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Feds delay sage grouse decision until 2010
Federal officials are again delaying whether to list sage grouse in 11 Western states as threatened or endangered -- leaving in limbo until at least 2010 a spate of industries that could face sweeping restrictions if the bird is protected.
The chicken-sized grouse ranges from Montana to California alongside livestock grazing, oil and gas drilling and an increasing number of wind power turbines.
June 26, 2009
by Matthew Brown
in Casper Star-Tribune
BILLINGS, Mont. -- Federal officials are again delaying whether to list sage grouse in 11 Western states as threatened or endangered -- leaving in limbo until at least 2010 a spate of industries that could face sweeping restrictions if the bird is protected.
The chicken-sized grouse ranges from Montana to California alongside livestock grazing, oil and gas drilling and an increasing number of wind power turbines.
Its population has been in decline for decades, but how many remain is unknown.
For the Obama administration, the decision on sage grouse could force an uncomfortable choice. On one side are environmental groups that supported him... [continue via Web link]
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