The Biden administration on Friday issued final regulations designed to protect the greater sage grousepwbet gaming, a speckled brown bird with a sprawling habitat across 10 Western states.

The move to safeguard the iconic species would limit drilling and mining on federal lands as well as the development of clean energy such as solar and wind power.

But the plan could soon be upended: President-elect Donald J. Trump has pledged to increase oil and gas production on public lands, and he sought to weaken sage grouse habitat restrictions in his first term.

A coalition of conservation groups expressed support for the Biden administration’s action on Friday morning.

“These plans are exactly what the science has pointed to and exactly what we expected and we support,” said Alison Holloran, executive director of Audubon Rockies and vice president of the national organization. “We’re ready to move forward.”

The conservation effort is part of a long tug of war between environmentalists and the drilling and mining industries over wildlife habitat across the Western states. The habitat of the grouse has shrunk in recent years due to mining and other industrial activity, along with wildfire and drought linked to climate change. Once abundant, the greater sage grouse, a bulbous bird with a fan of tail feathers that nests on the ground, is teetering toward endangered status.

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