Friday, August 08, 2014
"Grouse hits 400,000 Acres Out of Energy Production"
I'm noticing a lot of decisions being put off until after the November election.
That should tell us something...
That should tell us something...
Audrey Hudson recently reported this on the Colorado Observer website:
"The federal government’s decision to ban energy development across a wide swath of Colorado and eastern Utah to protect the Gunnison sage grouse habitat has raised concerns the action would inflict economic damage.
Although the Obama administration was not expected to make its decision as to whether the bird warrants the endangered listing until November, the Bureau of Land Management’s decision this week effectively puts an oil, gas and coal moratorium on 400,000 acres – roughly 90 acres per bird.
The final decision was “pushed back until after the election, because when people understand the impact on jobs, people get mad,” said Kathleen Sgamma, vice president of the Western Energy Alliance."
