News Release Archives - July 2007
July 16, 2007
Biologists Complete Spring Sage Grouse Census
North Dakota Game and Fish Department biologists recently completed the 2007 sage grouse survey, and census data showed 159 males were counted on 19 active strutting grounds. In 2006, biologists counted 196 males on 17 active grounds.
An attempt is made to visit all active and inactive leks each spring and count all strutting males. The all-time high number of male sage grouse counted on leks in the southwest was 542 birds in 1953, compared to a low mark of 111 in 1996.
Sage grouse are North Dakota’s largest native upland game bird. They are found in extreme southwestern North Dakota, primarily in Bowman and Slope counties.
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