Oversight Hearing: Hearing titled "Empowering State Based Management Solutions for Greater Sage Grouse Recovery"

OVERSIGHT HEARING ON:

• “Empowering State Based Management Solutions for Greater Sage Grouse Recovery”

DEMOCRATIC TOPLINE MESSAGES:

• The collaborative, stakeholder-driven process to conserve sagebrush habitat and the greater sage grouse is an unprecedented wildlife conservation success story and proof that the Endangered Species Act (ESA) works.
• Committee Republicans, who have tried unsuccessfully for decades to convince the public that the ESA is broken, refuse to admit that the Obama Administration’s efforts to conserve the greater sage-grouse and avoid an ESA listing, showcase the Act’s effectiveness and flexibility.
• The Trump Administration is attempting to roll back protections for the greater sage-grouse and risks driving the species to extinction in order to permit irresponsible drilling, mining, and grazing on U.S. public lands.

PRESS RELEASE:

• Ahead of Sage-Grouse Hearing Even Republicans Don’t Want, Grijalva Highlights Lack of Military or Local Demand for “Reform” (October 24, 2017)