Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, third from left, poses for a group photo with, left to right, Dan Ashe, Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead, Montana Gov. Steve Bullock, and Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval, at a gathering where Secretary Jewell made the formal announcement that the greater sage grouse, a ground-dwelling bird whose vast range spans 11 Western states, does not need federal protections, at Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, in Commerce City, Colo., Tuesday Sept. 22, 2015. The Obama administration and affected states have committed hundreds of millions of dollars to saving the grouse without Endangered Species Act protections that many argued would threaten industry.

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Tue., Sept. 22, 2015