Though a surprise, the thunderous, rapid wingbeats of a flushing ruffed grouse were exactly what we hoped to hear. They were answered with simultaneous shouts of "bird!" from my hunting companions ...

Last week, the Trump administration rolled back protections for the embattled greater sage grouse, an iconic bird that has become a symbol of the struggle over how to balance extractive land use ...

Videos just don’t relay the true experience. Watching male sage grouse strut on their breeding grounds, called leks, is one of those experiences. The males are such a treat to watch, but ...

Cattle and greater sage grouse seem to be getting along just fine in southeastern Montana, according to a recent Fish Wildlife and Parks study, and that’s a big deal. As sage grouse have been ...

Greater sage grouse — chicken-sized birds known for an elaborate mating ritual— were once found across much of the U.S. West. Their numbers plummeted in recent decades because of energy ...

Ruffed grouse drumming increased this spring in two of three priority areas and the species appears to be on the upward phase of its traditional 10-year population cycle in Wisconsin, according to ...

WASHINGTON— Conservation organizations submitted comments today blasting the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s draft amendment for 77 land-use plans across the western United States intended to protect ...

A sage grouse and a free-roaming horse are seen in the Adobe Town wild horse herd management area of south-central Wyoming. Newly published research shows that, when wild horse populations are allowed ...

The Bureau of Land Management announced that it would sign records of decision to improve the conservation of greater sage-grouse on public lands in Colorado and Oregon. Although this decision ...