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February 24, 2015

Idaho plan aims to avoid ESA listing of sage grouse

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho Department of Lands has put forward a draft plan to protect sage grouse habitat on state endowment land as part an effort to avoid a federal listing of the bird under the Endangered Species Act.

The state agency that manages more than 2.4 million acres last week released a 33-page document intended to guide activities on the nearly 700,000 acres of state land deemed important habitat for the football-sized bird.


 
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