BLM Announces Public Meetings on Sage Grouse

A male greater sage frouse inflates his air sacs while displaying for a female during the spring lekking season. North Park, Delaney Buttes State Wildlife Area, Colorado

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will hold a series of public meetings in Idaho, Colorado, California and Oregon in November on potential changes to plans for protecting greater sage grouse habitat. The meetings will be in Idaho on Nov. 2, 6 and 7, in California on Nov. 3, in Oregon on Nov. 7, and in Colorado on Nov. 9. The sage grouse plans involve 10 Western states, so BLM may announce more meetings in the weeks ahead and it will accept emailed comments through either Nov. 27 or 15 days after the last public meeting, whichever is later.