BLM Oil Exemptions Threaten Sage Grouse In Wyoming
March 09, 2023
March 09, 2023
DENVER, March 9 (TNSgov) -- The Western Watersheds Project posted the following news release on March 8, 2023:
Eleven major environmental and conservation organizations have asked the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to cease issuing waivers of habitat protections in Wyoming until the agency can assess the impacts to sage grouse habitat. BLM issues waivers, sometimes called "exemptions" that allow oil and gas and other industry activities in areas that have been set aside t . . .
Eleven major environmental and conservation organizations have asked the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to cease issuing waivers of habitat protections in Wyoming until the agency can assess the impacts to sage grouse habitat. BLM issues waivers, sometimes called "exemptions" that allow oil and gas and other industry activities in areas that have been set aside t . . .