Montana has multiple native grouse species. The prairie and breaks country are prime areas for sharp-tailed and sage grouse. The central and western mountains are home to blue grouse, also known ...

BILLINGS – Finding a sharp-tailed grouse on its nest is no easy ... using drones for monitoring and managing many species of wildlife across Montana. Hanlon said drone use is exciting since ...

Another name that you will hear this species called is Franklin’s grouse. The official name for the fool/Franklin's grouse is spruce grouse. By the way, blue grouse is no longer the official ...

2 of 11 — The wide-open prairie of the Centennial Valley in southwestern Montana. Sage grouse living here could be placed on the endangered species list if their numbers and prairie habitat ...

says it's joining the state of Montana in a plan to streamline protections for the greater sage-grouse – a bird currently up for federal endangered species protections. “We both recognize that ...

HELENA – A governor’s council studying how to protect sage grouse in Montana – and avoid federal listing of the bird as an endangered species – on Wednesday recommended restrictions on new ...

Steve Bullock on Tuesday ordered restrictions on future oil drilling and other activities blamed for driving down sage grouse ... endangered species. Before that date arrives, Montana and other ...

HELENA, Mont. – The Canadian province of Alberta wants to bolster its struggling population of sage grouse by relocating dozens of the chicken-sized birds from Montana, which itself is taking ...

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana will send dozens of sage grouse to the Canadian province of Alberta in a plan approved Thursday that faces opposition from some lawmakers who say the state should ...

Finding a sharp-tailed grouse on its nest is no easy task ... using drones for monitoring and managing many species of wildlife across Montana. Hanlon said drone use is exciting since the ...

I grew up hunting grouse with my dad in the Upper Clark Fork River Valley. In those days, we hunted fool hens and blue grouse. I rarely hear the term fool hen today. The name comes from the fact ...