Listing
On September 19, 2024, the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) petitioned the National Marine Fisheries Service (informally known as NOAA Fisheries and an agency within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA) to list the Diamondback terrapin...ALERT: Federal Herp and Fish Regulations
On September 12, Representative Betty McCollum introduced HR9571, which will “amend the Animal Welfare Act to include cold-blooded species as animals, and for other purposes.” This will add reptiles, amphibians, fish, and cephalopods “as animals” under the Animal...“Chevron”
AGENCY DEFERENCE POST-KISOR AND LOPER For the last decade, the Supreme Court has progressively altered the case law on agency deference. The two landmark decisions on agency deference are now Kisor v. Wilkie, 588 U.S. 558 (2019) and Loper Bright Enterprises v....Become A member
