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Have North Dakota’s Sage Grouse Winked Out Completely?
After finding only two active leks in 2024, state biologists counted zero male birds during their annual population survey ...
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No sage grouse counted in North Dakota in 2025, a sign of a diminishing prairie ecosystem
No greater sage grouse were found in North Dakota this spring, which wildlife officials say is a first in decades of counting ...
The Colorado Sun21h
Crews start to contain some of the 5 wildfires burning in western Colorado amid ongoing dry conditions
The Sowbelly fire, burning 2,274 acres in the Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area west of Delta, was 16% contained ...
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A North Dakota Bird May Now Be Extinct
The greater sage grouse has effectively gone extinct in North Dakota, according to state wildlife biologists. For the first ...
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Fire near Adrian closes Highway 201, Mendiola Road
A wildfire that was reported at about 5:30 p.m. July 18 outside of Adrian has blown up to an estimated 1,800 acres and has ...
The Billings Gazette20h
New wildlife inventory: More than 1,000 species rely on declining rangeland ecosystems
The MSU study offers the most complete inventory yet of rangeland-dependent species. It's intended to give land managers, ...