AR-News: (US NV) BLM Director: Nevada building case against sage grouse listing

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A top federal land manager says state protection plans like one being 
developed in Nevada are helping build a case against listing the sage grouse as an 
endangered species. 
However, Bureau of Land Management Director Kathleen Clarke also warned at a 
meeting in Reno Monday that several Western states are lagging behind. 
She says they are running out of time to help persuade the US Fish and 
Wildlife Service to keep the bird off the list of federally protected species at the 
end of this year. 
Partly because of that void, Clarke says the BLM is developing interim 
national guidelines to help protect the bird. 
She says those will be set aside in deference to any individual state plans 
that ultimately are adopted. 




full story:
http://www.krnv.com/Global/story.asp?S=1714473&nav=8faOLYpZ 
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