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Archive Home > 2008 > April > 06 > Seeking the elusive sage grouse

Seeking the elusive sage grouse

The goal: 20 birds from Oregon to jump-start a failing population in Washington. Though the species is faring better in Central Oregon, the falling numbers of sage grouse have biologists worried - and its plight could have dire ramifications for industria

By Kate Ramsayer / The Bulletin
April 6, 2008

HART MOUNTAIN NATIONAL

ANTELOPE REFUGE —

With binoculars to his eyes and a spotlight in front of his nose, illuminating the darkness, Christian Hagen scanned the flat landscape around him — lava rocks, patches of snow, small clumps of sagebrush and not much else.

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