American Bird Conservancy: Groups Say BLM's Proposed Mining Withdrawal Not Enough to Save Declining Sage-Grouse
August 12, 2021
August 12, 2021
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 (TNSPol) -- The American Bird Conservancy issued the following news release on Aug. 10, 2021:
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced it is reopening a process to withdraw certain Greater Sage-Grouse habitats known as Sagebrush Focal Areas (SFAs) from damaging mining. The proposal would reinstate a process that was started under the 2015 Obama-era sage-grouse plan amendments, and which was halted abruptly by the Trump administration in 2017. A lawsuit by co . . .
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced it is reopening a process to withdraw certain Greater Sage-Grouse habitats known as Sagebrush Focal Areas (SFAs) from damaging mining. The proposal would reinstate a process that was started under the 2015 Obama-era sage-grouse plan amendments, and which was halted abruptly by the Trump administration in 2017. A lawsuit by co . . .