OPB

Ranchers in southeast Oregon helped keep sage grouse off the endangered list. Now, lithium mining could pose a new threat

Biologist Jack Hansen started up an ATV and drove through a dark sea of sagebrush just before dawn on a snowy morning in early April. This is what he does every spring morning to monitor about a dozen ...
East Oregonian

Oregon’s first sage grouse ‘conservation bank’ operating

Developers who want to build solar or wind farms, mine for gold or lithium, or pursue other projects that harm sage grouse habitat have a new option to satisfy Oregon’s requirements to protect the ...
Casper Star-Tribune

Oregon sage grouse plan relies on voluntary work

GRANTS PASS, Ore. - Oregon adopted a new plan for conserving sage grouse Friday that seeks to keep populations stable through voluntary habitat improvements coordinated by local councils.
PBS

Sage Grouse Face New Threat, Geoduck Diving, Crater Lake’s Forgotten Destination

A proposed lithium mine threatens a unique collaboration to protect one of the West’s most distinctive birds. A young couple in the Puget Sound makes a living harvesting the world’s largest—and most ...
The Bulletin

Oregon’s first sage grouse ‘conservation bank’ in operation

Developers who want to build solar or wind farms, mine for gold or lithium, or pursue other projects that harm sage grouse habitat have a new option to satisfy Oregon’s requirements to protect the ...