Governor Mead Wyoming Farmers Land $10.4M To Protect Sage Grouse Secretary Tom Vilsack said in gered species list. Because pri- Freudenthal-era executive order And Secretary Salazar Move Dustin Bleizeffer prepared statement. “GRP will vate property owners often bear continuing the “core areas” plan U.S. Department of Agri- provide these states with another the costs of species protection it to restrict development in prime Towards Returning Control Of The culture announced on Thursday tool to conserve this at-risk spe- is good to see funds provided to sage grouse habitat in Wyoming. it will provide $18.2 million to cies and also protect important offset some of the costs associ- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife SerWolves To Wyoming three western states to conserve ranch lands.” ated with protecting a species.” vice recently commended WyoCHEYENNE, Wyo. – Governor Matt Mead met with Secretary of the Interior, Ken Salazar, and the Director of the US Fish and Wildlife Service, Dan Ashe, Thursday July 7 in Cheyenne. The Governor discussed wolf management with the two federal officials. Afterward Governor Mead said the meeting was a move towards a solution that works for Wyoming. “I am pleased to report that we agree in principle on major issues and have worked on details that have been stumbling blocks to an approved Wyoming plan.”
have Congressional consent as well. Thursday July 7, Governor Mead thanked the Congressional delegation for its assistance in moving this process forward. “I feel we are much closer to an agreement than we have been since I took office,” Governor Mead said.
sage grouse habitat through the Grassland Reserve Program. Wyoming’s share will be $10.4 million.
Idaho will receive $5.5 million, and Utah will receive $2.3 million. “USDA and its partners are taking a proactive approach to maintaining large and intact grazing lands that support healthy sagegrouse populations,” Agriculture
This is on top of $17 million the state received from USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) program earlier this year. Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead issued this statement: “I am pleased that the federal government is backing up its words of support for our sage-grouse plan. Our plan is an effort to keep sage-grouse off the endan-
Secretary Salazar said that because of the great leadership of Governor Mead and his staff that Wyoming will soon have a plan he will approve.
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The chair of the Sage-Grouse Implementation Team, Bob Budd, said this is a voluntary program and that it targets the right areas. “The funding specifically would go to deal with fragmentation,” Budd said. “The US Fish and Wildlife Service identified fragmentation as the number-one threat to sagegrouse habitat in the west.”
ming for its “core areas” sage grouse plan and said it is an integral tool in protecting sage grouse and avoiding a listing of the bird under the Endangered Species Act. However, the FWS also warned that the effectiveness of the plan depends on the scientific accuracy of determining prime habitat locations and actual implementation of restrictions to protect the habitat.
In June, Gov. Mead re-issued a
Where’s “Gov Dave” Now?
by Bill McCarthy CHEYENNE – Former Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal has joined the law firm of Crowell and Moring LLP as senior counsel in the firm’s Environment and Natural Resources Group. He will advise on a wide range of domestic and international environmental-and-natural resources issues, the company says.
on energy, environment law and economics. Freudenthal is also a former U.S. Attorney for the District of Wyoming. Crowell and Moring’s Environment and Natural Resources Group consists of more than 40 attorneys, public-policy advisors, and scientific consultants nationwide with a range of in-
The international firm will draw on Freudenthal’s expertise in mining, oil-and-gas resource extraction, electric transmission, alternative energy, and other energy policy issues “We are confident that his experience will be of great value to our national and global clients interested in developing energy projects in line with increasingly complex environmental regulations,” said Crowell & Moring chairman Kent A. Gardiner, in a statement. In January, Freudenthal completed two consecutive terms as Wyoming’s governor.
Past Governor Dave Freudenthal. Official Photo dustry and government agency experience.
In 2010, Freudenthal joined the University of Wyoming College of Law as a distinguished visiting professor. He leads seminars
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