By Henry Brean | September 22, 2015
The greater sage grouse will not be added to the endangered species list because the bird’s habitat in Nevada and 10 other western states is already being protected by “the largest land conservation effort in U.S. history.”
So said Interior Secretary Sally Jewell in an announcement Tuesday morning that was immediately cheered by some who feared red tape and economic damage from an endangered species listing for such a wide-ranging bird.