US Won't List Greater Sage Grouse as Endangered Species - Wall Street Journal

The Obama administration announced Tuesday that it won’t list the greater sage grouse as an endangered species, a widely anticipated decision that removes the threat of broad land-use restrictions to protect the bird across the West.

Instead, the Interior Department said it would rely on a new land-management plan to protect the sage grouse’s habitat of 165 million acres in 11 Western states—mostly on federal land.

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