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The U.S. Interior Dept. today launched a 60-day comment period on the development of the “American Conservation and Stewardship Atlas,” which is intended to reflect baseline information on U.S. lands and waters already conserved or restored and serve as a tool to measure progress toward achieving conservation and restoration of at least 30% of U.S. lands and waters […]

The Coast Guard today announced the availability of the Northern New York Bight Port Access Route Study, which assesses the adequacy of existing vessel routing measures and recommends that five shipping fairways and one federal anchorage ground be established in the Study Area.  The Study was conducted to consider the need for recommended routing changes arising from the need

NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service today announced that the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will hold a hybrid in-person/virtual public meeting in Baton Rouge, LA on Jan. 24-26. Agenda items include a Bureau of Ocean Energy Management presentation on wind energy development in the Gulf of Mexico and discussion on a draft response letter to NOAA’s request for

NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service today announced that comments are being sought by Friday, Feb. 25 on the agency’s finding that substantial scientific or commercial information exists indicating that it may be warranted to (1) list the sunflower sea star as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act and (2) designate critical habitat.  The finding, made in

NOAA’s National Ocean Service today announced that it is seeking nominations through Friday, April 15 for five vacancies on the Hydrographic Services Review Panel (Panel) that will open on Jan. 1, 2023.  NOAA welcomes applications from individuals with expertise in marine navigation and technology, port administration, marine shipping or other intermodal transportation categories, cartography and geographic information systems, geodesy, physical oceanography,

NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service today announced that the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will hold a hybrid in-person/virtual meeting in Tampa, FL of its Standing, Reef Fish, Socioeconomic, and Ecosystem Scientific and Statistical Committees on Jan. 11-13. On Jan. 11, among other things Committees will review absolute abundance estimates for red snapper, greater amberjack, and other federally

NOAA and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced that they are seeking comments by Thursday, Jan. 20 on their intent to prepare a Monument Management Plan for the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument. The 2011 notice of intent to draft the Plan is being updated to include information relating to the monument’s expansion in

The White House today announced the release of the inaugural progress report on implementation of the administration’s “America the Beautiful” initiative to conserve at least 30% of U.S. lands and waters by 2030, as well the upcoming establishment of the Marine and Coastal Area-Based Management Federal Advisory Committee and Hunting and Wildlife Conservation Council as a Federal Advisory Committee. As

The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management today announced the completion of its Environmental Assessment of the potential impacts of issuing wind energy leases in ~800,000 acres in the New York Bight and its decision to issue a Finding of No Significant Impact. BOEM Director Amanda Lefton called the decision “an important step forward in advancing the Biden-Harris