February 03, 2012
An Idaho federal judge on Thursday denied an environmental group's bid to force the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to classify the sage grouse as an endangered species, citing a settlement in related litigation that set a deadline of 2015 for the FWS.
July 01, 2011
An Idaho federal judge ruled Thursday that a conservation group's suit seeking U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service protection for the declining greater sage grouse population must proceed, despite the government's objections.