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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

Leasing rights on western lands with some of the world’s highest densities of sage grouse were sold this week to energy developers for as little as $2 an acre — the result of a recent Trump administration directive to roll back Obama-era protections for the iconic bird.

Thirty-one parcels in Wyoming containing 57,800 acres of prime sage-grouse habitat are among those being auctioned online by the federal Bureau of Land Management. 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.

The administration and the energy industry say federal and state restrictions on well densities and surface construction are adequate to maintain the bird populations.

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To: blueplum

Grouse are wild chicken.
Like all non-domesticated critters, they are virtually all dark meat.
So, DRILL DRILL DRILL.


41 posted on 03/04/2019 3:17:10 AM PST by BuffaloJack (Chivalry is not dead. It is a warriors code and only practiced by warriors.)
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To: blueplum

Sensible decisions - they want to keep habitats “pristine” and never seem to notice how many species thrive in the middle of all sorts of environments as long as it isn’t totally paved over....and rats can thrive in places more dense with human construction....


42 posted on 03/04/2019 4:35:42 AM PST by trebb (Don't howl about illegal leeches while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
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To: Bob434

Looks like a North American Booby.


43 posted on 03/04/2019 5:43:10 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz (TRUMP YOU MAGNIFICENT BASTARD!!!)
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To: blueplum

Almost 60 thousand acres...Unless they’re drilling holes every hundred feet, seems as those these birds could just move over a few feet without too much disruption...


44 posted on 03/04/2019 5:52:11 AM PST by Iscool
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To: blueplum

Almost 60 thousand acres...Unless they’re drilling holes every hundred feet, seems as those these birds could just move over a few feet without too much disruption...


45 posted on 03/04/2019 5:52:20 AM PST by Iscool
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To: blueplum

Oil field workers gotta eat, too!


46 posted on 03/04/2019 6:29:55 AM PST by Taxman (We will never be a truly free people so long as we have the income tax and the IRS.)
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To: Iscool

If there are enough grouse to cover 60,000 acres why are they considered endangered?


47 posted on 03/04/2019 6:33:44 AM PST by oldasrocks (Heavily Medicated for your Protection.)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

lol-


48 posted on 03/04/2019 9:15:01 AM PST by Bob434
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To: Publius

Very similar to Blue Heron except you increase cooking time by five minutes per pound.


49 posted on 03/04/2019 9:17:16 AM PST by VietVet876
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To: Equine1952

Nope. Bought my chicken in a store and sat on my butt and 8 it. Tried to stay away from sagebrush. Hung out in the forest looking for mushrooms. The funny kind. Oh, and that work “work”? I always thought they said “lurk” and I would go off and search for more mushrooms.


50 posted on 03/05/2019 10:40:11 PM PST by taxesareforever (Islam is an ideology. It is NOT a religion.)
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