greater sage grouse
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More state control of wildlife conservation examined at U.S. Senate hearing
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WASHINGTON – A U.S. Senate committee is considering legislative options to boost support for state programs to protect threatened wildlife like the sage grouse. The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a hearing Wednesday to examine state conservation and wildlife management programs. The hearing was partly a response to complaints by state officials –…
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COVER STORY 2: Sage-grouse conflict is fiercest in neighboring states
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Across the West, the Trump administration is pushing for sweeping changes to greater sage-grouse protection plans and bringing oil and gas development closer to the bird’s key habitats. While only modest changes were proposed in Colorado, the amendments to existing plans in Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, Nevada and Oregon are more substantial. All the plans were…
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COVER STORY: Battle brews across the West over sage-grouse protections
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While the big, ground-dwelling bird known as the greater sage-grouse relies upon the West’s sagebrush steppe for its living, its survival may rest on a delicately negotiated set of agreements – agreements that the Trump administration, as with so many things, is set to upend. But the situation may be different in Colorado – at…
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Feds announces plans to protect rare Colorado, Utah birds
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Federal land managers announced long-awaited plans to protect the rare Gunnison sage grouse, a bird found only in Colorado and Utah. The Bureau of Land Management released a nearly 1,000-page document late Thursday proposing restrictions on energy development, roads and grazing. The proposals include closing or limiting the use of some areas during the birds’ mating season,…
