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Protections rejected for American pika, other species

BILLINGS, Mont. – Federal officials on Tuesday rejected greater protections for six species including the rabbit-like American pika, which researchers warn is disappearing from areas of the ...

DATE: Sep 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Groups rekindle battle over lesser prairie chicken

ALBUQUERQUE – The fight over a grouse found in pockets across the Great Plains is far from over as industry and state officials worried Tuesday that relisting the lesser prairie chicken as a...

DATE: Sep 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Guidelines given for Sage grouse conservation

Rep. Bishop: Plan aimed at squelching Western oil, gas drilling

DATE: Sep 1, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Endangered mice found near Durango-La Plata County Airport

Plans for access road to be revisited

DATE: Aug 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Feds remove the lesser prairie chicken from protection list

ALBUQUERQUE – Facing an uphill court fight, the U.S. government announced Tuesday it was formally removing the lesser prairie chicken from a federal protection list under the Endangered Spec...

DATE: Jul 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Environmental hurdles identified for expansion of Durango-La Plata County Airport

Consultants will study wetlands, endangered species, archaeological sites

DATE: Apr 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Endangered Species Act goes under the microscope

Western governors host stakeholder process that could lead to change

DATE: Mar 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Conservation easements near Dove Creek protect threatened sage grouse

Dove Creek-area landowner moves 1,300 acres into conservation

DATE: Jan 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Suspicion over federal wolf plan spreads to Colorado, Utah

DENVER – Suspicion over federal plans to restore endangered Mexican gray wolves in the Southwest has spread to Colorado and Utah, where ranchers and officials are fiercely resisting any atte...

DATE: Jan 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Rogue attorneys general defy governors, sue feds

Attorneys general suing the federal government over governors’ objections

DATE: Dec 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Endangered bat, cactuses subjects of new federal lawsuit

ALBUQUERQUE – Agricultural groups in New Mexico and Texas want two cactuses and a rare bat thrown off the federal endangered species list, according to a new lawsuit that says habitat requir...

DATE: Nov 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Nevada neighborhood first to feel sting of sage-grouse rules

SUN VALLEY, Nev. – One of the first, actual on-the-ground disruptions caused by new U.S. efforts to protect the greater sage-grouse isn’t on a cattle ranch in Oregon or an oil field in Color...

DATE: Nov 14, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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