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US rejects protections for greater sage grouse across West
Townhall ^ | Sep 22, 2015 | Gruver

Posted on 09/22/2015 7:19:05 AM PDT by george76

The Interior Department said Tuesday that the greater sage grouse, a ground-dwelling bird whose vast range spans 11 Western states, does not need federal protections

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The fight over whether to list the bird as endangered or threatened recalled the battle over the spotted owl 25 years ago, where federal protection greatly impeded the logging economy.

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could help defuse a potential political liability for Democrats heading into the 2016 election;

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House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Rob Bishop said Tuesday's announcement was a "cynical ploy" intended to mask the fact that the Obama administration has imposed limits on development across the West. Bishop was referring to changes in government policies guiding lands controlled by the U.S. Forest Service and Interior's Bureau of Land Management.

"Do not be fooled," the Utah Republican said in a statement. "With the stroke of a pen, the Obama administration's oppressive land management plan is the same thing as a listing" under the Endangered Species Act.

(Excerpt) Read more at townhall.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Arizona; US: California; US: Colorado; US: Idaho; US: Montana; US: Nevada; US: New Mexico; US: Oregon; US: Utah
KEYWORDS: agenda21; barredowl; bird; blm; coal; electricity; endangered; energy; esa; gas; gasleases; greatersagegrouse; grouse; logging; oil; owl; sagegrouse; spottedowl; waroncoal
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1 posted on 09/22/2015 7:19:06 AM PDT by george76
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To: george76

I think we won one!!!!!


2 posted on 09/22/2015 7:20:37 AM PDT by goodnesswins (hey..Wussie Americans....ISIS is coming. Are you ready?)
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To: george76

“could help defuse a potential political liability for Democrats heading into the 2016 election”

and that’s the name of that tune.


3 posted on 09/22/2015 7:23:37 AM PDT by headstamp 2
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To: goodnesswins

Then there’s the stupid frog...and the snail darter....and that damn owl. These great protectors are a bunch of manipulative a****.


4 posted on 09/22/2015 7:29:04 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: george76
Except for Military bases and Government buildings and attached lands and DC, all lands should belong to the states. There is no reason for a Federal Road, a Federal park...etc etc.

Assets belong to the states. They've been robbed for years.

And get rid of the EPA.

5 posted on 09/22/2015 7:32:39 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: george76

Isn’t a great sage grouse called a curmudgeon?


6 posted on 09/22/2015 7:36:13 AM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: george76

Turned out the Barred Owl was killing off the Spotted Owl and logging wasn’t the problem.


7 posted on 09/22/2015 7:39:56 AM PDT by Starstruck (I'm usually sarcastic. Deal with it.)
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To: george76


8 posted on 09/22/2015 7:43:39 AM PDT by W. (I piss on the militant muslims & their horrid koran! Get out of my America!)
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To: Sacajaweau

Ten 4!!!

Been yelling this for years. Even on here, during the NV ranchers battles, many here spouted that, while they were for the constitution, they claimed that the federal government controlled/owned all that land and that the states had no right to any of it.
Even when asked to show where in the hell in the constitution does it say the federal government had any right to do so.
There are socialist who get onto this site to create mayhem.


9 posted on 09/22/2015 7:45:36 AM PDT by crz
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To: Starstruck; Flycatcher; jazusamo; SierraWasp; MileHi; B4Ranch; forester; NVDave; CedarDave; ...

Yes.

>> Turned out the Barred Owl was killing off the Spotted Owl and logging wasn’t the problem.


10 posted on 09/22/2015 8:08:57 AM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: Starstruck

Yes, but the facts didn’t fit the agenda.


11 posted on 09/22/2015 8:56:03 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: george76; Flycatcher
Looks like some sanity has prevailed but the issue can arise again at the whim of the enviro-nazis now firmly embedded in the fed agencies.

spotted owl 25 years ago, where federal protection greatly impeded the logging economy.

That there is an hilarious understatement. If you're ever in Oregon just ask a logger how it affected their livelihood, that is if you can find even one to ask.

Thanks for the ping.

12 posted on 09/22/2015 9:16:38 AM PDT by jazusamo (0bama to go 'full-Mussolini' after elections: Mark Levin....and the turkey has.)
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To: jazusamo; goodnesswins

Utah’s Bishop says sage grouse plan is ‘the same thing as a listing’ under Endangered Species Act .. the announcement is intended to mask the fact that the Obama administration has imposed limits on development across the West.

An aide to Interior Secretary Sally Jewell said the administration is providing grouse habitat protections on 67 million acres of federal lands, including 12 million acres where strict limits on oil and gas limits will be enforced.

The administration also is proposing to withdraw mining claims on 10 million acres considered key grouse habitat.

Under Tuesday’s announcement, sales of oil and gas leases that were previously deferred on more than 8 million acres will undergo a 90-day review

http://www.sltrib.com/news/2978614-155/utahs-bishop-says-sage-grouse-plan


13 posted on 09/22/2015 9:59:09 AM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: W.

“Look at the grouse!”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiXcPj6AkXY


14 posted on 09/22/2015 10:04:16 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: george76

Rob Bishop nailed it.

0bama’s lapdog Interior Sec Jewell comes out and admits it, what a pathetic administration this is.


15 posted on 09/22/2015 10:12:27 AM PDT by jazusamo (0bama to go 'full-Mussolini' after elections: Mark Levin....and the turkey has.)
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To: W.

That’s an actual brand?!

I thought it was made up by WEB Griffin!

Well, gee, General Pickering, pour me an inch or two!


16 posted on 09/22/2015 11:04:13 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (As we say in the Air Force, "You know you're over the target when you start getting flak!")
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To: Iowa Granny; Ladysmith; Diana in Wisconsin; JLO; sergeantdave; damncat; phantomworker; joesnuffy; ..

If you’d like to be on or off this Outdoors/Rural/wildlife/hunting/hiking/backpacking/National Parks/animals list please FR mail me. And ping me is you see articles of interest.


17 posted on 09/22/2015 11:08:59 AM PDT by SJackson (Everybody has a plan until they get hit. Mike Tyson)
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To: SJackson

18 posted on 09/22/2015 11:12:10 AM PDT by Daffynition (*We are not descended from fearful men*)
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To: george76; jazusamo
Excellent news!

ESA - 0

Private Property Rights - 1

Thanks for the ping! And for the record, I finally saw a greater sage-grouse this season. About three weeks ago, I got close to a female at 9,100 ft. in a mountain range in western Nevada. Good times were had by all. Ha!

19 posted on 09/22/2015 2:12:59 PM PDT by Flycatcher (God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
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To: Alas Babylon!
I know, all the bartenders I asked around here knew nothing of it. I finally found it online.

"Hey Pick, pass that flask over this-a-way!"

Great series of books, our library has 2 shelves of his novels! [Read 'em all!]

20 posted on 09/22/2015 2:33:06 PM PDT by W. (I piss on the militant muslims & their horrid koran! Get out of my America!)
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