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Draft recovery plan for grouse draws input
A draft recovery plan for the threatened Gunnison sage grouse – a rare bird that once lived in the local area but has greatly dwindled in numbers – doesn’t completely satisfy either conservationists or officials and landowners in the region. … Continue reading
Published in January 2020
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Sage-grouse plan released
The BLM is seeking public comment on the Gunnison Sage-Grouse Rangewide Draft Resource Management Plan Amendment and Draft Environmental Impact Statement. The BLM manages about 623,000 acres, or 37 percent, of Gunnison sagegrouse habitat across the range of the species. … Continue reading
Published in December 2016
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Sage-grouse fight continues
Western agricultural and development interests are firing back at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over its listing of the Gunnison sage grouse as a federally threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. In December, they got major support from … Continue reading
Published in January 2015
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Citizens cite concerns about sage-grouse listing
On a rainy Thursday night in November, about 80 people filed into the auditorium at the Monticello (Utah) High School to give testimony regarding the plight of the Gunnison sage grouse. It was the last of three public hearings on … Continue reading
Published in December 2013
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Seeking to stave off an endangered listing for the sage grouse
Still hoping to stave off an endangered-species listing for the Gunnison sage grouse, the Montezuma and Dolores County commissioners have signed a memorandum of understanding with eight other counties saying they will work together to improve the bird’s viability. “The … Continue reading
Published in April 2013
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Opportunities offered to view sage-grouse mating dance
Opportunities are being offered this spring for birdwatchers, wildlife enthusiasts and/or endangered-species naysayers to view the secret mating dance of the elusive greater sage grouse and the even-rarer Gunnison sage grouse. The recent proposed listing as endangered of the Gunnison … Continue reading
Published in March 2013
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Meetings to be held on listing for sage grouse (web only)
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) will conduct three informal public meetings on the service’s proposal to list the Gunnison sage grouse as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. Public meetings will be held from 5 to … Continue reading
Published in January 2013
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On the brink: Locals worry about an ‘endangered’ listing for sage grouse
The Gunnison sage grouse isn’t on the endangered list, but locals worry it may be soon The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced in August that it will take more time to decide whether to add the Gunnison sage grouse … Continue reading
Published in September 2012
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