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Feds remove protections for 10M acres of sage grouse habitat, including 231,000 in Utah

(File photo — Jerret Raffety/Rawlins Daily Times, File) Male sage grouses fight for the attention of female southwest of Rawlins, Wyo. The Interior Department announced Thursday it plans to reverse restrictions on up to 10 million acres originally intended to protect the bird — including 231,000 acres in Utah.