NATIONAL Sage grouse listing must be avoided to protect energy industry. Billings Gazette, IPAA President and CEO Barry Russell. In November, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listed the Gunnison sage-grouse, a bird that resides in sagebrush lands across Colorado [...]
NATIONAL Forest Service plan to help sage grouse on NV-CA line ripped. Associated Press. Conservationists have criticized the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest's plan to protect habitat for a distinct species of sage grouse found along the Nevada-California line south of Reno. [...]
Issues Occidental Enrolls 1.8 Million Acres to Support Lesser Prairie Chicken. This week, Occidental Petroleum announced it has enrolled nearly 1.8 million acres of its oil and gas interests in Texas, New Mexico, Kansas and Oklahoma, into programs designed to [...]
Issues CCAA approved by FWS. This week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) approved a final Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances (CCAA) for the Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout in New Mexico and Colorado. The FWS also issued its final [...]