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GM interior is complete shite.

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Huh?

Because he has to drag this out for clicks

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insanely

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Do people even think before calling everything ‘crazy’ or ‘insane’?

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The unmitigated gall it takes to intimate that species endangerment, in the case of the Sage Grouse, should upend energy development, ranching, etc. is breathtaking. Goodness!

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Good grief. Do some of you understand that different animals need different types of habitat to survive, and without that habitat their overall numbers will shrink until they are almost gone?

A ‘ranch’ isn’t the same as wild habitat, and these animals haven’t had enough time to adapt to your ‘ranch’ or whatever you think will work.

At least we have more beef to sell to the illegals though, huh?

Seems like you are getting emotional again.

In my experience almost every situation like this is traced back to habitat loss, which is a euphemism for development.

There could have been an effect from a virus, but that was just the deathblow to a population depleted by the loss of places to live.

As to your other point, I don’t see where it is meaningful.

Have a great day :cheers:

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So you're aware numbers in those areas, home to most of the population, are stable or in slight incline? See, that's curious. I didn't pick up that vibe from the OP at all. Perhaps an oversight on your part?

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Sarcasm noted.

Though I’m not sure what your post has to do with overall national numbers that are declining.

On a similar note, maybe we could say wild quail are increasing in (1) county in Texas and extrapolate that to mean wild quail populations are fine everywhere?

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In Montana and Wyoming? Have you checked, or are you just taking peoples' word for it?

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He listed other states besides those.

And yes, I try to stay informed on the topic.

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ND was never a major Sage Grouse range.

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That’s true, but they were there.

The idea that the BLM mouthpiece would say sage grouse are thriving is ludicrous.

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Biden didn’t save them, just like he didn’t cure cancer, but blame Trump? Cool story.

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So long as shithead Biden didn’t do anything we shouldn’t do anything either?

Even cooler story.

After years of declines, officials in North Dakota announced that sage grouse are gone from the state.

The species’ numbers have been declining nationwide, likely due to
habitat loss for ranches and development. Political pressure has kept the bird off the endangered species list because money is the most important thing in the US.

What is the government doing in response?

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The Trump administration is planning on making more acres of public land available for energy and mineral development in eight Western states, a move worrying environmentalists watching for the declining population of greater sage-grouse.

The Bureau of Land Management announced Monday plans to modify its greater sage-grouse land use plan on about 50 million acres of sagebrush across Nevada, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, California, Utah and Wyoming.

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The head of BLM, a former oil and gas man, is on the case:

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”We are strengthening American energy security while ensuring the sage-grouse continues to thrive,” acting Bureau of Land Management director Bill Groffy said in a news release.

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Classic political obfuscation. The idea that sage grouse are thriving is a complete fantasy.



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