Forest Service weighs changes to protections for sage grouse

Forest Service weighs changes to protections for sage grouse

FILE - In this May 9, 2008, file photo, male sage grouses fight for the attention of a female southwest of Rawlins, Wyo. The U.S. Forest Service is rethinking sage grouse protection plans in six Western states after a federal court agreed with mining companies that the agency illegally created some protections in Nevada. (Jerret Raffety/Rawlins Daily Times via AP, File)

Forest Service weighs changes to protections for sage grouse

FILE - In this May 9, 2008, file photo, male sage grouses fight for the attention of a female southwest of Rawlins, Wyo. The U.S. Forest Service is rethinking sage grouse protection plans in six Western states after a federal court agreed with mining companies that the agency illegally created some protections in Nevada. (Jerret Raffety/Rawlins Daily Times via AP, File)