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	idaho mountain express : Sage grouse strut through rites of spring : April 24 - 30, 2002
		And though sage grouse populations are only at a fraction of their historic grandeur across the West, the peculiar birds have shown a recent increase across Idaho after years of decline.
		Sage grouse were so numerous that early settlers compared them to the passenger pigeon whose flocks turned day to night.
		And, for the past several decades, sage grouse numbers have been declining, and scientists are worried about what this means for the species—and for the health of the high desert on which it depends.
	www.mtexpress.com /2002/02-04-24/02-04-24sagegrouse.htm (1096 words)

	Sage Grouse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Greater Sage Grouse, Centrocercus urophasianus, is a large grouse.
		The breeding habitat for the Greater Sage Grouse is sagebrush country in the western United States and southern Alberta and Saskatchewan.
		Sage Grouse are notable for their elaborate courtship rituals.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sage_Grouse (403 words)

	Sage Grouse
		Clark's sage grouse description included an important anatomical feature: "the gizzard of it is large and much less compressed and muscular than in most fowls; in short it resembles a maw (stomach) quite as much as a gizzard." The gizzard functions to grind food before it enters the stomach.
		The sage grouse evolved certain characteristics in association with its habitat, including a diet that consists largely of sagebrush, which, in turn, favored the evolution of a gizzard that is uniquely nonmuscular for a grouse.
		The taxonomy of the sage grouse was written in 1827 by the biologist Charles Lucien Bonaparte (1803-1857), a nephew of Napoleon.
	www.lewis-clark.org /content/an_sage-grouse1.htm (1275 words)

	Forest Guardians - Endangered Species - Issue - Greater Sage Grouse
		Sage grouse have declined as much as 45-80 percent over the past 20 years, and the total population is now estimated at 140,000 individuals, representing only about eight percent of their historic numbers.
		Whatever sage grouse habitat remains is fragmented by roads, fencelines, and utility corridors; destroyed by mining or off-road vehicles; grazed by livestock; sprayed with herbicides and pesticides; burned by wildfire; or consumed by agricultural and municipal development.
		While all states within sage grouse range have completed or are in the process of completing state and local conservation plans, these plans are voluntary, provide no additional mandatory protection for the sage grouse, and are often written by the ranchers, ATV enthusiasts, power companies, industrialists, and wildlife managers responsible for the sage grouse's decline.
	www.fguardians.org /es/issue_greater-sage-grouse.asp (950 words)

	BLM Colorado - Gunnison Field Office - Sagegrouse Plan (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The goal of the Gunnison Sage Grouse Working Group was to create a conservation plan that would establish a process and put into place a framework that would guide management efforts aimed at improving sage grouse populations and reverse long-term declines of the Gunnison sage grouse.
		Sage grouse in the Gunnison Basin, Colorado, differ in physical characteristics, behavior and genetically from sage grouse in other populations throughout the species range.
		On other identified winter habitat physical disturbance to sage grouse will be minimized and not exceed the level necessary to increase to, or maintain the population at the level to meet the goal of this plan.
	www.co.blm.gov /gra/sagegrouse.htm (2528 words)

	Listing Sage Grouse Could Save West From Itself (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The sage grouse are the proverbial canaries in the coal mine.
		Listing the sage grouse as a threatened or endangered species may be the necessary first step to reverse their decline and restore this ecosystem.
		Sage grouse are now being considered in local grazing management plans, and proposals to protect huge tracts of public land as national monuments or conservation areas.
	home.earthlink.net /~mjohnsen/Environment/sage_grouse.html (710 words)

	CVBDB Sage Grouse
		The sage grouse, or "sage hen" as it is commonly called, is the largest native grouse in North America.
		The sage grouse is a permanent resident in northeastern California, ranging from the Oregon border along the east side of the Cascade Range and Sierra Nevada to northern Inyo County.
		Sage grouse rise from the ground slowly under labored wing beats, however, they are able to gain speed quickly for such a large bird.
	www.delta.dfg.ca.gov /gallery/sagegrse.asp (357 words)

	Saskatchewan Environment - Sage Grouse
		In 1987 to 1988, the Sage Grouse population in Saskatchewan was estimated to be between 2,000 to 3,000 adult birds.
		For the Sage Grouse to survive in Saskatchewan, the chicks that are produced each year have to survive the winter to replace the adults that die.
		Sage Grouse evolved with the plains bison and the native grassland ecosystem.
	www.se.gov.sk.ca /ecosystem/speciesatrisk/sagegrouse.htm (2844 words)

	The Sage Grouse Saga
		Historic sage grouse populations are unknown, but recent (1980 to present) declines are estimated to be in the range of 35-80%.
		She reflects the sentiments of many ranchers that the sage grouse is being used as a vehicle to push ranchers off the pubic rangelands, much as the spotted owl was used nearly 20 years ago to curtail logging in Pacific Northwest forests.
		Salvo contends that the goal is to conserve and restore sage grouse populations, not necessarily remove ranchers from the public lands.
	beef-mag.com /mag/beef_sage_grouse_saga (1608 words)

	WDFW Wildlife Research: Prairie Grouse Project
		Grouse chicks leave the nest with their mother soon after hatching and are capable of flight in 1 week.
		Sage and sharp-tailed grouse were historically found throughout most of the sagebrush, deciduous shrub, and grass habitats of eastern Washington.
		Recent surveys have indicated that sage grouse are primarily restricted to Douglas, Kittitas, and Yakima counties and sharp-tailed grouse are restricted to Okanogan, Douglas, and Lincoln counties.
	www.wdfw.wa.gov /wlm/research/grouse/grouse.htm (374 words)

	Sage Grouse Information
		Already in a unique category because of their highly ritualistic mating processes, sage grouse — and their transmitters — are revealing the presence of birds that migrate 40 to 50 miles living with others that never migrate.
		The DFG estimates the adult population of grouse in Modoc and Lassen counties at between 3,000 and 4,000 birds.
		Sage grouse use sage for a large portion of their diet, but will eat green, leafy vegetation wherever they can get it.
	www.westernhunter.com /Pages/Vol01Issue02/sagegrouse.html (506 words)

	Mono Basin Sage Grouse
		Mono Basin sage grouse are a subpopulation of greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) that occur on the border of California and Nevada.
		Research indicates that Mono Basin sage grouse have "a unique history of isolation distinct from all other populations" and that they are "at least as divergent from other populations of the greater sage-grouse as Gunnison sage-grouse are from the greater sage-grouse." (Oyler-McCance et al.
		Sage grouse habitat in the Mono Basin area has been degraded and eliminated by livestock grazing; off-road vehicle use; residential development; pinyon-juniper encroachment; invasive species; wildfire; mining; the Mammoth Lakes airport expansion; placement and construction of roads, fences and transmission lines; and other forms of land use and development.
	www.sagebrushsea.org /sp_mono_grouse.htm (394 words)

	Sage Grouse In terms of sheer size
		Sage grouse eat sage buds, leaves and shoots throughout the year, but rely on sage most heavily in winter.
		Sage grouse tend to flush wild if a dog pushes them, so close workers, such as Brittanys and Labradors, are most popular.
		The eating quality of sage grouse varies from poor to excellent, depending on the age and sex of the bird.
	www.hunting101.com /smallgame/northamerica/grouse/sagegrouseb.htm (1273 words)

	Sage Grouse Workshops Planned (January 12, 2005) \| NRCS This Week \| NRCS
		As part of a 2004 NRCS Action Plan to work with private landowners to protect and enhance habitat for sage grouse, NRCS is sponsoring three workshops this spring in Montana, Nevada, and Wyoming to train field staff on the habitat requirements of this species.
		Sage grouse populations and its sage brush habitats of the intermountain west, have declined significantly over the last century.
		This bird is often referred to as an umbrella species, meaning as their numbers decline other sage brush habitat dependent species are probably declining.
	www.nrcs.usda.gov /news/thisweek/2005/011205/sagegrousetechtip.html (148 words)

	Idaho Bird Hunting Society: Draft Sage Grouse Plan
		The area of concern for the Owyhee County Sage Grouse LWG was agreed to encompass Owyhee County proper, or all of IDFG Management Area 1 and the western portion of Management Area 2.
		Sage grouse management sub-committees were responsible for further developing each issue of immediate importance associated with its management effort.
		Research studies of sage grouse population dynamics indicate that the number of young sage grouse surviving to the fall for each adult hen is a good indicator of population trend (Johnson and Braun 1999).
	www.animalpark.org /ibh/grouseplan.html (2843 words)

	USATODAY.com - Battle brewing over sage grouse protection (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The greater sage grouse, looking much like an oversize quail, is declining in numbers, and federal scientists are weighing whether to put it on the endangered species list.
		Grouse advocates argue that the intensive development threatens nesting areas and is pushing the bird toward extinction — a claim that could significantly disrupt the Bush administration's push for a gas industry boom in the West.
		A ground-nesting bird, the grouse lives at elevations of 4,000 to 9,000 feet, and is almost completely dependent on sagebrush for food and protection from predators.
	www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2004-07-12-sage-grouse-protection_x.htm (1222 words)

	SAGE GROUSE (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Sage Grouse apparently was always a rare bird in the extreme south of the Okanagan and Similkameen valleys before its complete disappearance in the first quarter of the twentieth century.
		Sage hens, as they are often called, have evolved with the plants after which they are named, and their occurrence is limited to the highter sage-brush plains.
		Approximately 50% of sage grouse mortality is caused by predators.
	www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca /end_species/species/sgros.html (1997 words)

	sage grouse - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Sage Grouse, common name for a species of grouse found in the high deserts of the western United States.
		A second kind of altruism is exemplified by the behavior of male sage grouse, which congregate into displaying groups known as leks.
		Two species of prairie chicken, the closely related sharp-tailed grouse, and the sage grouse, dwell in open country.
	encarta.msn.com /sage+grouse.html (132 words)

	GWA Sage Grouse Management Plan Comments
		During the severe drought of 1988, a sage grouse nest was found on the refuge with seven eggs in dense grass cover beneath one of only a few plains silver sagebrush plants in the area.
		That sage grouse are birds of climax vegetation and lands with wilderness characteristics (roadless) (Patterson 1952) should be emphasized by the Department, even though ideal conditions may not be obtainable.
		Klebenow, D.A. Sage grouse nesting and brood habitat in Idaho.
	www.gallatinwildlifeassociation.org /gwa_sage_grouse_plan_comments.htm (4464 words)

	Sage Grouse - South Dakota (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The largest of the North American Grouse, the Greater Sage Grouse and the very similar Gunnison Sage Grouse were just recently split into two separate species, when it was discovered that Gunnison Sage Grouse (not found in South Dakota) were genetically distinct and had different breeding displays and calls.
		Greater Sage Grouse have spectacular spring mating displays on their leks (traditional breeding grounds), with male birds struting and rapidly inflating and deflating the large air sacs in their breast (see photo to the right).
		Sage Grouse are heavily dependent on sagebrush habitat, and quickly disappear from areas where this habitat is converted to agricultural fields or grasslands for grazing.
	huskertsd.tripod.com /species/greater_sage_grouse.htm (281 words)

	Sage Grouse
		If you plan to visit the sage grouse, drive to the lek the previous afternoon as finding it in the early morning darkness may be difficult.
		Sage grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) populations are rapidly declining due to human activities in the Western US and Canada.
		At least two separate studies of sage grouse habitat (1, 2) indicate that the largest threat to the species is the expansion of human population into the West.
	www.lensjoy.com /gallery/36.htm (663 words)

	Shrub-Steppe Series: What About Sage Grouse? (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The greater sage grouse—also known as the sage cock, sage hen, sage chicken, and formerly, western sage grouse—is the largest member of a family of hen-like terrestrial birds known as grouse.
		The greater sage grouse is about 25 to 30 inches long and has short rounded wings, a flish colored belly, and long pointed tail feathers.
		During summer and early fall, the birds leave the dense sage and move to scattered patches of sagebrush found near seeps, streams, or irrigated fields where they eat green forbs and insects, both of which are high in protein and allow rapid growth of young chicks.
	www.pnl.gov /pals/resource_cards/sagegrouse.stm (975 words)

	Audubon: Sage Grouse (Site not responding. Last check: )
		But as sage grouse numbers have declined, working groups of biologists, ranchers, grouse hunters, and others have formed all across sagebrush country in an effort to keep sage grouse management in local, not federal, hands.
		One thing is clear: the decline in sage grouse populations sends an urgent message about the health of sagebrush country, that ocean of shrubland that symbolizes the inland West.
		Today, Gunnison sage grouse average two-thirds the size of other sage grouse, display a very different mating ritual (with nine chest-sac "plops" per strut), and are genetically distinct.
	magazine.audubon.org /features0011/sagegrouse.html (2967 words)

	NatureWorks - Sage Grouse
		Both the male and female sage grouse have mottled brown, gray and fl feathers on their top and sides and a fl belly.
		The sage grouse can be found from southern Alberta and Saskatchewan, Canada south to California, Nevada, Colorado and New Mexico.
		In the winter, most of the sage grouse's diet is made up of the leaves and shoots of the sagebrush.
	www.nhptv.org /natureworks/sagegrouse.htm (249 words)

	Grouse family (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Grouse are a smallish family of gallinaceous birds of higher latitudes in North America and Eurasia.
		At least you can usually drive somewhere near a lek of the various prairie and sage grouse in early spring; locating one of the forest grouse can be more of a challenge.
		Booming Blue Grouse are likewise widespread in spring and early summer up in the Sierra Nevada or Rocky Mts., but trying to spot the statuesque male high in a tall fir can be very difficult.
	www.montereybay.com /creagrus/grouse.html (1566 words)

	Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park - Gunnison Sage Grouse (U.S. National Park Service)
		The radio collars on the sage grouse are much, much smaller and lighter, so they don’t make it harder for the bird to fly away from predators, when they feel afraid.
		The sage grouse can’t find food and shelter here anymore, so they either need to move or adapt to the new situation if they are going to survive.
		They formed a group called the Gunnison Sage Grouse Working Group and the High Country Citizens’ Alliance, and they worked with ranchers and landowners to make sure that the GSG will have enough habitat for their mating rituals and for basic survival.
	www.nps.gov /blca/forteachers/sagegrouse.htm (3901 words)

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