Wyoming Game & Fish Asks Public to Report Dead Sage-Grouse During West Nile virus season
Mosquitoes spread the virus.
Sage Grouse
Sage Grouse Reproduction in Wyoming Declined from Last Year
Early estimates from Wyoming’s 2021 sage grouse wings indicate reproduction declined slightly in the last year.
Hunters deposited wings from 621 chicks and 750 hens in collection barrels. In a preliminary analysis, Wyoming’s 2021 chick-to-hen ratio was 0.8 chicks/hen. Du...
Judge: Trump’s Lifting of Mining Ban in U.S. West Was Wrong
The wide-ranging, chicken-sized bird has seen a dramatic population drop in recent decades.
Sage Grouse Review Done, But Scant Time for Trump’s Changes
A federal judge blocked the Trump administration in 2019 from relaxing rules imposed under the Obama administration that restricted mining, drilling and grazing across millions of acres.
Trump Plans Would Ease Protections for Sage Grouse in the West
The ground-dwelling greater sage grouse is at the center of a bitter conflict between the administration and conservationists.
Fall Hunting Forecast for South East Wyoming
The forecast for the 2020 fall hunting season has been released by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department
Judge Strikes Down US Energy Leasing Rules in Bird Habitat
Morris struck down administration policies that have allowed more drilling in sage grouse habitat.
US Pushes Changes to Western Land Plans That Judge Blocked
A federal judge in Idaho blocked the Trump administration plans last year over concerns that they could harm greater sage grouse, a ground-dwelling bird.
Environmental Groups Aim to Intervene in Sage Grouse Lawsuit
The ranchers sued in 2018, aiming for more grazing rights.
Sage Grouse Slow Kanye West’s Wyoming Building Project
Local officials recently denied the project.