Does the Order provide for any proactive ESA related activities with Indian tribes?
Upon the tribes’ request, the Services may review and assess tribal conservation plans and other measures for conserving sensitive species. This type of proactive consultation will allow the Services to become better acquainted with tribal positions and sensitivities and, consequently, allow the tribes a greater presence in the ESA activities of the Services. The Appendix of the Order goes to some length to state that Indian tribes will be given prompt notification of petitions, opportunities to participate in the ESA activity, ability to provide information, etc. How is this any different from the opportunities that are afforded the general public in this process? Through government-to-government protocols, the Services will make a special effort to include the affected tribes in significant ways in the ESA process. Face-to-face meetings would be standard protocol—not notices in the newspapers or other postings. The Services would solicit tribal information not only on the species a
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