Hiding somewhere in the sagebrush on a wide-open area were dozens of sage grouse. It was dark. So dark it seemed you can see nearly every star. “That’s the seven sisters, the little, little dipper, ...
Work to restore imperiled sage grouse habitat in southeast Oregon is moving faster than Tracy Stone-Manning had imagined a year into massive federal investments in landscape restoration. Stone-Manning ...
UNDATED (AP) — The Obama administration and Oregon Gov. Kate Brown joined with Oregon ranchers to celebrate agreements they all hope will help keep the sage grouse off the endangered species list. The ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- A new poll indicates strong support for protections of the West's greater sage grouse. The results come as the U.S. Bureau of Land Management considers a plan for improving ...
BEND, Ore. (AP) — A federal appeals court has nixed a large wind energy project in southeast Oregon. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last week that an environmental review by the Bureau of ...
McDermitt — Katie Fite crouched behind some waist-high sagebrush, and her dog, Bell, nestled in the plant’s cozy cavity to shield from howling winds. It was the first Saturday in April, peak mating ...
I must have looked like an idiot to the folks watching me from the big diesel pickup. It was a scorching day in July of 2012, and I had been ushered out in front of the rig to toddle down a dusty, ...