Brett French Lee Newspapers Dec 23, 2024 Dec 23, 2024 With land prices soaring in Montana, groups that assist landowners with conservation easements to protect sage grouse habitat from being developed ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks officials are asking grouse hunters to drop off wing samples to better understand populations across west-central Montana. Samples can be dropped in ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. A $1.2 million conservation easement to protect sage grouse habitat on 4,417 acres of the ...

Standing alone Despite all of the challenges and many moving parts, sage grouse are hanging on in Montana, which is home to about 18 percent of the total sage grouse population. About 1,000 leks are ...

Graphing The Montana sage grouse population data was contained in a graph based on a small group of leks used to aid the department in setting hunting seasons for the birds, but it closely matches a ...

Editor's note: This story is part of 'ESA at 50,' a series that examines the past, present and future of the Endangered Species Act. Often called the "pit bull of environmental laws," the ESA has ...

Upland bird hunters are a unique group of individuals. They’re well known for being very picky about which gauge to use, or which shot size is best for certain hunts, and they can be especially ...

Sage grouse have begun to strut on their spring dancing grounds on the Montana prairies. For Bernie Hildebrand, that means it’s time to take to the air and prowl the backroads before dawn to check on ...

The Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Council on Wildlife and Fish and Native Ecosystems Council filed a federal lawsuit last week to protect habitat for three rare wildlife species — grizzly bears, lynx ...