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Sage grouse's fate shaping energy development in US West
Standard Examiner ^ | December 04, 2014 | MATTHEW BROWN and MEAD GRUVER

Posted on 12/04/2014 1:00:37 PM PST by george76

Sales of leases on 8.1 million acres of federal oil and gas parcels — an area larger than Massachusetts and Rhode Island combined — are on hold because of worries that drilling could harm greater sage grouse... the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s delay on the parcels underscores just how much is at stake for an industry that finds its future inextricably intertwined with a bird once known primarily for its elaborate mating display.

The grouse’s huge range, covering portions of 11 states and an area more than four times as big as New England, includes vast oil, gas and coal reserves and the best type of windy, open country for developing wind power.

“We’re not real happy about it. It’s not even an endangered species

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Sage grouse receive frequent comparisons to the Northern spotted owl, another imperiled bird that stirred a fight over logging

(Excerpt) Read more at standard.net ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: Arizona; US: Idaho; US: New Mexico; US: Utah
KEYWORDS: agenda21; animalrights; ar; bird; blm; coal; ecoterrorists; endangered; endangeredspecies; energy; energydevelopment; esa; farming; forestservice; gas; greatersagegrouse; grouse; logging; mining; oil; owl; privateproperty; rewilding; rs2477; ruralcleansing; sagebrush; sagegrouse; spottedowl; unagenda21
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To: george76

we definitely cannot let this stop our energy development and independence.

however, after looking up just what a “sage grouse” is,
it turns out its a little bird that lives under sage bushes (of which there are millions!)

anyway its a pretty looking little bird. and it is remarkably human behaviour-wise, too.... see WIki quote below.
SO, anything we can reasonably do to help the little fellas, ....?

————from Wiki website::

“Greater Sage-Grouse are notable for their elaborate courtship rituals. Each spring males congregate in leks and perform a “strutting display”. Groups of females observe these displays and select the most attractive males to mate with. The dominant male located in the center of the lek typically copulates with around 80% of the females on the lek. Males perform in leks for several hours in the early morning and evening during the spring months.”


21 posted on 12/04/2014 2:12:29 PM PST by faithhopecharity ((Brilliant, Profound Tag Line Goes Here, just as soon as I can think of one..) c)
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To: george76

the overlying issue is energy independence for the US (or the lack of it).

The environmental angle is simply a weapon to allow them to do that.


22 posted on 12/04/2014 2:25:04 PM PST by txnativegop (I'm out of ideas about tag lines.)
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To: george76
Chicken farmers could likely raise millions of these birds.

Birds and Polar bears are "controlling factors" for the enviro whackos. Bald eagles and polar bears are overabundant now.

23 posted on 12/04/2014 2:43:15 PM PST by BerryDingle (I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
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To: txnativegop

Good point... how do they know this will chase the grouses out?


24 posted on 12/04/2014 2:50:16 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: txnativegop

“It’s not even an endangered species”..

It WILL BE when the next gubmint report comes out. I hunt in Wyoming every fall and these past few years the BLM has been clearing land with the “hopes” it will open up the areas to more and more of those “non-endangered” grouse. IT’s labeled, “The Grouse Rouse” by most of the locals.

Oh, I am told they are good eating..........mostly dark meat.


25 posted on 12/04/2014 2:51:42 PM PST by DaveA37
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To: dfwgator

oh, man you totally beat me to it.


26 posted on 12/04/2014 4:16:18 PM PST by Rodamala
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To: dsrtsage

I believe I’ve seen 2 at my place, loads of Chukkar too.


27 posted on 12/04/2014 4:35:24 PM PST by Axenolith (Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
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To: SaxxonWoods

Birds and other wildlife often love man made structures.

For several different reasons.


28 posted on 12/04/2014 5:56:59 PM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: jazusamo

The left hates that Krugman’s peak oil theory is being publically destroyed.


29 posted on 12/04/2014 5:59:02 PM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76

Thanks for the ping!


30 posted on 12/04/2014 6:51:11 PM PST by TEXOKIE (We must surrender only to our Holy God and never to the evil that has befallen us.)
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To: george76

Thanks for the ping!


31 posted on 12/04/2014 8:29:48 PM PST by Alamo-Girl
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