Article: Animal amour; Males drool, females rule in examination of mating rituals on PBS

Article: IN MAY, SAGE GROUSE'S STRUT IS IN FULL SWING.(Local)
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  April 23, 1998 ;     480 words ......erotic strut of the sage grouse. The largest of...the others - the sage grouse return every year...after dawn, all the males begin their strut...rearing duties. Sage grouse are in the remaining...CAPTION(S): Photo Sage grouse.

Article: Small sage grouse looms large over Western natgas development.
Natural Gas Week;  August 13, 2007 ;     700+ words ......in the US--the greater sage grouse, found in Montana, Wyoming...provinces; and the Gunnison sage grouse, found in southwestern...victory as concerns over sage grouse winter range and courting...information on essential sage grouse habitat and the potential...Gene ...

Article: Sage grouse habitat is in big trouble
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  September 2, 2004 ;     700+ words ......Utah included. Sage grouse are in trouble. OK, and so? Well, if sage grouse are in trouble, it...mule deer, included. Sage grouse are big chickenlike...have ever witnessed. Males strut about to attract...needed not only for sage grouse, but other ...

Article: Sage grouse protection on state level seen avoiding ESA listing.
Natural Gas Week;  April 28, 2008 ;     700+ words ......on protection for the greater sage grouse, a unique bird sharing large...offering enough protection to sage grouse at the state level so an Endangered...may enhance the likelihood that sage grouse populations will persist at levels...thereby avoiding the need to list sage ...

Article: Sage grouse debate enflamed by court ruling, E&P said at risk.
Natural Gas Week;  February 4, 2008 ;     700+ words ......reconsider the species. FWS will not comment on the sage grouse controversy or criticism of past wildlife studies...spokesman said. When FWS first chose not to list sage grouse in 2005, however, officials said their decision was based on findings indicating that 92% of sage grouse ...

Article: Love on the Lek.(mating of the sage grouse)
Sports Afield;  March 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......and already the sage grouse have begun to gather...from watching the sage grouse, as well as their...meaning that the males and females gather...spectacle of the sage grouse dancing on their...some exceptions, sage grouse populations are in...overlook several ...

Article: ARE SAGE GROUSE HUNTERS ENDANGERED?(Sports)
Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  September 16, 1999 ;     700+ words ......to the Daily News California's brief sage grouse hunting season was Sept. 4 and 5 in...environmental groups would like to use the sage grouse as the spotted owl of the sage brush...to manage to western range lands for sage grouse and not grazing.'' Across their range...

Article: Sage grouse protection becoming BLM priority; energy E&P pressured.
Natural Gas Week;  September 3, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Taking a stand to make protection of sage grouse a primary concern, the Bureau of Land...officials and conservationists to get the sage grouse protected under the Endangered Species...deferred more than 73,000 acres because of sage grouse concerns (NGW Aug.13,p1). And in Utah...

Article: Sage grouse recovery underway: BLM leads fight to restore native habitat and wild populations.(Conservation)
Petersen's Hunting;  April 1, 2006 ;     277 words ...EFFORTS BY ENVIRONMENTAL groups to list sage grouse as either a threatened or endangered species...Diebert, a USFWS biologist who worked on the sage grouse petition, said the number of sage grouse has declined significantly over the last...

Article: FIRST WEST NILE VIRUS CASE IN SAGE GROUSE IN OREGON
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  August 21, 2006 ;     314 words ......Wildlife issued the following news release: Three sage grouse found dead in Malheur County have been confirmed...Virus, the first diagnosis of the disease in sage grouse in Oregon. The dead sage grouse were reported by a private landowner near...

Article: WHAT'S NEXT FOR THE SAGE GROUSE? WITH ENDANGERED LIST VETOED, ARE GROUSE-BENEFIT GROUPS WORKING?
Wyoming Tribune-Eagle;  May 15, 2005 ;     700+ words ...CHEYENNE -- Pity the male sage grouse, the victim of female...with dozens of other males like bodybuilders on...But as if being a male sage grouse wasn't headache enough...as the female psyche. Sage grouse numbers have declined...

Article: Sage Grouse Candidate for Listing as Endangered
Yakima Herald-Republic;  August 25, 2000 ;     615 words ......whether two populations of the Western sage grouse in Washington should be put on the endangered...process to determine whether the Western sage grouse needs to be listed. Fish and Wildlife...Ecosystem Alliance contends the number of sage grouse has become dangerously low because ...

Article: FISH AND GAME MONITORS SAGE GROUSE FOR WEST NILE
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 1, 2006 ;     317 words ......the following news release: This year, sage grouse deaths from West Nile virus have been...Wyoming, Montana, Idaho and Oregon - eight sage grouse have tested positive in Idaho. Idaho...Game wildlife biologists are monitoring sage-grouse in response to the recent outbreak of...

Article: Effects of prescribed fire on movements of female sage grouse from breeding to summer ranges.
Wilson Bulletin;  March 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ......movements of 20-81 km have been documented for Sage Grouse populations (Connelly and Markham 1983, Gates...ecosystem in southeastern Idaho provides important Sage Grouse breeding, nesting, and brood-rearing habitat...vegetation food sources become desiccated, and Sage Grouse migrate ...