Hiding somewhere in the sagebrush on a wide-open area were dozens of sage grouse. It was dark. So dark it seemed you can see nearly every star. “That’s the seven sisters, the little, little dipper, ...
SMITH VALLEY — It had all the makings of the classic prank known as a snipe hunt. Up at 3:30 in the morning to drive an hour-plus to a remote patch of sagebrush, purportedly to view male sage grouse ...
Grazing restrictions on public lands may have unintended consequences for greater sage grouse, according to a recent study. The imperiled birds depend on habitat on both public and private lands, and ...
As the Bureau of Land Management for the third time crafts a blueprint for protecting the iconic Western bird, the Biden administration could find itself in conflict not only with the oil industry and ...
The numbers are bleak — both for the iconic Western bird and its sagebrush habitat. Can the Bureau of Land Management and state wildlife agencies reverse the trend? The imperiled greater sage grouse, ...
The fate of the greater sage grouse, a remarkable bird that once flourished across the American West, now largely rests with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Right now, BLM is in the final stages ...
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The future of the greater sage grouse, an iconic species of the American West, is in doubt. Over decades its numbers have dwindled to a mere 150,000 ...
DENVER, Jan. 9 (UPI) --The greater sage grouse -- a chubby, high-altitude chicken with an elaborate mating ritual -- might be headed to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Endangered Species List ...
For the past five years, the energy industry, Utah political leaders and county commissioners have implored the feds to not list the greater sage grouse as an endangered or threatened species, arguing ...
The sage grouse can’t catch a break. The bird with a riveting mating ritual and a 40-million-year lineage, which provided sustenance for Plains Indians and settlers all across the American West, has ...
On the vast fields of sagebrush across the West, more male members of a uniquely American bird called the greater sage grouse are performing a dance that went out of style for humans long ago: the ...