Weekly Newsletter | December 7, 2018 Issues BLM proposes amended sage-grouse plans. This week, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released the much-anticipated Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and proposed plan amendments addressing Greater sage-grouse conservation on public land in [...]
Weekly Newsletter | November 30, 2018 Issues BLM puts pulled Utah land parcel back on the market. While the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) continues the process of finalizing draft environmental impact statements (EISs) and amendments to resource management plans, [...]
Weekly Newsletter | November 16, 2018 Issues Mixed response on sage-grouse conservation plans. Western states are working to change how they manage sage-grouse conservation. In Colorado, Parks and Wildlife is finalizing an updated map of sage-grouse habitat. The draft map [...]
Weekly Newsletter | November 9, 2018 Issues As BLM cancels Western state leases, Green groups take on leases in CO. Environmental activists in Colorado have been fighting the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) on a December oil and gas lease [...]
Issues Congress chastises Interior over transparency flaw. A confidential seven-page memo from the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) was recently leaked, revealing an internal recommendation that staffers”withhold” certain documents requested by the public on Endangered Species Act (ESA) decisions in [...]
Issues Documents reveals disagreement between Western Governors and Interior over sage grouse. Documents obtained in a public records requests reveal tumult between western governors, including Gov. Matt Mead of Wyoming, and the Trump administration. In a private January 12 letter from [...]
Issues USFS opens comment period for draft sage-grouse protection plan. Late last week, the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) unveiled proposed changes to Obama-era greater sage-grouse conservation plans in five Western states. On Friday, the agency released draft plans altering rules [...]
Issues Gunnison sage-grouse to remain on ESA list, judge rules. Gunnison County, the Gunnison Stockgrowers Association, Colorado, Utah and San Juan County lost their case in federal district court last week when a judge ruled that the Gunnison sage-grouse should [...]