Members of the Permian Basin Petroleum Association will gather for their 53rd annual meeting in mid-October in Midland with a vigilant eye on efforts to protect their interests from growing Washington encroachment. The group's 53rd annual convention begins on Wednesday, Oct. 14 with a reception at the Permian Basin Petroleum Museum. Panels, speakers and the member luncheon will be held Oct. 15 at the Petroleum Club of Midland. In mid-August, the association was awaiting a ruling from U.S. District Judge Robert Junell on motions for summary judgment in PBPA's challenge of a U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service decision in March to list the lesser prairie chicken as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. "PBPA and its individual members have made numerous efforts to protect the prairie chicken," assesses PBPA Chairman Danny Campbell, president of Henry Resources in Midland. "Our efforts and our court filing focus on the single issue of listing the bird. We are making every effort to keep it very focused. Thus far, we have been successful in keeping the challenge here in Midland. Whatever ruling comes forth, it will be the first on efforts to push back on this issue. At this point, we don't know which way this will go."
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