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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. |  |
After a five year delay, the Departments of
the Interior and Agriculture finally responded to conservationists' request
that they reform the artificially low fee federal agencies charge for livestock
grazing on public lands. Both departments declined to address the outdated
grazing fee formula.
WildEarth Guardians has requested that President
Obama "pardon" endangered grouse in the American West by granting
them protection under the ESA. The request comes on the cusp of the President's
traditional pardon of two Thanksgiving turkeys.
Conservation organizations sued the BLM for
reauthorizing livestock grazing on four public lands allotments in Mono
Basin sage-grouse habitat.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that Gunnison sage-grouse are
'warranted but precluded' from listing under the Endangered Species Act.
Experts and Coloradans respond to
the decision Conservationists
lament "candidate" status
Conservationists have won a lawsuit against
the BLM over its refusal to disclose the identity of certain grazing permittees
on public land.
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 have sued the government
for delaying Endangered Species Act protection for sage-grouse.
Conservation organizations have 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.