The Center first petitioned to protect bi-state sage grouse under the Endangered Species Act as a distinct population in 2005. After we and our allies filed suit, the Service finally agreed to ...

Childers is concerned that those red zones aren’t nearly as widespread as they used to be, and the only way to change that trend is to protect ... new sites when development destroys those mating ...

that surrounds two greenish-yellow air sacs used during courtship. Named for its favorite food, sagebrush, the greater sage grouse also eats plant buds and insects. Mating season, which runs from ...