We started with a modest grant in our Tennessee office in 2004 to follow up on a study of mitigation. We have since begun similar work and trained others in several states including Kentucky, Missouri, Louisiana, Iowa and Minnesota. Our “Yes Net Loss” project involves examining permits ...

State and federal agencies have been regulating the destruction of wetlands and streams under the concept of “No Net Loss” since the first Bush administration announced it in 1989. This means that permits to fill or alter public waterways are supposed to go through the hierarchy of ...

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According to one of its own scientists, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) knowingly uses flawed science in assessing the habitat and population of the endangered Florida panther. “I could no longer tolerate the scientific charade where agency officials pretended that the ...

Image: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission The Florida panther’s survival depends on the protection of remaining undeveloped lands throughout its habitat—including lands under federal, state, and private jurisdiction. But a large portion of remaining panther ...