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Omaha Steve

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Fri Oct 9, 2015, 10:26 PM Oct 2015

Good News! Unprecedented Conservation Efforts Keep Greater Sage-Grouse Off Endangered Species List


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http://www.audubonaction.org/site/News2?abbr=aa_&page=NewsArticle&id=6583&pgwrap=n&autologin=true&utm_source=action&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2015-10-08-advisory#skip_interests


(Photo: Dave Showalter)

On September 22, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell announced that listing the Greater Sage Grouse under the Endangered Species Act was not warranted at this time. The decision was made possible through collaboration between the conservation community, private landowners, industry, and state, local and federal government that put in place a broad set of conservation plans to conserve habitat across the sage-grouse states.

Audubon was instrumental in the ten-year effort to create a science-based approach to conserving, protecting, and restoring millions of acres of core habitat in 11 western states for the iconic species, and in the process improving habitat for over 300 additional species of birds and wildlife that rely on the sage steppe western landscape.

The decision by the Department on the Greater Sage Grouse is a win-win for both the beleaguered sage-grouse as well as one of our premier wildlife conservation laws, the Endangered Species Act. Both would have come suffered unrelenting attacks from powerful opponents in Congress and industry had the bird been listed.

It is also a great example of what can be achieved when literally hundreds of partners convene and work together to protect and conserve important species and habitat. We look forward to expanding our efforts to help secure the future for the sage-grouse and other other wildlife that call the great American West home.

FULL story at link.

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