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Federal judge rules against BLM, suspends new drilling on 400,000 acres of sage grouse habitat

In this April 20, 2013, file photo, male greater sage grouse perform mating rituals for a female grouse, not pictured, on a lake outside...

MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press, May 11, 2021 Updated May 11, 2021 A male sage grouse struts in the early morning hours on April 22, 2015...

SCOTT SONNER Associated Press Apr 4, 2021 Updated Apr 4, 2021 RENO, Nev. — A federal judge has blocked a Nevada project that would...

Casper Star Tribune Jan 22, 2021 POWELL — This spring, a Powell-based business will resume its efforts to become the first U.S....

Import of outside birds to augment population appears to be increasingly likely. By Mike Koshmri March 11, 2020 Seventy-five male sage...

Biologists are still weighing whether to translocate more birds to the valley as soon as this spring. By Mike Koshmrl Feb 26, 2020 A...

Local business once again on track to be first in U.S. to breed species in captivity Powell Tribune Posted Thursday, January 16,...

Camille Ericksom Jan 5, 2020 Raucous debate over how the state should respond to the declining age grouse population numbers once again...

Published Dec. 11, 2019 By Angus M. Thuermer Jr. | Photo Credit Rick McEwan There's little prospect for Wyoming's greater sage grouse...

Endangered Species Watch | Oct 25, 2019 Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon has expressed his disappointment with the ruling by an Idaho judge...

Published March 21, 2019 By Barb Glen The Calgary Zoo released 66 greater sage grouse at two locations last fall: one in Saskatchewan and...

Published Sept. 13, 2015 By Jim Urquhart and Elizabeth Chuck The greater sage-grouse is a chubby bird, with a speckled body and stumpy...