Eighty environmental groups have asked U.S. House and Senate leaders to stop adopting budget riders that prevent the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from writing or issuing Endangered Species Act protections for greater sage grouse.
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Judge prevents drilling-site work, citing threats to sage grouse
Order prevents drilling and ground disturbance on 449 oil and gas leases covering 334,762 acres in Wyoming until BLM resolves shortcomings in Trump-era approval.
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Falcon force
Master falconer Vahe’ Alaverdian moved from Los Angeles to Wyoming’s upper Green River Basin for its wide-open sagebrush landscape and vast expanse of public lands.
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West Wyo a grouse stronghold in grim report of decline
Despite ‘slight growth’ in part of Wyoming, an exhaustive research paper carries warnings as it proposes standard methods to monitor greater sage grouse populations.
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BLM pulls 264 parcels from oil and gas lease sale over grouse concerns
BLM cited ‘core’ sage grouse habitat protections in deferring 264 lease parcels — just one factor in its increasing scrutiny of the leasing program.
