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— Ruling makes clear that the Administration ignored science and cut out the public

— Governor Jared Polis’s wildlife executive order is a win for Colorado’s birds.

— Governor Mark Gordon’s revised Executive Order maintains a balanced approach to sage-grouse and energy development, conserving critical habitat for the imperiled species.

— Report affirms importance of programs like Audubon’s Conservation Ranching Initiative and findings of recent report on fate of birds in America’s grasslands.

— Despite a formal directive to keep leasing, drilling outside sage-grouse habitat, federal agencies have pushed to develop in priority habitat.

— Forest Service lands that include important habitat for Greater Sage-Grouse and 350 other species of wildlife now at increased risk of further development.

— Recommendations by state and federal agencies responsible for wildlife are disregarded as focus remains solely on development.

— Bighorn Audubon Society helped designate the Amsden and Kerns Wildlife Habitat Management Areas.

— America’s ranchers will play a key role in protecting grassland birds and the places they need in a fragmented and climate-vulnerable landscape.

— Collaborative program helps endangered birds with bipartisan support.