Judge Saves Sage Grouse Habitat From Trump Mining Plans
A federal judge said the Trump-era reversal of a mining ban in greater sage grouse habitat was without “reasoned explanation.”
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Feds Face Fresh Lawsuit to Protect Threatened Sage Grouse
Environmental groups sued the Trump administration in federal court Monday for failing to protect the endangered Gunnison sage grouse from cattle grazing across its southwestern Colorado habitat.
Read moreBi-State Sage Grouse
In a lawsuit filed Tuesday, environmentalists blast the Trump administration for ignoring sound science and withdrawing a proposal to list the bi-state sage grouse as threatened.
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Feds Withdraw Protections for California-Nevada Sage Grouse
The Trump administration continued its pattern of rolling back or declining to pursue protections for the greater sage grouse, the iconic bird which has seen its population numbers dwindle across a broad swath of rangeland in the American West.
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Judge Puts Kibosh on Oil & Gas Leases in Idaho Sage Grouse Country
A federal judge ruled Thursday that the Trump administration overstepped its authority in trying to expedite oil and gas development in sage grouse habitat.
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Judge Blocks Trump Plans to Raid Sage Grouse Habitat
A federal judge handed a victory to conservationists Wednesday, finding the Trump administration’s plan to boost energy development, mining and construction in greater sage grouse habitat should be halted while the two sides argue the merits.
Read moreFeds v. Sage Grouse
The Trump administration formally adopted revisions to land-use plans finalized in 2015 after years of fractious debate between states and the feds, revisions environmentalists say gut protections for the greater sage grouse and other species.
Read moreEnvironmentalists Sue Over Latest Sage Grouse Plans
Wednesday saw another chapter added to the acrimonious saga of the sage grouse as a coalition of environmental groups filed suit in Idaho over recent amendments to land use plans in seven western states.
Read moreUS Eases Land Restrictions Meant to Protect Sage Grouse
The Trump administration’s final land-use plans for seven Western states ease restrictions on mining and drilling, which critics say will further encroach on the habitat of an iconic bird species already in decline.
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The Native Ecosystems Council brought a federal complaint against Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke for authorizing livestock grazing, sagebrush burning and conifer removal across vast public landscapes in southwest Montana that provide habitat for the protected sage grouse.
Read moreFeds Ordered to Let Public Speak Up for Sage Grouse
A federal judge has halted the Trump administration’s updated policy on public participation in the process by which the Bureau of Land Management decides whether to grant oil and gas leases in habitat of the greater sage grouse.
Read moreFeds Mistakenly Delisted Sage Grouse, Judge Finds
In 2015, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decided the sage grouse didn’t merit endangered species status—but on Tuesday, a federal judge disagreed.
Read moreFeathers Ruffled Over Oil Development in Sage Grouse Habitat
The greater sage grouse is once again at the center of a heated land-use dispute, pitting environmentalists against industry representatives seeking to develop natural resources.
Read moreJudge Likely to Keep Sage Grouse on Threatened Species List
A federal judge said he will likely overturn the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s withdrawal of the bistate sage grouse from a list of threatened species.
Read moreInterior Readies Gut of Sage Grouse Management Plan
The Department of Interior is poised to overhaul the management plans of sage grouse habitat in 10 different states, a move that figures to have dramatic implications for land-use decisions in the American West.
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Feds Join With Western States to Improve Sage Grouse Protections
CARSON CITY, Nev. (CN) – Local agencies in 10 states will have greater influence over federal management plans for the
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Split Decision in Western War Over Sage Grouse
Nevada counties, miners and ranchers split a decision with environmentalists in a long-running battle with the federal and state governments over the protected sage grouse and its habitat — this time in Nevada.
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Feds Mull Mining Limits to Protect Sage Grouse
The federal government has announced plans to prohibit mineral exploration on roughly 10 million acres to protect sage grouse, though what the incoming Trump administration will do with the plans remains to be seen.
Read moreFed Rejection of Local Sage Grouse Plan Prompts Lawsuit
In March, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell traveled to the remote southeast corner of Oregon to praise locals for sticking to a collaborative process that brought ranchers, environmentalists and the government together to forge a land use plan that everyone could agree on. However, Jewell’s rejection of a related collaborative plan is now the subject of lawsuit from a local group that helped create it.
Read moreGrynberg v. Grouse
Oil mogul Jack Grynberg claims the Bureau of Land Management illegally denied him and his company Gadeco a permit to drill on public land because it might hurt sage grouse habitat, in Federal Court.
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