BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration is considering new measures to protect a ground-dwelling bird species once found across much of the U.S. West. The bird called the greater sage grouse suffered drastic declines in recent decades because of oil and gas drilling, grazing and other human pressures. Friday’s […]
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration says it is considering a ban on new mining on large expanses of public lands in Western states to protect a struggling bird species, the greater sage grouse. The Interior Department review announced Tuesday will cover millions of acres of land and comes […]
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A federal judge has overturned a Trump administration action that allowed mining and other development on 10 million acres in parts of western states that are considered important for the survival of a struggling bird species. U.S. District Judge Lynn Winmill said in Thursday’s ruling that […]
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Trump administration has completed a review of plans to ease protections for a struggling bird species in seven states in the U.S. West, but there’s little time to put them into action before President-elect Joe Biden takes office. The ground-dwelling, chicken-sized greater sage grouse has […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — An iconic bird species known for dramatically puffing up “bulbous yellow air sacs” on its chest is now puffing up controversy on the political landscape as the focus of a series of amendments to its management plan published recently that open up 51 million acres […]
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A judge in Idaho has overturned a federal directive to curtail environmental review and eliminate mandatory public comment periods concerning oil and gas leasing on some public lands. The Center for Biological Diversity says in a statement that the U.S. magistrate judge vacated five oil and […]
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — U.S. Interior Department officials are seeking to bolster their case for easing restrictions on energy development, mining and grazing in seven Western states. A federal judge in Idaho blocked the Trump administration plans last year over concerns that they could harm greater sage grouse, a ground-dwelling […]
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — A federal agency says rebuilding a sage-grouse population found only in Colorado and Utah could take more than 50 years and cost nearly $561 million. The Daily Sentinel reported Saturday that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has released a draft recovery plan for the […]
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to ease some rules on mining, drilling and grazing across millions of acres in seven U.S. Western states. Judge B. Lynn Winmill said changes adopted by the administration in March likely would cause further declines in […]
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service wants to reduce designated habitat in Wyoming and Nevada for a ground-dwelling bird. The agency said Friday its plan would target 300 square miles (800 square kilometers) now set aside for sage grouse in Wyoming and Nevada, with nearly all of the […]
