sage grouse

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt has signed the state onto a lawsuit challenging federal restrictions aimed at protecting sage grouse.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter says he's suing the federal government for failing to provide a transparent process in setting new public land-use restrictions designed to protect sage grouse habitat.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Republican Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter says the federal government replaced transparency with closed-door meetings while deciding to deny protections for the greater sage grouse under the Endangered Species Act.

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - US rejects protections for sage grouse in 11 Western states despite bird's long-term decline .

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Scientists say that if increasingly destructive wildfires in the Great Basin can't be stopped the sage grouse population will be cut in half over the next three decades.

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says his agency plans to spend more than $200 million over the next three years on programs to protect greater sage grouse

RENO, Nev. (AP) — State and federal land managers working to keep the greater sage grouse off the list of endangered species have secured a $2 million grant from the Pentagon

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — U.S. officials say they will decide next year whether a wide-ranging Western bird species needs protections even though Congress has blocked such protections from going into effect.  That means wildlife officials could determine the greater sage grouse is heading toward possible extinction, but they would be unable to intervene under the Endangered Species Act...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Gov. Steve Bullock has ordered restrictions on future oil drilling and other activities blamed for driving down sage grouse populations.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho wildlife officials want the public's input on proposed hunting changes for sage grouse, a game bird that's a candidate for federal Endangered Species Act protections. The Idaho Fish and Game Commission plans to take up recommendations for the 2012 sage grouse hunting season at its Aug...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A 16-member task force appointed by Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter to figure out a way to   dissuade the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from listing sage grouse as an endangered species has submitted its recommendations to the governor...

KETCHUM, Idaho (AP) - Idaho's biggest utility is holding off for now on plans to build a new transmission line in the Wood River Valley amid uncertainty over sage grouse protections and habitat. Since 2007, Idaho Power Co. has been working with community leaders to upgrade the region's power grid...