A junior oil and gas company in Calgary is blaming an order aimed at protecting a rare Prairie bird for its insolvency.
L-G-X Oil Plus Gas says its daily operations and drilling plans were significantly disrupted when an emergency order under the federal Species At Risk Act took effect in February 2014.
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The order restricts noise on 17-hundred square kilometres of provincial and federal lands in southern Alberta and Saskatchewan during the spring mating season for the greater sage-grouse, and places limits on the construction of roads and fences.
L-G-X announced in December it had filed a lawsuit against the federal government seeking 60-million dollars in compensation.
A spokeswoman with Environment and Climate Change Canada says the government has not yet filed a statement of defence.
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