Search Results for: sage-grouse

November 5, 2024

JWM: With too many free-roaming horses, sage-grouse suffer 

Sage-grouse survival declines when free-roaming horse populations get too large

June 27, 2024

TWS submits comments to BLM on sage-grouse planning

The comments were developed with chapters, sections and working groups to highlight critical management issues facing this iconic species

May 15, 2024

BLM begins conservation planning updates for greater sage-grouse

Proposed Greater Sage-Grouse Rangewide Resource Management Plan Amendment aims to bolster the species’ conservation efforts

May 10, 2024

Watch: North Dakota sage-grouse numbers continue to fall

Habitat loss and West Nile disease are driving their declines

February 27, 2024

Strategic grazing could boost declining sage-grouse

In the right conditions, grazing can benefit insects the bird depends on

June 7, 2023

WM: Treating sagebrush doesn’t aid sage-grouse

A new Wildlife Monograph questions this management approach

June 3, 2022

Watch: Biologists take to the sky to look for sage-grouse leks

Sage-grouse don’t stick to the ground and neither do researchers. To find greater sage-grouse leks, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife biologists take to the air by helicopter in search...

January 6, 2022

Wyoming sees dip in sage-grouse reproduction

Early estimates from Wyoming’s 2021 sage-grouse wings indicate reproduction declined slightly in the last year. Wings from harvested chick and hen sage-grouse are collected from hunters who voluntarily drop them...

December 21, 2021

TWS2021: Common ravens disturb greater sage-grouse

When researchers began hearing reports about common ravens antagonizing sage-grouse at their lek sites in Nevada and California, they decided to investigate. Greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) are a species of...

December 2, 2021

BLM considers updating sage-grouse management plans

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is gathering new information and reviewing recent science on greater sage-grouse as it considers updating management plans for the species. The agency announced its...