DOI Initiates Review of Protected Habitat for Potential Energy Development

On June 7, 2017, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke issued Secretarial Order 3353 which established a Department of Interior (DOI) Sage-Grouse Review Team. The team was directed to, among other things, review land use plan amendments adopted in 2015 to protect sage-grouse habitat and identify provisions that may require modification or rescission to enable energy and other development on the lands.