<p>U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell examines a patch of cheat grass on the side of Hull's Gulch Trail in the Boise Foothills, Tuesday, in Boise.</p>
May 21, 2015
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May 21, 2015 9 p.m.
Government releases fire plan to protect struggling bird
Strategy meant to halt decline of sage grouse populations, habitat
BOISE - A federal wildfire strategy released Tuesday aims to protect the West's sagebrush country which is home to a struggling bird species whose potential listing as a threatened or endangered species already has delayed energy projects and oil and gas deals.