Gov. Brian Sandoval is imploring the Interior Department to accept a state-created alternative to its proposed draconian plan to remove millions of acres of federal public land from productive use ? specifically mining ? as a way of paying lip service to saving greater sage grouse habitat. In September the federal agency declined to list the bird under the Endangered Species … [Read more...] about Governor offering a way to save sage grouse and mining

This past week Interior Secretary Sally Jewell declared that the greater sage grouse will not be listed under the Endangered Species Act, but instead created a federal land use plan so restrictive that the lack of listing became a distinction without a difference. ?Our review of the best available scientific and commercial information indicates that the sage grouse is not in … [Read more...] about Nevada wins sage grouse listing battle, but still faces land use restrictions