Professor and bird researcher rebuts recent assessment of grouse populations.
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Oversight panel debates harm of sage grouse hunting
Researchers and members of the state’s greater sage grouse team try to understand how much hunting pressure a troubled species can tolerate without being imperiled.
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Sage grouse farming flies forward, hoping to dodge a crash
The difficulty of simulating leks and getting captive sage grouse to breed is on display right now in Bighorn Basin flight pens.
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New sage grouse data ‘alarming,’ state biologist says
The latest counts of hunter-submitted grouse wings from 2021 indicate a continuing loss in the Wyoming population, the West’s largest.
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Wyo sage grouse counts fall again, marking a 5-year trend
Game and Fish Department says numbers dropped 13% from 2020 due to low chick survival, drought, habitat fragmentation and cycles that are “not understood.”
