The Trump administration has auctioned off acres of habitat for the sage-grouse

[OxQQme]

>The Bureau of Land Management’s attempt on Tuesday to auction nine parcels in Utah’s West Desert for oil and gas development was a bust, with just three parcels attracting the minimum bid of $2 an acre, netting the federal agency a grand total of $14,837.

>Two oil companies walked away with a steal:

Only four bidders signed up for the online sale. Liberty Petroleum Corp. of New York City bought one lease, while Far West Petroleum of Pleasant Grove bought two.
Thankfully, the sale is already being challenged:

The so-called Sheeprocks population of great sage grouse in that area has seen its male numbers drop from 190 in 2006 to 23 in 2015, according to conservation groups challenging the lease sale.
“Sage grouse are like canaries in a coal mine,” said conservation biologist Allison Jones, executive director of Wild Utah Project, a nonprofit group advocating for Utah wildlife. ”Their population numbers are indicators of sagebrush ecosystem function and health, and when they’re not doing well, it’s a wake-up call that it’s time to do what we can to conserve and improve habitat conditions.”

>Let’s hope this sale will be tied up in the courts long enough that Trump’s successor can right the ship.


https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/9/15/1698846/-The-Trump-admin-auctioned-off-an-imperiled-bird-habitat-to-oil-companies-for-a-whopping-14-837

[sprinkleeninow]

1. Thanx for post.

>Let it be so.

[Beringia]

2. Kick for the sage grouse

[pansypoo53219]

3. jr shoots them, right? fucker. LIST THEM NOW.

[Sunlei]

4. wtf-our gov. has spent millions to run wild horses to death in Utah, fucked OUR land for $2 acre.

That IS "OUR" public land our Federal government is tasked to manage for us-"The People".

Those are OUR sage grouse.

Were OUR wild horses the government paid 'private contractors" millions of OUR federal dollars to chase with choppers run off cliffs,

and run for 30 miles on rocky ground in 100 degree weather or frozen winter days- until their hooves fell off.

[Vinca]

5. I had no idea it auctioned off so cheaply. We ought to buy it.

[madokie]

6. Number one and two problems in this country today

1: We have to get Money out of our Politics. If we don't we will continue to see a decline in our standard of living and all things related. The rich live a different life than you and I. Whats good for them is not good for us. We must remember that

2: We have to get our so called ''free' press' out of the hands of the large corporations. If we don't we'll never ever be able to look toward tomorrow with a sense of doing better for our children and grand children. Not to mention doing whats right by our Planet

[WinkyDink]

7. Another example of how Trump is "not really a Republican." BWAHAHA! *snort*