Tag: sage grouse
Guest Post: Colorado’s David Bernhardt has already shown his true colors...
Former U.S. Sen. Tim Wirth penned a head-scratching piece in The Colorado Independent this week. In it, he paints the nomination of fellow Coloradan...
Guest Post: Secretary of the Interior – public citizen or...
The Coloradan nominated by President Trump to pick up the pieces from Ryan Zinke’s tumultuous tenure of the Department of Interior, David Bernhardt, knows...
Interior overhauls sage grouse conservation
On a windy morning in September 2015, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell stood at a podium on a patch of scruffy earth at Colorado’s Rocky...
Interior’s new sage grouse recommendations at a glance
Editor's note: Increased development has reduced the national sage grouse population from millions to less than 500,000 birds, currently spread across 10 Western states,...
Homebrew: Hickenlooper bats for embroiled human-services director and sage-grouse alike
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Hickenlooper has pledged relief for the much besmirched greater sage-grouse by bringing oil and gas companies on board to help with conservation efforts....
Colorado hunters rejoice: Sage-grouse variant doesn’t make endangered-species list
The besmirched sage-grouse, a sort-of ugly, sort-of regal bird with breasts like oversized egg yolks and a violently spiky tail, may have no idea...
Sage-Grouse politics heat up after feds list Gunnison bird as ‘threatened’
With the main population of Gunnison sage-grouse somewhat secured by local conservation efforts, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service designated the birds "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act.
Colorado oil and gas debate more civilized in the wild than...
Stepped-up natural gas drilling in northwestern Colorado can ripple-effect Denver politics, where wrangling over new drilling regulations last week took an ugly turn. But...