Tag: ruffed grouse

April 28, 2022

The impacts of snowshoe hare extirpation cascade through ecosystem

Snowshoe hares have been disappearing from parts of their southern range for some time now. In the Sandhill State Wildlife Area in Wisconsin, the small mammals were extirpated in the...

October 24, 2017

JWM study: West Nile could be impacting Pennsylvania grouse

A new study from Pennsylvania suggests that the West Nile virus may be partly to blame for the decline of ruffed grouse and could be undermining efforts to restore the...

February 23, 2016

Summer camp teaches high schoolers about ruffed grouse

The Wildlife Society is committed to fostering the careers of wildlife biology students of all ages. Gabrielle Dodson, a freshman at Ferndale Area High School in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, recently had...