sage grouse

Sage Grouse controversy continues into new year

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U.S. Rep. Mark Amodei (R-NV) ended 2014?locked in rolling feud with Interior Secretary Sally Jewell over the sage grouse in the western U.S. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported recently that ?the Obama administration is stewing over a rider Amodei stuck onto the year-end government spending bill that prohibits the Fish and Wildlife Service from meeting […] … [Read more...] about Sage Grouse controversy continues into new year

The Mere Threat of Sage Grouse Being Listed as Threatened is Stifling Development

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Interior Secretary Sally Jewell came to Nevada earlier this month and told a meeting of Western governors in Las Vegas that her department?s goal is to find ways to protect the greater sage grouse without resorting to listing the bird under the Endangered Species Act. ?We want to create an environment where a listing is not warranted,? Jewell was quoted as saying by the Las … [Read more...] about The Mere Threat of Sage Grouse Being Listed as Threatened is Stifling Development

Euthanasia needs to be an option for wild horses

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Our government masters too often seem downright schizophrenic. Take the raging debates over what to do about two species ? sage grouse and wild horses. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is hell bent to list the chicken-sized bird under the Endangered Species Act because they fear the population could become extinct. Such a listing would hurt farmers, ranchers, miners, … [Read more...] about Euthanasia needs to be an option for wild horses

Ravens are newest threat to sage grouse

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Never are the agencies of the federal government more efficient, more capable than when they are working at diametric cross purposes ? canceling out one objective with another. Agencies such as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Bureau of Land Management, which are under the Interior Department, have been doubling down on efforts to save the greater sage grouse … [Read more...] about Ravens are newest threat to sage grouse