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Article: West Nile and the grouse: Virus could be devastating to struggling sage grouse.
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- The Times-News (Twin Falls, ID)
- Article date:
- October 4, 2006
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Byline: Matt Christensen
Oct. 4--TWIN FALLS --Outdoorsmen, environmentalists and state officials are crossing their fingers. The West Nile virus may have devastating effects on Idaho sage grouse populations, though experts won't know the extent of the damage until spring when the Idaho Department of Fish and Game will count the pheasant-like birds. Parts of Idaho, namely Owyhee County west of the Bruneau River, were closed for the season's one-week sage grouse hunt late last month after department officials found birds in three parts of the county that had died of the virus. West Nile could potentially kill many birds in local populations, said Mark Drew, ...
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