WASHINGTON— The Bureau of Land Management’s “Greater Sage-Grouse Rangewide Planning” was released today and lays out the agency’s intentions for 65 million acres of the bird’s habitat on public lands ...

The Bureau of Land Management announced last week updated plans for access to public lands for “responsible” energy and mineral development across Idaho, Montana and the Dakotas, Nevada ...

The numbers are bleak — both for the iconic Western bird and its sagebrush habitat. Can the Bureau of Land Management and state wildlife agencies reverse the trend? The imperiled greater sage grouse, ...

As the Bureau of Land Management for the third time crafts a blueprint for protecting the iconic Western bird, the Biden administration could find itself in conflict not only with the oil industry and ...

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 ...

Wyoming's official state bird will remain the Western meadowlark, at least for now. The Joint Travel, Recreation, Wildlife and Cultural Resources Interim Committee decided Tuesday to not sponsor a ...

Wyoming legislators have proposed a new bill that would indefinitely extend the certification of the state’s only sage grouse game farm and also open the door for others to follow in its wake, ...

Sage grouse are the largest member of the grouse family in North America. They’re a chicken-like bird with a maximum height of 2 feet and length of about 2.5 feet. Male birds are twice as large as ...

Famous for their displays during the spring breeding season, sage grouse inhabit the steppes of the American west. Big birds, they can weigh up to 6 pounds, and they can look even bigger when they ...

For the third time in a decade, federal wildlife officials are contemplating whether the bi-state sage grouse deserves protection under the Endangered Species Act. Conservationists blame "political ...

There are some greater sage grouse that have recently had an alien experience - bright lights, capture and medical-like procedures - on the prairies north of Roundup and Lavina. That is where Jenny ...