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Federal judge rejects bid for immediate sage grouse protection

Posted by Betsy

Feb. 3, 2012 12:55 p.m. • 0 comments

A federal judge has rejected a challenge from environmental groups seeking to force the federal government to take immediate action to increase protections for the sage grouse; such a move could have curtailed new energy production on public lands across the West, the AP reports. Click below for a full report from AP reporter Ben Neary in Cheyenne.

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