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| The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that greater sage-grouse and Mono Basin sage grouse are 'warranted but precluded' from listing under the Endangered Species Act. |  |
Conservation groups sent a letter to the Obama
Administration recommending that the BLM and Forest Service save money by
reforming or eliminating their public lands grazing programs.
Conservation organizations sued the government
to compel it to respond to a rulemaking petition that seeks to increase
the fee for livestock grazing across 258 million acres of public land.
WildEarth Guardians petitions for protection
for butterflies, beetles, a springsnail, a fish and a flower that live in
the Sagebrush Sea.
A western Colorado county and conservation
organizations have agreed to settle a lawsuit against the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service challenging its April 2006 negative listing decision for
Gunnison sage-grouse. The agency will prepare a new listing decision for
the species by June 30, 2010.
The U.S. Geological Survey has
posted 24 chapters of a new, definitive monograph that documents declining
populations and major threats to sage-grouse and their habitat.
The Fish and Wildlife Service has filed a notice
in federal court stating that, in light of the latest investigation of the
Bush Administration's misapplication of the Endangered Species Act, the
agency will reconsider its decision to deny protection to the Gunnison sage-grouse.
WildEarth Guardians notes the release of
The State of the Birds 2009, a report that describes the rapid decline
of bird species in the U.S. and identifies grasslands and deserts as among
the most degraded bird habitats in the country.