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.
This decision comes after years of coordination and planning among federal, state and local stakeholders to better protect sage grouse and other sagebrush-dependent species, while allowing for energy development, livestock grazing and recreation to continue.
The BLM finalized a critical step toward achieving the not-warranted finding by…