House Republicans are taking aim at Biden administration plans to protect the greater sage grouse, while also moving to continue a long-standing prohibition on listing the imperiled species under the Endangered Species Act.
On Monday, House Republicans included a provision in their fiscal 2026 spending bill for the Interior Department and EPA that would block Interior from using appropriated funding “to finalize, implement, administer, or enforce” proposed sage grouse management plans begun, but not finalized, by the Biden administration.
The Bureau of Land Management in January approved management plans for Colorado and Oregon, but it did not finish new plans for eight other states within the bird’s range before President Donald Trump took office for a second term.
The provision in the House spending package comes after BLM last week told POLITICO’s E&E News that officials are “actively working with our state partners to complete the remaining greater sage grouse habitat plans with a goal of completion by the end of the year.”
