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.
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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