A potential move by federal regulators to list a small bird as endangered has ignited debate over changes to the Endangered Species Act.

 

The greater sage grouse, whose habitat covers 165 million acres in 11 western states, is at the center of one most controversial species designations in years.  The fight has drawn comparison to the spotted owl, which critics turned into a symbol of the law's excess in the 1990's.

 

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