Federal Greater Sage Grouse Conservation Plans Revisited

The Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”) has announced a 90-day comment period on proposed amendments to six Resource Management Plans (“RMPs”) and associated draft Environmental Impact Statements (“DEISs”) designed to protect the greater sage grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus).  In 2015, BLM finalized RMPs that addressed greater sage grouse conservation efforts across ten states.  The six RMPs that are the subject of this latest comment period address restrictions on energy development and other activities in Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, Northern California, Oregon, Wyoming and Utah for the benefit of the greater sage grouse. This announcement follows BLM’s October 2017 announcement of a public comment period for reconsideration of the RMPs.  In April 2018, the proposed amendments to the Wyoming RMP leaked to the public.  Amendments to RMPs addressing greater sage grouse conservation in Montana and portions of North and…

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