US Avoids Strict Rules to Protect Sage Grouse

摘要

The Interior Department on Tuesday announced that it will not be designating a vulnerable bird species found in areas with oil and gas operations as “endangered.” The move means the federal government will sidestep implementation of the most stringent nationwide regulations to protect the sage grouse and comes after a series of measures on state - governed and federally owned land that Interior Secretory Sally Jewell called the “largest, most complex” conservation effort in the US.