Sage Grouse
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For immediate release – March 8, 2010 Contact: Jon Marvel, Executive Director, Western Watersheds Project – 208-788-2290 Laird Lucas, Executive Director, Advocates for the West – 208-870-7621 In response to the announcement on Friday March 5 by Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar that the listing of greater sage-grouse and two of its distinct population…
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More worried about protecting industry than wildlife. The Mono Basin sage grouse received a higher priority rating, a 3 on a scale of 1-12, as a candidate species than the larger populations elsewhere which received an 8 rating. Unbelievably the Chief of the Nevada Division of wildlife expressed greater concern about the industries that would…
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~ Jon Marvel Friends, Today, in response to successful litigation brought by Western Watersheds Project and our attorneys at Advocates For The West, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced Greater Sage Grouse would not be protected by listing the species under the protections of the Endangered Species Act. The Secretary did acknowledge that listing…
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Interior: Grouse listing warranted but precluded By MEAD GRUVER (AP)
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Announcement scheduled for 1:30 EST Friday Interior to announce sage grouse finding Friday By MEAD GRUVER (AP) Of course those opposed to listing the bird as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act are coming up with worn out one liners in anticipation of the decision. “The only good place for a sage grouse…
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Yes, the sage grouse is likely to get protection under the Endangered Species Act- Wyoming waits anxiously for federal decision on bird. Year of the grouse? By Dustin Bleizeffer. Casper Star-Tribune energy reporter. . . . an amazing quote! “Industry and conservation leaders alike seem to agree that the restrictions of such a listing would…
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Mountain lions, coyotes, badgers, skunks and ravens will all be targeted in an effort to improve deer and sage grouse survival using $866,000 from the Nevada Department of Wildlife’s Heritage fund. Rather than tackle the main issues related to sage grouse declines, livestock grazing, sagebrush killing projects, and energy developments, groups in Nevada are going…
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Construction of farm in core sage grouse country presents too many unknowns- Wind Farm put on hold. By Dustin Bleizeffer. Casper Star-Tribune energy reporter. It’s good see them taking the sage grouse issue seriously. Folks will recall WWP has a lawsuit on 30-million acres of sage grouse country.