Judge denies a Nevada motorcycle race through sage grouse-protected land

Reno, Nev. • A federal judge has upheld the U.S. Forest Service’s authority to keep a 250-mile motorcycle race out of sage grouse habitat in Nevada’s high desert, rejecting a lawsuit by off-road vehicle enthusiasts who argued the agency illegally short-circuited the environmental review process.The lawsuit filed in December 2018 challenged Forest Service rules barring off-road travel within 4-mile buffers around bi-state grouse breeding grounds between March 1 and June 30 in the