Comments on Proposed Endangered Species Status for the Dunes Sagebrush Lizard

IPAA submitted comments to the record for the Fish and Wildlife Service’s proposed listing of the Dunes Sagebrush Lizard, whose habitat is primarily the Permian basin. Teaming up with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the comments focus heavily on F&WS’s lack of consideration for voluntary conservation measures as well as F&WS’s failure to demonstrate why a listing decision is warranted.

 IPAA is committed to reasonable species conservation but many of the recent listing decision by the Biden Administration are a politically motivated shot directly at the oil and natural gas industry.