The U.S. House of Representatives is meeting this week to consider a massive defense spending package. Tucked inside the bill is a rider, H.R. 4739, the misleadingly named Greater Sage Grouse Protection and Recovery Act of 2016, which would block implementation of conservation measures that helped avert an Endangered Species Act listing of the greater sage grouse in the fall. Last September, following an unprecedented collaborative effort among federal, state and local governments and a wide ...

Nov. 19, 2014 – A new poll shows that sportsmen and women in the heart of greater sage-grouse country want to protect the bird and the sagebrush landscape that supports it, other wildlife and the Western way of life. The results released Wednesday by the National Wildlife Federation show that a majority of sportsmen surveyed in 11 Western states back restrictions in important habitat to save the greater sage-grouse and avoid its placement on the federal Endangered Species List. A listing ...