BLM's Strategy for Greater Sage Grouse Prompts Federal Lawsuit by Conservation Groups

Lawsuit challenges Trump administration’s reversal of greater sage-grouse protections

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Lawsuit challenges Trump administration reversal of greater sage-grouse protections

Once abundant across the American West, populations of the greater sage-grouse have dropped nearly 80% over the last six decades, with over half of that loss occurring in the last two decades alone, according to a report by the U.S. Geological Survey. (Photo: Bureau of Land Management)The Trump administration is being sued after rolling back protections for the greater sage-grouse in eight western states, a move that opened up critical sagebrush…

BLM's strategy for greater sage grouse prompts federal lawsuit by conservation groups

A federal lawsuit against the U.S. Bureau of Land Management filed today in Montana calls out the Trump administration's handling of greater sage grouse habitat in Nevada and other states in the West.

Lawsuit Challenges Trump’s Gutting of Greater Sage Grouse Protections in Nine Western States

Center for Biological Diversity: GREAT FALLS, Mont.— Conservation groups sued the Bureau of Land Management today to challenge its final plans governing greater sage grouse management across 71 million acres of federal public lands in nine Western states.

Trump admin sued over 'gutting' of sage-grouse protections

A new policy adopted by the Bureau of Land Management would open up 71 million acres of land to oil and gas drilling, as well as mining. Continue reading…