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The Environmental News Service reported that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed giving the Gunnison Sage-Grouse protected status under the Endangered Species Act. The protection would include designated 1.7 million acres as critical habitat to hopefully stop the grouse’s population decline. The Gunnison Sage-Grouse is one of the ten most endangered birds in the U.S. Read more at: Gunnison Sage-Grouse to Be Listed as Endangered | Environment News Service