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Federal auction sells leasing rights on thousands of acres of prime sage-grouse habitat
WaPo via MSN ^ | 01 Mar 2019 | Kathy Love

Posted on 03/03/2019 8:19:02 PM PST by blueplum

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Drill baby Drill
1 posted on 03/03/2019 8:19:02 PM PST by blueplum
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To: blueplum
for the iconic bird.

Really?

2 posted on 03/03/2019 8:21:27 PM PST by Cowboy Bob ("Other People's Money" = The life blood of Liberalism)
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To: Cowboy Bob

Tastes like chicken.


3 posted on 03/03/2019 8:22:55 PM PST by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!)
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$2.00 acre? That’s a cheap hunting lease. I’m developing a taste for sage grouse hunting.


4 posted on 03/03/2019 8:27:46 PM PST by BipolarBob (Dad, Send lawyers, guns and money.)
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To: blueplum

If memory serves me correctly, I read an article either here at FR or from another news-site that said the Sage Grouse and habitat were doing very well and that some of the birds were not in the areas considered for sale/drilling.

Will try to find it for you.

I recognize the WP writer’s name and she is a leftist environmental wacko writer.


5 posted on 03/03/2019 8:30:16 PM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper (with)
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To: blueplum
the result of a recent Trump administration directive to roll back Obama-era protections for the iconic bird.

...Conservationists call the area the “golden triangle” because of its importance for the species, which has suffered a sharp decline in the past 15 years as oil and gas extraction expanded rapidly in the grouse’s historic range.

Is the bird endangered at all or was it simply a convenient way for Obama to remove these lands from drilling? Was the bird population sufficient or perhaps in an overpopulation state? If so, a drop in numbers may not matter or may be desirable.

I am assuming that these questions (among others) were not asked by the writer(s) because that would be too much like work.

6 posted on 03/03/2019 8:30:52 PM PST by 17th Miss Regt
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[[the result of a recent Trump administration directive to roll back Obama-era protections for the iconic bird.]]

Oh the horror- democrats act as though trump is going to carpet bomb the area now out of sheer spite=- The birds will be fine Democrats- breath in, breathe out, breathe in, breathe out-


7 posted on 03/03/2019 8:33:59 PM PST by Bob434
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To: BipolarBob

sold this week to energy developers for as little as $2 an acre —


sorry, not hunting rights...……………...


8 posted on 03/03/2019 8:34:37 PM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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It takes energy to hunt. Totally unfair.


9 posted on 03/03/2019 8:36:43 PM PST by BipolarBob (Dad, Send lawyers, guns and money.)
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To: blueplum
Sage Grouse Supreme

Ingredients

2 , sage grouse, , filleted and cut into 1-inch cubes
flour seasoned with generous amounts of paprika, garlic salt, onion salt and pepper

SAUCE:
1 cup brewed coffee
1 (15-ounce) can tomato sauce
3 tablespoons grape jelly
1 cup red wine
1 (14-ounce) can mushrooms, drained

Directions:

Fillet and cut 2 sage grouse into 1-inch cubes. Soak in milk for several hours or overnight. Drain and pat dry. Coat with seasoned flour (to flour add generous amounts of paprika, garlic salt, onion salt, and pepper--flour should have a red tint). Brown in hot oil. Place in Dutch oven.

Add sauce ingredients. Cover and cook using 8-10 briquets underneath the Dutch oven and 15-18 briquets on the lid, or in a 350°F oven. For adult birds, which may be tough, plan on cooking about 2 1/2 hours. You’ll need to freshen your charcoal for the last hour. Check periodically and add more wine or water if needed. Serve with rice or noodles and a green salad. Serves four. This is a good recipe for old as well as young birds.


10 posted on 03/03/2019 8:39:18 PM PST by mdittmar
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Windmills in Wyoming kill many thousands of times more birds each year than any drilling rig. The grouse is safe as long as it stays away from the windmills.
 
11 posted on 03/03/2019 8:40:25 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie (Hey, Little Marco, why don't you go take a bubble bath?)
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There will be more birds in 5 years than there are now.


12 posted on 03/03/2019 8:40:56 PM PST by bray (Pray for President Trump)
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

thanks MadMax. I remember reading something similar


13 posted on 03/03/2019 8:41:45 PM PST by blueplum ( "...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017)
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To: mdittmar

Do you have a recipe for spotted owl?


14 posted on 03/03/2019 8:42:00 PM PST by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill & Publius available at Amazon.)
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To: blueplum; thackney

When you can side drill, you don’t need a lot of wells in one area, anyhow.


15 posted on 03/03/2019 8:43:31 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Modern feminism: ALL MEN BAD!!!)
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To: blueplum

Truth? We need no stinking truth! Never let the truth get in the way of the agenda.


16 posted on 03/03/2019 8:57:55 PM PST by Fungi
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To: blueplum

Orange man bad ?


17 posted on 03/03/2019 9:17:23 PM PST by A strike (I DEMAND my responsibilities!)
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To: blueplum

Any acreage you can lease for $2 an acre is goat pasture. No one will ever disturb the grouse.


18 posted on 03/03/2019 9:30:35 PM PST by crusty old prospector
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To: blueplum

More winning.


19 posted on 03/03/2019 9:40:44 PM PST by kaehurowing
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To: mdittmar
Make
American
Grouse
Amazing

20 posted on 03/03/2019 9:41:34 PM PST by mabarker1 (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!!)
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