(23)LAND USE PLANNING FOR GREATER SAGE-GROUSE PROTECTION: AUTHORITIES AND LIMITS

摘要

In March 2010, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) determined that listing the greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) as a threatened or endangered species pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA)1 was "warranted but precluded" by higher priority listing actions.2 Conservation groups challenged this and other ESA listing decisions. In a 2011 settlement agreement, the FWS agreed to submit either a proposed listing rule or a not-warranted finding for the sage-grouse by September 30, 2015.