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Article: FISH AND GAME MONITORS SAGE GROUSE FOR WEST NILE

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September 1, 2006
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The Idaho Fish and Game Commission issued the following news release:

This year, sage grouse deaths from West Nile virus have been reported in Wyoming, Montana, Idaho and Oregon - eight sage grouse have tested positive in Idaho.

Idaho Department of Fish and Game wildlife biologists are monitoring sage-grouse in response to the recent outbreak of the virus. This year, two sage grouse in Owyhee County, one in Twin Falls County and five on the Duck Valley Indian Reservation on the Idaho-Nevada border have tested positive for West Nile.

In addition, 16 sage grouse on the Duck Valley Reservation and about 30 sage grouse in Owyhee County have been found dead by tribal and department officials. ...

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