“The greater sage-grouse rider is a disgraceful blemish on our nation’s rich environmental history. It is a detrimental provision that undermines sound science as well as our nation’s bedrock conservation laws. Reckless members of Congress have once again affirmed their willingness to doom an iconic species and the sagebrush ecosystems on which greater sage-grouse and hundreds of other species depend.”
Jamie Rappaport Clark, President and CEO of Defenders of Wildlife
Top negotiators in Congress announced that the greater sage-grouse rider will be included in this year’s final FY2022 appropriations bill.
Greater sage-grouse populations have declined 80% since 1965 according to a federal study. The rider prevents the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) from considering the birds for protection under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) since 2014, and the bird continues to decline at unsustainable rates.
Congress Defies Science, Includes Sage-Grouse Rider in Appropriations, Again
Jamie Rappaport Clark, President and CEO of Defenders of Wildlife
Top negotiators in Congress announced that the greater sage-grouse rider will be included in this year’s final FY2022 appropriations bill.
Greater sage-grouse populations have declined 80% since 1965 according to a federal study. The rider prevents the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) from considering the birds for protection under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) since 2014, and the bird continues to decline at unsustainable rates.
Congress Defies Science, Includes Sage-Grouse Rider in Appropriations, Again