CONSERVATION CONVERSATIONS Pete Gallagher Interviews Rachel Curran

You know Pete Gallagher from Florida Folk Show Saturdays on Radio St. Pete Sunshine 96.7 FM, where he hosts musicians and environmental activists to talk about important conservation issues. In today's Conservation Conversations episode produced by Tim Valle and hosted by Pete Gallagher, he interviews Rachel Curran,  Staff Attorney, Jacobs Public Interest Law Clinic for Democracy and the Environment,  Stetson University College of Law. Learn more about her here.
👉 Says Pete: "Rachel is equally considered a national environmental law expert and has written critical reviews for and participated in numerous important national and state environmental cases. She is also the Florida Programs Staff Attorney with Center for Biological Diversity; where she has written and participated in many state and national legal issues.
👉 WHAT YOU'LL LEARN Rachel Curran guides listeners through the many important legal issues, now pressing on the state and national tables regarding wildlife, the Gulf of Mexico, changes to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and more.
👉 Want to know more about the proposed rule they discuss? Learn more here. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/26/2025-18728/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-regulations-for-eleven-species-treated-as-listed-due. Protecting lookalikes, especially those with some genetic overlap, is important to ensure the listed species isn’t harmed by those who would claim to only be targeting or incidentally taking the lookalike species (and to protect the lookalikes themselves from becoming endangered).
👉 Jacobs Law Clinic - College of Law (stetson.edu)  provides a much-needed public service of pro bono legal aid while affording Stetson’s law students opportunities to represent underserved clients with hands-on case management and the development of the advocacy skills necessary to be successful attorneys.

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