After finding only two active leks in 2024, state biologists counted zero male birds during their annual population survey ...

No greater sage grouse were found in North Dakota this spring, which wildlife officials say is a first in decades of counting and a consequence of a disrupted landscape.

On Monday, House Republicans included a provision in their fiscal 2026 spending bill for the Interior Department and EPA that ...

Unless grouse migrate into North Dakota from neighboring states, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum’s home state will be the ...

Voices: The sage grouse is running out of time. We can’t afford more rounds of ineffectual planning. The loss and fragmentation of the Sagebrush Sea is devastating not only for the greater sage ...

The future of the greater sage grouse, an iconic species of the American West, is in doubt. For decades its numbers have dwindled to a mere 150,000 individuals.

Sage Grouse: Icon of the West 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 ...

Most of the sage grouse population now relies on public lands — but not all public lands are protected equally.

The numbers don’t lie — and the sage grouse “collaborative conservation effort” is a total and on-going failure. There were 16 million Greater Sage Grouse before Europeans arrived and ...

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said Friday's proposal would boost sage grouse while allowing development on some government lands to continue.

A study led by UI Professor Courtney Conway shows that cows sharing nesting habitat with grouse on federal lands has no influence on nest success if grazing intensity is moderate.

Federal wildlife officials are considering for the third time this decade whether a sage grouse species is worthy of protection under the Endangered Species Act.