A controversial effort in Wyoming to breed sage grouse in captivity took a recent hit, when the only state-certified bird farm told the Wyoming Game and Fish Department that it will not collect eggs this
Bill could have resulted in less hunting of the imperiled, ground-dwelling bird.
Oil and gas activity in Wyoming’s Converse County is looking up, but a proposed project to ride off the expected boom reportedly poses a possible threat to the greater sage grouse. The project would involve
Interior secretary ordered a reassessment of sage grouse protection plans.
And as do most conversations about conservation these days, this one eventually found its way to what can be done about the decline of hunting.
Farm would be the first in the U.S. to rear greater sage grouse for release in the wild.
The conservation plan that was years in the making affects 11 states, and just how much Zinke intends to tinker with it remains to be seen.
Their numbers have fallen by half in California over the last five years, with just about 2,100 sage grouse believed to survive in the state.
South Dakota’s Game, Fish and Parks Department wants to close the state’s hunting season on sage grouse after fewer male birds were seen dancing on their mating grounds this year.
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