sage grouse
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Interior Department to recommend revisions to sage-grouse protection plans in Colorado, 10 other Western states
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration reportedly will announce revised plans for protecting the greater sage-grouse as soon as this week in what conservationists criticize as a giveaway to the oil and gas industry. The formal notice of intent would amend 98 habitat management plans in 11 Western states, including Colorado, according to an advance copy…
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Obama administration considers mining limits in West to save sage grouse in ’11th-hour attack’
The Obama administration offered five possible plans Thursday for limiting mining on federal land in the West to protect the vulnerable greater sage grouse, but it isn’t saying which it prefers. The options range from banning new mining activity on about 15,000 square miles for up to 20 years to imposing no additional restrictions on…