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Mining US Fish and Wildlife Service

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Endangered Species Act/Citizen Suit Action: Earthjustice Alleges U.S. Department of Interior Violations Approving Pinto Valley...

Earthjustice sent a June 11th 60-day Endangered Species Act (“ESA”) citizen suit Notice of Intent to Sue (“NOI”) to the Tonto National Forest (“Forest”). The NOI alleges that Forest violated Section 7 of the ESA in its...more

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Sage-Grouse: Short Flight for Pending 10 Million-Acre Withdrawal from General Mining Law?

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Secretary of the Interior Zinke has directed that the Bureau of Land Management immediately begin implementing the recommendations in his Sage-Grouse Review Team’s report, which was was released today, concerning the 2015...more

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Sage Grouse Non-Listing Decision Highlights New Challenges to Industry

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On September 22, 2015, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) announced its determination that the greater sage-grouse does not warrant protection under the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”) – i.e., the sage grouse does not...more

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Mining on 10 Million Acres in Six States Impacted by BLM’s Proposed Withdrawal

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On September 24, 2015, the federal Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”) published a Notice of Proposed Withdrawal (“BLM notice”), proposing to withdraw from mineral location and entry federal lands identified as “sagebrush focal...more

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Bureau of Land Management Releases Conservation Plans for Greater Sage-Grouse

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On Thursday, May 28, 2015, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released fourteen final Environmental Impact Statements (EISs) that incorporate greater-sage-grouse conservation measures into the land-use plans for about 50...more

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Proposed Sage-Grouse Protections May Impact Mining Along the California-Nevada Border

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On October 28, 2013, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (“USFWS”) proposed to list the Bi-State distinct population segment (“Bi-State DPS”) of greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) as a threatened species under the...more

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