wyoming governor matt mead
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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…
