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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After hunters kill 874 sage grouse hens, Wyo’s hunt questioned
Last year’s data requires justification of hunting, grouse team-member says. Others contend the dwindling population can support a regulated season.
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Sage grouse hunters shot about 7,600 birds in 2019
State’s greater sage grouse team hears criticism that research doesn’t support hunting the imperiled bird, but Game and Fish disagrees.
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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.”
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Groups want federal budget to allow sage grouse assessment
Eighty environmental groups have asked U.S. House and Senate leaders to stop adopting budget riders that prevent the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from writing or issuing Endangered Species Act protections for greater sage grouse.
