Sagebrush Country:
Post-Institute Stories

 

Will the Sage Grouse Win the West? - Jacques Leslie, The New Yorker

Ten animals that will vanish with the Western sagebrush - Darryl Fears, The Washington Post

Saving the Sage Grouse: Fighting Wildfire to Defend a Species - Frankie Barnhill, Boise State Public Radio

The Western sagebrush is a backdrop in every epic cowboy movie. Can it be saved? - Darryl Fears, The Washington Post

Prairie Chicken Ruling Casts Doubt on FWS Policy - Phil Taylor, E&E News

Saving the Sage Grouse: Series Preview - Frankie Barnhill, Boise State Public Radio

Sage Grouse Conservation Creates Strange Bedfellows in Oil and Gas Country - Dan Boyce, Inside Energy

How the 'fembot' helps researchers understand sage grouse - Frankie Barnhill, Boise State Public Radio

Economic Concerns Fuel Campaign to Save the Sage-Grouse - Nathan Rott, NPR: Morning Edition

Fight to Save Sage Grouse Finds Friends in All Corners of the West - Nathan Rott, NPR: Edition

OHV group seeks delay in grouse listing - Phil Taylor, E&E News

Idaho Sage Grouse Numbers Down, Wildfire and Invasive Species Remain Threats - Frankie Barnhill, Boise State Public Radio

USDA unveils $211m plan to save sage grouse - Phil Taylor, E&E News

New drilling could stymie Wyo. sage grouse recover - Phil Taylor, E&E News

Miners say BLM restrictions unneeded as grouse rebound - Phil Taylor, E&E News

Report shows sage grouse rebound to 425k birds - Phil Taylor, E&E News

Wind-whipped inferno torches 265k acres of grouse habitat - Phil Taylor, E&E News

Sage grouse numbers surged in '14 and '15 - Phil Taylor, E&E News

Group Accuses Idaho BLM of Removing Sage-grouse Protection Areas - Frankie Barnhill, Boise State Public Radio

Sage grouse latest win for greens in sweeping listing pact - Phil Taylor, E&E News

Invasive grass, fire a deadly one-two punch for sage grouse - Phil Taylor, E&E News

Power line group sets guidelines to protect sage grouse - Phil Taylor, E&E News

State, industry and enviros protest BLM plans - Phil Taylor, E&E News

Where the sage grouse roam, Part 3: Will new regulations threaten northwest Colorado's energy economy? - Lauren Blair, Craig Daily Press

Where the sage grouse roam, Part 2: Ranching for conservation - Lauren Blair, Craig Daily Press

Where the sage grouse roam, Part 1 - Lauren Blair, Craig Daily Press

Sage grouse series to answer questions, concerns - Noelle Leavitt Riley, Craig Daily Press (series editor)

Amendment to Interior-EPA bill would upend grouse plans - Phil Taylor, E&E News

Idaho Cattle Lobby Protests Federal Sage Grouse Plan - Frankie Barnhill, Boise State Public Radio

Idaho governor to challenge "top-down" BLM sage grouse plan - Phil Taylor, E&E News

Congress blocks sage grouse listing - Lauren Blair, Craig Daily Press

Politicians seek to block September sage-grouse decision - Laura Lundquist, Montana On The Ground

Idaho Land Managers Get Federal Grant to Remove Plants that Threaten Sage Grouse - Frankie Barnhill, Boise State Public Radio

Senate passes defense package without grouse rider - Phil Taylor, E&E News

Managing Sage Grouse: Portraits of Conservation And Industry - Dan Boyce and Alex Milan Tracy, Inside Energy

Jewell, enviros slam "dreadful" policy riders in Interior-EPA bill - Phil Taylor, E&E News

Saving the greater sage grouse, the most hotly debated bird since the spotted owl - Sharon Guynup, Monga Bay

There are only 400,000 sage grouse left. Here's the government's new plan to save an awesome bird - Darryl Fears, The Washington Post

BLM sage grouse plans set new precedent for conservation - Lauren Blair, Craig Daily Press

House Republicans target key regs in interior, EPA spending bill - Phil Taylor, E&E News

Administration Announces Controversial Plan to Protect Sage Grouse - Nathan Rott, NPR

Tale of the tape - Interior's grouse protection plans - Phil Taylor, E&E News

Conservationists lobby against grouse, chicken riders in defense bill - hip Taylor, E&E News

Squaring sage grouse with drilling poses feds' toughest test - Phil Taylor, E&E News

Feds on the brink of make-or-break sage grouse decision - Phil Taylor, E&E News

New Film Raises the Profile of Sage Brush "Drive-Through" Country - Frankie Barnhill, Boise State Public Radio

Why Saving Grouse Habitat During a Wildfire Could Be Difficult - Frankie Barnhill, Boise State Public Radio

Colorado Ranch Offers Example of Preserving Land for Sage Grouse - Dan Boyce, Rocky Mountain PBS

Group Effort: Hopes, fears follow sage grouse recommendation - Laura Lundquist, Missoula Independent 

How New Rangeland Wildfire Priorities Could Save Sage Grouse - Frankie Barnhill, Boise State Public Radio

Can Sage Grouse be Saved Without Shutting Down the West? - Isabelle Groc, National Geographic News

How Do You Learn the Sex Secrets of Birds? Send in the Fembots - Megan Gannon, LiveScience

Garfield County Commissioners question science behind Greater Sage Grouse reports - Marci Krivonen, Aspen Public Radio

WY Team Working to Save Both Sage Grouse and Industry - Dan Boyce, Inside Energy

FWS's grouse guru relishes 'pure chaos' as listing decision looms - Phil Taylor, E&E News

As GOP pushes listing delay, sage grouse numbers have tumbled - Phil Taylor, E&E News

Would grouse protection hurt national defense? Republicans think so - Phil Taylor, E&E News

Wind Energy Isn't a Green Ally to Greater Sage Grouse - Dan Boyce, Inside Energy

Sage Grouse Saga - Susan Moran, How On Earth Radio

Idaho Sage Grouse Numbers Down, Wildfire and Invasive Species Remain Threats - Frankie Barnhill, Boise State Public Radio

Feds opt not to list bistate greater sage grouse, citing "extraordinary" conservation efforts - Alisa Opar, On Earth

Amendment would delay grouse listing until 2025 - Phil Taylor, E&E News

Greater Sage-Grouse Dance on Northwest Colorado Ranch - Marci Krivonen, Aspen Public Radio

Sage grouse won't get federal protection in Nevada, California - Darryl Fears, Washington Post

Interior to withdraw listing for grouse in Nev. Calif. - Phil Taylor E&E News 

Grouse in Nev., Calif. have 'bright future' - FWS chief - Phil Taylor, E&E News

Birds vs. Blades: Wind power's threat to the Sage Grouse - Dan Boyce, Inside Energy