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Mining ban considered to protect bird species in U.S. West

by MATTHEW BROWN
| May 14, 2021 7:00 AM

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration announced Tuesday it will consider a ban on new mining on large expanses of public lands in Western states to protect a struggling bird species, the greater sage grouse....

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