Leaders of the Idaho-based group say the fencing near key grouse habitat flies in the face of BLM's own research showing the low-flying, hen-sized birds often die when they strike fences.
Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead said Wednesday the problem is nationwide and he hopes to build bipartisan support for changes in the federal Endangered Species Act, the primary tool for protecting species on the brink of extinction.
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - A group of counties and conservation districts in western Wyoming is suing over the federal government's sweeping plans to protect habitat for the greater sage grouse.
The Wyoming Stock Growers Association has sued federal agencies that allegedly ignored its comments for land use plans in areas with sage grouse habitat, its executive vice president said Wednesday.
All Wyomingites, especially landowners, are again being asked to assist in the management of the state’s sage grouse populations this summer by immediately reporting dead sage grouse to the Wyoming Game and Fish Department so they can be tested for West Nile Virus...
It is springtime in the Rockies and that means it is peak time to catch the sage grouse strutting on their leks. The sparsely vegetated flatland just off Hat 6 road east of Casper is an ancestral lek of the sage grouse. This area is a strutting ground for courtship display from mid-March to mid-May...
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service favor a middle path among the options they're considering for protecting sage grouse habitat in Wyoming.
Agenda items include reports from the Douglas core area reclamation group, Thunder Basin National Grassland and the sage grouse noise and reclamation/restoration/mitigation subcommittees.