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  • Voluntary conservation will prevent fed intervention

    Joyce Swartzendruber

    Editor: The clock is ticking on an "endangered species" listing of the greater sage-grouse. If U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decides to list the bird in 2015, it will mean huge changes to Montana and the western states where the grouse has historically lived. Ranchers may have their federal grazing land leases curtailed. Oil and gas development may be stalled. Other road and energy development may be stopped in certain areas. The USFWS's Conservation Objectives: Final Report itemizes what threats to the sage-grouse remain....