On Monday Gunnison County sent a letter to the federal government saying that it plans to sue to stop the listing of the Gunnison sage-grouse as a threatened species.
The county follows the state in this move. Last week, the Colorado Attorney General’s Office sent a similar letter to the federal government.
The Gunnison sage-grouse was listed as a threatened species last month.
The birds are found in parts of Utah and Colorado. It’s estimated there are only 4,800 of them left.
The largest population of the species, about 4,000 grouse, inhabits the Gunnison Basin.
