Mining ban considered to protect bird species in US West
MATTHEW BROWN, Associated Press
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FILE - In this April 22, 2015, file photo, a male sage grouse struts in the early morning hours outside Baggs, Wyo. A federal judge has overturned a Trump administration action that would have allowed mining and other development in parts of areas spanning six western states that are considered important for the survival of the struggling bird species. (Dan Cepeda/The Casper Star-Tribune via AP, File)Dan Cepeda/AP
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) The Biden administration announced Tuesday it will consider a ban on new mining on large expanses of public lands in Western states to protect a struggling bird species, the greater sage grouse.
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BILLINGS, Mont. A federal judge on Thursday overturned a Trump administration action that allowed mining and other development on 10 million acres in parts of six western states that are considered important for the survival of a struggling bird species.
The decision under Trump to cancel a prior effort to ban mining failed to fully consider how the move would affect greater sage grouse, a wide-ranging, chicken-sized bird that has seen a dramatic population drop in recent decades, U.S. District Judge Lynn Winmill said.