Study: 18% of grouse winter outside of protected zone
About 18 percent of some greater sage grouse populations — a biologically meaningful amount — leave protected core-area zones in winter, University of Wyoming researchers report.
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Wyoming team updates key sage grouse conservation plan
Wyoming team recommends Gov. Mead revise greater sage grouse conservation protections, to prohibit drilling in winter concentration areas.
Adviser: state won’t protect greater sage grouse in gas field
Wyoming will let the BLM, not the state, govern development of a gas field that’s home to 2,000 wintering grouse, a state adviser said last week.
