Down to 7 Percent of Historic Range and Declining, Grouse Needs Stronger Federal Protection
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–November 20, 2014. Conservation groups today filed a formal noticeof intent to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over its decision to designate the Gunnison sage grouse as a “threatened” rather than “endangered” species under the Endangered Species Act. The agency’s less protective designation allows it to craft a rule creating broad exemptions for continued oil and gas development…
