Sage Grouse

​Seth Hulett of Audubon Washington searches Horse Heaven Hills for greater sage grouse, last officially seen in 2018, to secure ecosystem funding.

County residents received letters saying they might lose some development rights because of the maps.

The announcements come just days before the start of the Trump administration, which is widely expected to promote extractive industries over conservation.

The Biden administration has finalized its proposal for protecting greater sage grouse, which thrive in Eastern Oregon and in other states.

At least three companies have staked mining claims in some of the best remaining sage grouse habitat in Oregon.

The federal agency has reopened the environmental review process on a proposal to restrict mining and drilling in sage grouse habitat.

The Trump administration has completed a review of plans to ease protections for a struggling bird species in seven states in the U.S. West, but there’s little time to put them into action before President-elect Joe Biden takes office

U.S. officials on Friday released an overarching plan for removing or changing vegetation over a huge swath of the U.S. West to stop devastating wildfires on land used for cattle ranching, recreation and habitat for imperiled sage grouse.

The Trump administration followed through on a promise to loosen restrictions on grazing, mining and drilling on public lands — perhaps to the detriment of an imperiled bird.

The Trump administration announced plans that ease protections for sage grouse in the West, prompting an outcry by critics who say the move paves the way for widespread mining and drilling and ignores a federal court ruling.