Search Results for: sage-grouse
JWM: Wildfire ‘a primary threat’ to sage-grouse
When wildfires scorched 1 million acres of greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) habitat in the Great Basin in 2012, it affected the survival of the birds, but it offered researchers a...
Federal courts weigh in on horses, grizzlies and sage-grouse
Federal court decisions in three recent cases illustrate the complexity of the intersection between scientific wildlife management, public opinion and the judicial system. The Pryor Mountain wild horses (Equus caballus),...
Colo. governor asks to keep sage-grouse land off lease sale
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper is asking the Bureau of Land Management to remove greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) habitat from a planned oil and gas lease sale. The Dec. 6 sale...
USFS follows BLM to amend greater sage-grouse plans
The U.S. Forest Service has followed the example set by the Bureau of Land Management by releasing a supplemental notice of intent to draft environmental impact statements for potential amendments...
Biologist uses robot bird to study sage-grouse mating
Gail Patricelli, a biologist at University of California, Davis, has a unique approach to studying greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) mating. It involves what she calls a “fembot” — a taxidermy...
Changes proposed for greater sage-grouse plans
The ongoing controversy over greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) conservation continued this month with the release of six draft environmental impact statements and resource management plan amendments. A public comment period...
TWS signs letter in response to DOI reopening sage-grouse plans
On Nov. 30, The Wildlife Society and 23 other organizations sent a letter to Ryan Zinke, Secretary of the Interior, in response to the Bureau of Land Management notice announcing...
Forest Service revisits sage-grouse plans
On Nov. 21 the U.S. Forest Service published a notice soliciting comments on its plan to revisit and possibly amend land management plans in regards to the greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus...
House Committee holds hearing on sage-grouse plans
On Oct. 25, the House Committee on Natural Resources held an Oversight Hearing on Empowering States in Sage-Grouse Management. This hearing was held in response to the Bureau of Land...
BLM to hold public hearings on sage-grouse in four
The Bureau of Land Management has announced it will hold public hearings this November in four states — Idaho, California, Oregon, and Colorado — as part of its gathering of...