Feds 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.
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Feathers 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.
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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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