THE NEW BLM SAGE GROUSE CONSERVATION PLAN Flushed with their success in using the Endangered Species Act (ESA) to shut down the western U.S. timber industry (has anyone heard how the spotted owl is doing?), the nongovernmental organizations ... 05/2/2024 - 5:45 pm | View Link
California NRCS has $1.3 million for sage grouse, flycatcher projects USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service has $1.3 million to spend in California as part of initiatives to conserve sage grouse and the Southwestern Willow Flycatcher. The grants, part of the ... 04/30/2024 - 8:05 pm | View Link
Wyoming stakeholders nudge feds in opposing directions on sage grouse conservation plan Embracing the state's decades of collaboration, federal officials have found more agreement than outrage in response to a pending plan to protect the iconic western bird. 04/29/2024 - 5:04 am | View Link
Sage grouse need landscape connectivity, BLM officials say. Casper residents weigh in BLM holds public meeting on preferred sage grouse management plan. Some say it misses the biggest threat: Predators ... 04/24/2024 - 7:44 pm | View Link
Guest column: Sage grouse 'collaborative conservation effort' an on-going failure The numbers don’t lie — and the sage grouse “collaborative conservation effort” is a total and on-going failure. There were 16 million Greater Sage Grouse before Europeans destroyed the “sagebrush sea ... 04/24/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
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Nevada Independent: “The lawsuit alleges that the four-day period for mail ballots postmarked by Election Day to be received violates federal law because it does not conform to the Election Day deadline established by the federal government.”
The Colorado legislature convened Saturday for a final weekend of work in its 2024 session, which is set to end Wednesday. Major pieces of legislation are still pending, with lawmakers expected to debate gun regulations, housing, land-use policy, transportation, property tax reform and other priorities in the final days.
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Updated at 5:25 p.m.: A proposed excise tax on guns and ammunition to pay for victim services cleared a key Senate committee Saturday afternoon after Democrats turned on their own over its movement through the chamber.
The measure would create a 6.5% tax on gun and ammo dealers and raise an expected $39 million a year, according to sponsor Sen.
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