CHEYENNE (WNE) — On Friday, Senate Western Caucus Chair Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., and Congressional Western Caucus Chair Dan Newhouse, R-Wash., released a statement after the Bureau of Land Management released its final Greater Sage-Grouse Rangewide Planning Resource Management Plan.

“This Greater sage-grouse plan will have wide-reaching impacts on farmers, ranchers and landowners across the West whose livelihoods depend on responsible management of federal lands,” Lummis said, according to a caucus news release. “Instead of trusting states like Wyoming that have proven expertise in sage-grouse management, the Biden-Harris administration is making a last-ditch effort to exert more control over the West. I am confident the Trump administration will begin work on day one to correct the wrongdoings of this administration and properly restore the role of states in managing their own wildlife populations.”

“The Biden Administration is firing another salvo in their war against public lands across the west,” said Newhouse.

This plan will impact sage-grouse habitats in Wyoming, California, Nevada, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, Colorado, Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota.