The Bureau of Land Management may need an additional year to complete its evaluation of a proposed 235-mile-long transmission line to northern Nevada because of how it could affect greater sage grouse habitat.
BLM next week will launch a new analysis of potential amendments to three federal land-use plans that might be needed to approve the Greenlink North power line that’s a Biden administration priority, according to an advance notice in Friday’s Federal Register.
The analysis will be added to the ongoing environmental impact statement evaluating the overall Greenlink North project
The new evaluation illustrates how large-scale energy projects can conflict with the separate Biden administration priority of protecting the imperiled greater sage grouse and its sagebrush habitat.
