sage grouse

Though the appellate court found the government did violate federal land laws in granting the leases, they also said canceling the leases would cause a $125 million disruption that outweighs the error.

Tom Puchlerz writes, "The fragmentation of our sagebrush ecosystem is not only hurting sage grouse, but other wildlife and ecological communities that depend on it."

Mike Garrity writes, "No matter what election-year fiction Stone-Manning spreads about the great success of the collaborators' plan, the reality is that sage grouse are staring extinction in the face."

Gas drilling can go ahead in the Wyoming land where sage-grouse live and migrating pronghorns pass through, a Tenth Circuit panel ruled.