Judge stalls Wyo’s repayment of $47M in oil lease revenue
Funds from overturned oil and gas lease sales have already been disbursed for school kids, elderly, disabled and those “below the poverty line,” Wyoming said.
Sage Grouse
Scientists: Reworked BLM plan still fails to protect sage grouse
Agency’s preferred alternatives don’t account for four-year population slide, wildfire risks or landscape-scale coordination as the BLM aligns federal conservation plans with states’, experts charge. Others back the federal plan.
Wing data indicates sage grouse population slide will continue
A preliminary count of hunter-supplied wings shows a low ratio of chicks to hens, a key population indicator.
Wyoming’s 2019 sage grouse count dips 21%
Anticipated decline establishes 3-year trend; is part of a West-wide slide in the species.
Gov. makes sage grouse ‘expansion’ voluntary in new order
Grouse team leader says tweaked recommendations don’t change state’s commitment as Gordon adopts “vast majority” of expert advice.
