NRECA Pleased with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Designation of Northern Long-Eared Bat as “Threatened”
Posted on Apr 3, 2015 in Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on NRECA Pleased with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Designation of Northern Long-Eared Bat as “Threatened”
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service classified the long-eared bat as “threatened” rather than “endangered” allowing electric co-ops to maintain power lines and rights-of-way in the species’ habitat. Had the FWS designated the bat as “endangered” co-ops would have been forced to choose between complying with reliability standards or complying with habitat protection rules. Read more about the NRECA reaction here.
