Sage Grouse

Gov. Mead's issued an executive order laying down new guidelines on accommodating future development in sage grouse core population areas. His order, like his predecessor, Gov. Freudenthal, requires constant scientific re-evaluations to see if the policy discouraging wind energy development in core population areas should be altered. And, for the first time, it creates a 2015 expiration date on the entire sage grouse plan.