Sagebrush Sea Campaign Joins WildEarth Guardians!
  January 28, 2008 The Sagebrush Sea Campaign has merged with a new organization, WildEarth Guardians!
Newspaper Editorial Pages Favor Federal Court Ruling, Condemn Bush Administration's "Not Warranted" Listing Decision for Greater Sage-grouse
  December 17, 2007 The New York Times, Oregonian and Baker City Herald have commented on the Bush Administration's flawed decisionmaking process for greater sage-grouse.
Federal Court Overturns Bush Administration's "Not Warranted" Listing Decision for Greater Sage-Grouse
  December 5, 2007 A federal court reversed and remanded the Fish and Wildlife Service's 12-month "not warranted" listing decision issued in 2005.
Fish and Wildlife Service Document Reveals Tainted Listing Decision for Gunnison Sage-grouse
  September 24, 2007 A U.S Fish and Wildlife Service memorandum provides new evidence that former Deputy Assistant Secretary Julie MacDonald, and the Fish and Wildlife Service Washington and Regional offices frustrated and prevented agency biologists from recommending that the Service list Gunnison sage-grouse as "endangered" or "threatened" under the ESA.
Conservation Groups Sue Federal Government for Failure to Protect Imperiled Sage Grouse
  August 23, 2007 Conservation organizations filed a lawsuit against the Fish and Wildlife Service in federal court today challenging the agency's failure to consider listing the Mono Basin area sage grouse under the ESA.
Utah Habitat for Sage Grouse, Other Wildlife Spared from Oil and Gas Drilling
  August 16, 2007 BLM defers leasing on tens of thousands of acres to protect sensitive habitat, potential protected areas.
Conservationists to Interior Department: Fix Politically Tainted Decisions Now
  May 9, 2007 As the House Natural Resources Committee holds a hearing today to investigate the manipulation of science in endangered species management, conservation groups urged the Department of the Interior to immediately revisit many recent politically tainted decisions by the Fish and Wildlife Service to deny protection to imperiled wildlife under the ESA. Documents received by the Sagebrush Sea Campaign indicate that political appointtees manipulated listing decisions for both the greater and Gunnison sage-grouse in recent years.
Deputy Assistant Secretary Julie MacDonald Resigns!
  May 1, 2007 Deputy Assistant Secretary Julie MacDonald resigned from her position at the Department of the Interior. Her resignation comes just eight days before a Congressional oversight committee hearing on political interference by Bush Administration officials in scientific decisionmaking. Documents received by the Sagebrush Sea Campaign indicate that MacDonald manipulated listing decisions for both the greater and Gunnison sage-grouse in recent years.
DOI Inspector General Confirms Political Interference in Greater Sage-grouse, Other ESA Listing Decisions
  March 30, 2007 An investigation by the DOI Inspector General has confirmed media accounts and evidence in the public record that politcal appointee Julie MacDonald "has been heavily involved with editing, commenting on, and reshaping … scientific reports" used by the Fish and Wildlife Service in Endangered Species Act listing decisions.
Sagebrush Listed Among Most Threatened Bird Habitats in U.S.
  February 7, 2007 The American Bird Conservancy has ranked sagebrush third among the twenty most threatened bird habitats in the United States. The ABC report identifies livestock grazing, invasive species and fire as continuing threats to sagebrush steppe.
San Miguel County Leads Coalition Challenging Gunnison Sage-grouse 'Not Warranted" Listing Determination
November 15, 2006 San Miguel County (CO) and citizen organizations filed a lawsuit today in federal court challenging the failure of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to protect the Gunnison sage-grouse under the Endangered Species Act.
West Nile Virus Taking Toll on Greater Sage-grouse Across the West
  November 13, 2006 The U.S. Geological Survey National Wildlife Health Center has reported that West Nile virus continued to spread into previously uninfected populations of greater sage-grouse across the West in 2006.
Bush Administration Officials Reverse Endangered Species Listing for Gunnison Sage-grouse
  October 30, 2006 Documents received from the Fish and Wildlife Service reveal that Bush Administration officials reversed the agency's recommendation to list Gunnison sage-grouse as "endangered" under the Endangered Species Act.
Feds Must Adopt Science-Based Solution to Avoid Sage Grouse ESA Listing
  July 20, 2006 A coalition of conservation organizations is seeking the adoption of science-based sage grouse conservation measures to increase sage grouse populations and range, and avoid a new Endangered Species listing petition. ....More....