After finding only two active leks in 2024, state biologists counted zero male birds during their annual population survey ...

Late-season spruce grouse hunters in northern Minnesota’s boreal forests are asked to voluntarily submit feather samples for the final year of a genetics research project being conducted by the ...

Spruce grouse hunters in northern Minnesota’s boreal forests are being asked to voluntarily submit feather samples for a genetics research project. The project is being conducted by the ...

A male spruce grouse standing still, which they do often. The Minnesota DNR is collecting spruce grouse tail feathers from hunters this fall as part of a genetic study to see if grouse populations ...

Mail wing and tail feathers (one envelope per bird), along with info on the county of harvest, to Grouse Research $2 for 6 months SUBSCRIBE NOW Read Today's Paper Monday, May 5 ...

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke recently signed an order calling for a review of conservation plans regarding the greater sage-grouse, which has been the center of controversy since it was nearly ...

In the early 1800s, as the expedition led by Lewis and Clark and guided by Sacagawea pushed through the Rocky Mountains, they found and described dusky grouse, Dendragapus obscurus.In the Cascade ...

This system is unique to the sandgrouse and its subspecies in other parts of the world. Naturally, most birds have water-repellent feathers. “Birds don’t want to get wet and heavy because that ...

Atop the snow lay a pile of feathers, grouse feathers to be exact. I knew the remains were that of Ruff, a wild ruffed grouse with which I had a unique, three-year relationship.

Sep. 21—Spending a crisp morning pursuing ruffed grouse is among the highlights of the fall season for Maine bird hunters. Ruffed grouse, which in Maine are often referred to as partridge, can ...

Feathers Ruffled Over Oil Development in Sage Grouse Habitat. The greater sage grouse is once again at the center of a heated land-use dispute, pitting environmentalists against industry ...

ST. PAUL -- Spruce grouse hunters in northern Minnesota’s boreal forests can help with a genetics research project being conducted by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources in partnership ...