All Posts Tagged With: "sage grouse"
Wind Power Line in Wyoming, Idaho
Draws Opposition
Some Idaho and Wyoming residents and environmental groups are expressing opposition to a proposed 1,100-mile long high-voltage power line designed to transmit 3,000 megawatts of mostly wind-generated electricity to fast-growing areas in the western U.S.
16Apr2012 | admin | 0 comments | ContinuedOp-Ed: Local Sage-Grouse Conservation —
or Just More Regulation?
The Fish and Wildlife Service has been directed by a federal judge to make a final decision on whether to fully list the greater sage grouse under the Endangered Species Act by 2015. The implications are weighing heavily on sportsmen, hunters, private landowners, ranchers, energy developers, and other land users across the West.
26Mar2012 | admin | 0 comments | ContinuedFind Solutions, Cut The Rhetoric, Save
the Sage Grouse
A new BLM study indicates that energy development and West Nile virus outbreaks threaten to make the sage grouse extinct in Wyoming. According to the “Powder River Basin Sage Grouse Viability Study,” from 2001 to 2005, sage grouse populations have declined 82 percent within the coalbed methane fields in northeast Wyoming.
22Mar2012 | admin | 0 comments | ContinuedWind Turbine Construction Lags Behind Permitting
Specifically, he said legal and environmental issues such as sage grouse habitat, financial concerns, tax uncertainty, legal and transmission constraints have slowed construction of wind turbines.
22Feb2012 | admin | 0 comments | ContinuedGovernor’s Order Adjusts Grouse Rules for State
Mead said in a statement that his order reflects a state effort to develop a compromise acceptable to all sides. “Because the listing of the greater sage grouse as a threatened or endangered species could cripple the economy of our state I believe this executive order is needed.”
4Jun2011 | admin | 0 comments | ContinuedInterior Department, Wildlife Group Reach
Sage Grouse Deal
In a move that could have huge implications for oil and gas drilling in Wyoming and other western states, the Obama administration says it has struck a deal with a wildlife group that will see it decide by 2015 whether to protect the greater sage grouse under the federal Endangered Species Act.
12May2011 | admin | 0 comments | ContinuedBLM Expects to Clear Backlog of Unissued Oil
and Gas Leases in Wyoming
The agency said the backlog totaling 1,501 leases was caused by new policies and concerns over wildlife and the environment in the summer of 2010, particularly the status of the Sage Grouse, as well as the change in presidential administrations.
4Apr2011 | admin | 0 comments | ContinuedMulti-State Power Line Project to Test Policies
on Grouse, ‘Wild Lands’
Backers of the proposed TransWest Express electricity transmission project are trying to accomplish something that has stymied developers in recent years: build a power line that crosses multiple state boundaries and bisects hundreds of miles of federal and private property.
15Mar2011 | admin | 0 comments | ContinuedFreudenthal Updates Grouse Plan
Gov. Dave Freudenthal on Wednesday issued an executive order revising Wyoming’s sage grouse Core Population Area policy, first implemented by executive order in 2008 to help avoid a listing of the greater sage grouse under the Endangered Species Act.
26Aug2010 | admin | 0 comments | ContinuedOil & Gas Leasing Backlog Starts to Loosen
The 2-year-old delay on issuing federal leases in Wyoming began breaking loose a few days ago as the U.S. Bureau of Land Management announced it finally will issue 145 leases sold in June 2008.
10Aug2010 | admin | 0 comments | ContinuedWind Energy Proponents Grouse Over Grouse Conservation
Studies have found that sage grouse abandon breeding areas near oil drilling areas and tall structures where predators are likely to perch. Regulators seeking to minimize disruption to the birds have required that drilling rigs be at least one kilometer from known breeding areas — and since wind turbines are even taller, larger buffer zones may be required.
19Jul2010 | admin | 1 comment | ContinuedOil and Gas Dispatches
>> SAMSON OIL & GAS IN GOSHEN COUNTY DEAL
>> REX ENERGY BUYS DJ BASIN ACREAGE
>> STATE GROUSE TEAM ADDS PROTECTED AREAS
>> VOYAGER IN LARAMIE COUNTY - DJ BASIN PLAY
Wind Power Project Offers Sage Grouse Conservation Plan
The Power Company of Wyoming wants to build a 1,000-turbine wind farm on part of a 486-square-mile cattle ranch near Rawlins. To get project approval, the company must address concerns related to the sage grouse. More than half of the project site overlaps with “core” habitat area designated by the state for special protection.
20Apr2010 | admin | 0 comments | ContinuedStudy: Collection Pipelines Help Wyo. Sage Grouse
A new study preliminarily concludes that gas development has harmed sage grouse in western Wyoming but efforts to reduce truck traffic in the area seem to have helped the birds.
12Apr2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued

