Nevada AG Laxalt frozen out of sage grouse lawsuit hearing

By Sandra Cherub |November 16, 2015 CARSON CITY — Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt, who ruffled the feathers of Gov. Brian Sandoval when he joined a lawsuit challenging sage grouse protections, won’t be allowed to argue Tuesday when a federal judge considers an injunction to block new public lands regulations, the judge ruled. U.S. District Judge […]

Reno neighborhood stung by sage grouse rules

By Scott Sonner |November 16, 2015 One of the first, actual on-the-ground disruptions caused by new U.S. efforts to protect the greater sage grouse isn’t on a cattle ranch in Oregon or an oil field in Colorado. It’s in the backyard of a residential neighborhood in Sun Valley, north of Reno, where plans to acquire federal […]