Proposed land-use restrictions across 2.1 million acres in Colorado and Utah include 1-mile buffers around all grouse breeding grounds. The Bureau of Land Management is proposing a major new plan to ...

The Gunnison sage-grouse seems to be getting a clawhold on Pinyon Mesa, according to recent tallies of the bird's population in Colorado and Utah. The largest population of the birds, that in the ...

Despite ongoing conservation efforts, the Western bird continues to face sharp population declines at the hands of climate change-induced impacts to its habitat which include wildfires and drought ...

Despite ongoing conservation efforts, a Western bird continues to face sharp population declines at the hands of climate change-induced impacts to its habitat which include wildfires and drought ...

DENVER (Reuters) - U.S. wildlife authorities listed the Gunnison sage grouse as threatened on Wednesday, disappointing environmental activists who wanted the species given greater protection, and ...

Three environmental organizations filed protests Monday against 14 plans for the management of greater sage-grouse habitat on federal land in the West, calling the plans "weak." The plans could lead ...

BLM unveils greater sage-grouse support plans CHEYENNE — The greater sage-grouse population is spread across 11 Western states, but that population is declining. Between 1965 and 2021, that number has ...

Members of the team called for the hunting review after learning that hunters last season shot an estimated 7,600 greater sage grouse in Wyoming. Hunters still pursue greater sage grouse in seven of ...

Famous for their displays during the spring breeding season, sage grouse inhabit the steppes of the American west. Big birds, they can weigh up to 6 pounds, and they can look even bigger when they ...

This story, “Walk Up a Flight,” appeared in the August 1953 issue of Outdoor Life. Sage hens are another name for sage grouse. “Just a thousand miles away from home-and a-waitin’ for a train.” The ...

WEST FARGO – I keep three North Dakota OUTDOORS calendars on the wall in my office. When I glance up and see a dark shaded day, I know it’s pretty significant. A season opener or application deadline ...