Nationwide Cattlemen’s Beef Affiliation (NCBA) welcomed the passage of two congressional resolutions that nullify the Biden administration’s Endangered Species Act (ESA) listings of the lesser prairie rooster and northern long-eared bat. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s itemizing of those two species undermines on-the-ground, voluntary conservation work and vastly overextends the footprint of the federal authorities on cattle operations, NCBA says.
“The Biden administration’s itemizing of the lesser prairie rooster and northern long-eared bat create quite a few challenges for cattle producers and fail to contemplate all of their crucial conservation work,” stated NCBA President Todd Wilkinson, a South Dakota cattle producer. “We admire Congress taking bipartisan, bicameral motion to nullify these two listings, and I thank the Home for passing these two joint resolutions.”
S.J. Res. 9 would nullify the lesser prairie rooster itemizing. NCBA says the itemizing is “extraordinarily regarding” as a result of it grants non-government third events the flexibility to evaluate cattle producers’ grazing administration plans. The lesser prairie rooster additionally solely survives resulting from producers’ conservation investments, and this rule fails to contemplate how livestock manufacturing helps the birds’ habitat.
S.J. Res. 24 would nullify the northern long-eared bat itemizing. The northern long-eared bat is declining resulting from White Nostril Syndrome, a naturally occurring illness that isn’t brought on by human exercise. NCBA says the itemizing disrupts cattle producers’ means to successfully handle their land.
Each resolutions have already handed the Senate and now go to the President for signature.
