Feds plan to roll back sage grouse protections
By Henry Brean, Las Vegas Review-Journal
The Interior Department released revised planning documents last week formalizing the Trump administration’s push to relax protections for the greater sage grouse in Nevada and 10 other states.
Interior officials said the six draft resource management plan amendments — including one that covers both Nevada and a portion of northeastern California — would give states more flexibility to administer conservation efforts to protect the threatened bird without hindering economic development.