Ruby settlement establishes new conservation fund

Advocates for the West recently helped broker an innovative settlement between WWP and El Paso Pipeline Corp. to establish a $15 million Sagebrush Habitat Conservation Fund.  The Fund will work to retire grazing permits on a willing seller basis to mitigate for impacts of the 650-mile Ruby natural gas pipeline on sage-grouse and other sagebrush species.

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Sagebrush Habitat Conservation Fund Press Release - FINAL 7-15-10.pdf