Groups sue to block Trump administration changes to sage grouse rules

A male sage grouse trying to impress a group of hens, at left, near the base of the Rattlesnake Range in southwest Natrona County, Wyoming, in 2014. (Alan Rogers/The Casper Star-Tribune via AP, File)

In this Sept. 15, 2014 photo, a Greater Sage Grouse awaits examination after being captured at night outside Saratoga in south-central Wyoming. (AP Photo/Mead Gruver, File)

In this April 20, 2013, photo, male Greater Sage Grouse perform their mating ritual on a lake near Walden, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

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March 27, 2019 - 3:40 pm

BILLINGS, Mont. — Conservation groups are asking a federal judge to block the Trump administration from easing restrictions on energy companies that were meant to protect a struggling Western bird species.

Attorneys for Western Watersheds Project, Prairie Hills Audubon Society and two other groups made the request Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Boise, Idaho.

At issue are federal land use plans for greater sage grouse first enacted in 2015 under President Barack Obama.

The Interior Department revised those plans this month as part of President Donald Trump’s efforts to promote oil and gas drilling and other activities.

The ground-dwelling sage grouse’s territory includes portions of 11 Western states, including Nevada.

The same groups behind Wednesday’s court filing had sued in 2016 over the Obama-era plans, claiming they did not do enough.

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