Environmental

Lawsuit Filed to Secure ‘Endangered’ Status for Gunnison Sage Grouse

Unique Bird Once in Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona Now Reduced to 7 Percent of Historic Range

WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–January 20, 2015.  The Center for Biological Diversity and Western Watersheds Project filed a federal lawsuittoday challenging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s decision to protect the Gunnison sage grouse as “threatened” rather than giving it the more protective “endangered” status under the Endangered Species Act. Despite having considered the species to be fully endangered, the Fish…

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