DENVER —The National Wildlife Federation, seven of its Western affiliates, and more than 12,000 members urged the Bureau of Land Management to adopt a range of lasting management approaches rooted in the best available science to reverse Greater sage-grouse population declines and restore the sagebrush ecosystem.  The agency’s public comment period for its Greater sage-grouse resource management plan ends at midnight on June 13.

“We applaud the Bureau of Land Management for collaborating with state and local officials, the energy industry, ranchers, sportsmen and women, and other stakeholders to draft a plan to help conserve Greater sage-grouse,” said Bailey Brennan, public lands attorney at the National Wildlife Federation. “We hope the agency will build on this initial draft plan to ensure that the reforms are broadly supported and based on the best available science.”