The mountain’s monikers are derived from their relative sizes, but on my first visit here Big Grouse embodied a double entendre when I flushed a truly huge male Dusky Grouse along the trail. To ...

Big birds, they can weigh up to 6 pounds, ... Known for their elaborate mating dances, sage grouse are North America's largest—and most threatened—grouse species.

UPPER BIG HOLE VALLEY — Puff and strut, whistle and pop. Male sage-grouse court females in spring with puffed chests and fanned tails during burble-and-dance displays Mick Jagger would envy. The ...

Conservation and sportsmen’s groups have filed a formal protest against the federal government for moving forward on the ...

Instead, reduction of Wyoming big sagebrush cover may negatively impact sage grouse and other species that use sagebrush shrubs to nest and seek refuge from predators, the researchers suggest. They ...

The 2024 National Grouse and Woodcock Hunt was held Oct. 10 and 11 in Grand Rapids, ... The American woodcock is about half as large as the ruffed grouse but is reliant on similar habitat.

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.

The theory is that clearing large sagebrush shrubs improves food sources in sage grouse nesting and brood-rearing habitats by allowing other, more nutritious vegetation to grow with less competition.

LEFT: Little and Big Grouse Mountains’ monikers are derived from their relative sizes.But on my first visit here Big Grouse embodied a double entendre when I flushed a truly huge male Dusky ...