Who’s defending Wyoming Sage-Grouse Core Areas?
16 groups have it in their care
BLM land in Wyoming, 15M acres, managed by the Bureau of Land Management.
The defenders
Nobody has claimed this fight yet
No group in our directory carries Wyoming Sage-Grouse Core Areas in its work yet. That is not the same as nobody fighting: if you know the group that belongs here, tell us and our editors will look at it.
16 more groups also work this ground
On the ground in Wyoming
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The situation
What’s happening to Wyoming Sage-Grouse Core Areas
Wyoming holds more sage-grouse than any other state, and more oil and gas infrastructure. The core area strategy was supposed to balance both. Federal plan rollbacks have tipped the scales decisively toward industry, opening 15 million acres to drilling at levels scientists say the species cannot survive.
- 2015Federal sage-grouse plans protect core areas
- 2025Federal protections rolled back
- 2025Expanded leasing approved in core habitat
Source: BLM · February 15, 2025
Source: Department of Interior · January 20, 2025
No public comment window is open on Wyoming Sage-Grouse Core Areas right now. A call script is ready on the Public Lands Action Network, and the groups above are how the fight gets funded and argued in the meantime.
Your move
How to stand for Wyoming Sage-Grouse Core Areas
Wyoming Sage-Grouse Core Areas has defenders. It needs more.
The work is theirs. The backing is yours.