BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined a bipartisan letter led by Senator Jim Risch (R-ID) and Rep. Mike Simpson (R-ID) to Senate and House leadership urging the continued Endangered Species Act (ESA) listing prohibition for greater sage-grouse.
“[T]his prohibition gives the state conservation plans time to be effectively implemented and show results,” the senators wrote. “Instead of allowing the greater sage-grouse to be another victim of the activism industry that has been built around ESA-related litigation, we want to conserve the species. Using the knowledge and personal buy-in from States and local communities that have invested years in the development and implementation of these plans is the best way to do so.”
Senators Cramer, Risch, and Representative Simpson are joined on the letter by Senators Mike Crapo (R-ID), John Barrasso (R-WY), Steve Daines (R-MT), Mike Enzi (R-WY), John Hoeven (R-ND), Mike Lee (R-UT), Mitt Romney (R-UT), and Representatives Russ Fulcher (R-ID), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Bruce Westerman (R-AR), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Chris Stewart (R-UT), Mike Conaway (R-TX), Tom Tiffany (R-WI), Liz Cheney (R-WY), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Greg Gianforte (R-MT), Jim Baird (R-IN), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Paul Cook (R-CA), Ken Buck (R-CO), Mark Amodei (R-NV), and John Curtis (R-UT).