Oregon Sage-Grouse Habitat in Critical Minerals Crosshairs — SkimNews
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- Inside Climate News and Columbia Journalism Investigations collaborated on an investigation that reports from McDermitt Caldera, Oregon, one of the country's last sage-grouse strongholds.
- Katie Fite stood in the sage-grouse stronghold on a cold, overcast spring morning, contemplating wooden stakes driven into the ground (the source excerpt cuts off mid-paragraph).
Why it matters: Sage-grouse habitat has been a flashpoint in Western land-use fights for decades, and the McDermitt Caldera sits on mineral deposits that place it directly in the path of the current administration's critical minerals priorities — a collision the investigation is built to document.
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