Federal listing is the only way to get the BLM to conserve and restore the habitat.

This has all been quite a whirlwind. This took a lot of us by surprise, but we need to defend this seat for the Democratic Party.

The result of meeting the goal of a sustainable grouse population might mean the end of grazing on public lands, but that's a result, not a goal.

Counting sage grouse and preparing paper plans is nice, but the way to protect the sage grouse is to conserve and improve the habitat, and the primary way to do that is to remove livestock.

Given the time frame we are working with to make changes (to the handbooks) ... and the tremendous amount of time to do more research, I recommend we put off any change for the 2006-07 school year.

It?s just like the local logging communities that opposed the hell out of wilderness and national parks when they were first proposed. The world did not end as they feared, and now they?re better off for it. The same thing will happen with coastal communities and marine reserves.