Courtesy of NAA:
The recording is now available for NAA’s recent webinar featuring Amanda Carr, with Plauche and Carr LLP. Amanda provided an excellent overview of the Endangered Species Act as it relates to aquaculture and details about current and potential changes on the horizon. Watch the recording anytime and contact Charlie for additional information.
Webinar Overview:
The Endangered Species Act provides a program for the conservation of threatened and endangered animals and plants and the habitats in which they are found. This webinar will provide an overview of the Endangered Species Act and cover recent developments related to federal regulation revisions, litigation, mitigation requirements, federal administration transition, and the Section 7 consultation process, highlighting considerations specific to the United States aquaculture community.
About the Speaker:
Amanda Carr represents private, public, and nonprofit clients in environmental, natural resource, climate, and land use matters. She counsels clients on strategic planning, project permitting, policy development, regulatory compliance, emerging and established ecosystem markets, natural resource damage assessments, and enforcement actions under federal, state, and local laws and regulations including the Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, Clean Air Act, Oil Pollution Act, and national and state environmental policy acts.
Amanda frequently serves as both advocate and project manager for complex projects, including those that require regulatory approvals from or coordination among multiple agencies, and also represents clients in administrative and judicial litigation. Her clients have included shellfish aquaculture farmers, state agencies, mitigation and conservation bank sponsors, ecosystem market investors, non-profit organizations, industry associations, and commercial and residential landowners and developers. She is a founding partner of Plauché & Carr LLP, a natural resources and environmental law firm established in 2009 with offices in Seattle, Washington; Baton Rouge, Louisiana; and Minneapolis, Minnesota.