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Conservation Groups Ask Judge to Block Land Management Plan That Could Destroy Oregon Sage-Grouse Habitat

Four national conservation groups have asked a federal judge to block land management plans in seven states, including Oregon, in order to protect threatened sage grouse habitat.

An Oregon Seabird Called the Marbled Murrelet Is Now Listed as Endangered

Never heard of the marbled murrelet? That’s likely because the species has been in decline for the past two decades. In fact, the seabirds are now so imperiled that the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Commission just voted to up-list the species from threatened to endangered.

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