Interior Announces Sage-Grouse Conservation Plans for Tens of Millions of Acres of the American West

Over 60 percent of key grouse habitat on federal lands will gain improved protections.

Today, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, along with Bureau of Land Management Chief Neil Kornze and Wyoming Governor Matt Mead,  for the Greater Sage-Grouse on public lands in 10 states of the American West. The 糖心传媒 released the following statement:

鈥淭his strategy is about replacing gridlock with hope. It鈥檚 about replacing the specter of extinction with the promise of collaboration,鈥 said 糖心传媒 Vice President for Government Relations Mike Daulton. 鈥淚f we鈥檙e going to avoid having to put the sage-grouse on the endangered species list, the federal government, the states, and private landowners all have to do their parts. This plan is the federal government鈥檚 commitment to do its part 鈥 to do what it can to secure the future for people and for America鈥檚 iconic sagebrush ecosystem. It鈥檚 about making the West work for people and for wildlife alike.鈥

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