RBC I Jay Sullivan’s drawing “On The Attack” has been juried into the 2019 University of Denver Alumni Exhibition, running May 16-June 16. The show is limited to graduates of DU and includes a variety of art mediums. Sullivan’s work highlights the Greater Sage Grouse during their spring mating rituals[Read More…]
Tag: Greater sage-grouse
Guest Column: Attorney praises Hickenlooper, Zinke for sage grouse actions
By Kent Holsinger Special to the Herald Times RBC | There are many ruffled feathers about the U.S. Department of the Interior’s efforts to revise land use plan amendments for greater sage-grouse. But critics are telling only part of the story. Greater sage-grouse inhabit some 165 million acres across 11[Read More…]
Guest Editorial: What would a sage grouse do if a sage grouse could do anything?
By Jay Sullivan, Ph.D. Special to the Herald Times RBC | The Dec. 29 Herald Times carried an article in which the BLM is seeking comment on a plan to improve Greater Sage Grouse habitat. The article stipulated that juniper and pinion trees were a cause of the decline of[Read More…]
House act puts grouse close to ESA
RBC I On May 18, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). I this “must-pass’”legislation that funds America’s military readiness was language that would force the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and U.S. Forest Service (USFS) to abandon successful sage-grouse conservation plans.
Sage grouse…
It is not common to wander across individual sage grouse in the hills with their shyness and camouflage colors. Above are two grouse seen strutting around the hills south of Maybell, and at left is an entire lek of grouse in the wild.
Conservation districts weigh in on plan to assist sage grouse
RBC I The White River and Douglas Creek conservation districts staff attended the BLM’s Stakeholder Workshop titled “The Next Steppe: Implementing for the Future,” in Grand Junction on April 19, when several Interior Department staff members from Washington D.C., and Colorado BLM Director Ruth Welch addressed the group.
Project to map Greater Sage Grouse begins
RBC I Associated Governments of Northwest Colorado (AGNC), Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW), Olsson and Associates and project funding partners came together in Rifle on Monday to launch the AGNC Greater Sage Grouse Habitat Mapping Project.
Sage grouse lawsuits may be just the beginning
RBC I Last month’s long-awaited decision about the greater sage grouse – that it does not need Endangered Species Act protections – was no surprise to anyone who’s been following the bird’s saga. The federal Fish and Wildlife Service was looking for every reason possible to avoid putting the wide-ranging[Read More…]
USFWS: No ESA listing for sage grouse
RBC I The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) announced Tuesday that the range-wide population of greater sage grouse does not warrant protection under the Endangered Species Act.
Letter to the Editor: Delayed ruling on sage grouse doesn’t help anyone
Dear Editor: Sportsmen’s groups are deeply concerned that a motion to strike a rider added to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which will delay the September 2015 listing decision for sage-grouse by 10 years, has been defeated. The rider, introduced by Utah Representative Rob Bishop, is non-germane to the[Read More…]
Letter to the Editor: Balanced plan for conservation needed
Dear Editor: After reading the latest news in the greater sage-grouse conservation effort, it seems high time for Colorado’s decision makers to lead on this important issue. As a state, we are facing a unique but narrowing window of opportunity to develop a proactive state conservation plan that would both[Read More…]
Free Piceance Basin tour set
RBC I The White River and Douglas Creek Natural Resource Districts will be hosting a Piceance Basin national resource tour on Aug. 13, open to the public.
