Guest Editorial: What would a sage grouse do if a sage grouse could do anything?

By Jay Sullivan, Ph.D.
Special to the Herald Times
RBC | The Dec. 29 Herald Times carried an article in which the BLM is seeking comment on a plan to improve Greater Sage Grouse habitat. The article stipulated that juniper and pinion trees were a cause of the decline of the Greater Sage Grouse populations in Western Colorado. It may be one of the causes of Grouse decline but the story is much bigger.
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