Feds offer monitoring, not protection, for sage grouse

March 5, 2010 · The Denver Post
By Bruce Finley, Denver Post Staff Writer
Environment, Wildlife

The federal government has picked a compromise path to protect the imperiled sage grouse, declaring it needs help to prevent extinction but giving Westerners a chance to save it voluntarily before Endangered Species Act restrictions are imposed. Sage grouse became “a candidate species,” in line along with 249 other candidates deemed deserving of federal protection.

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