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“The Bureau of Land Management began auctioning 758,198 acres of federal acres of oil and gas leases Monday, including some in a pristine area northeast of Farson biologists call the Golden Triangle.” (Read the article for more details.) According to Tom Christiansen...
Sage Grouse, Icon of the West program, at Denver Museum of Nature and Science
The "Sage Grouse, Icon of the West" presentations at both Fort Collins and Denver Museum of Nature and Science were well received. Thank you for coming and joining me on these two special evenings in Colorado. It is important for people to be informed about this bird...
Audubon: What’s Next for the Greater Sage-Grouse?
The announcement to lift or alter habitat protections for the greater sage-grouse across 9 millions acres of Western land for drilling and mining is a blow to many conservationist. Several states, agencies, and local ranchers had put together a conservation plan,...
Future of Sage Grouse
I am very proud of Kathy Love, who authored my book “Sage Grouse, Icon of the West”. She wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post about greater sage grouse and be a voice for these voiceless animals that will be impacted by the new regulation. As Kathy said, the sage...
To Be a Part of Sagebrush Country
While working on my “Sage Grouse, Icon of the West” book, I’ve met many incredible people from all perspectives and occupations including 12-year-old Desi. She has grown up working on a cattle ranch with her father, Duane, a third-generation rancher in the northern...
Winner of National Outdoor Book Awards
I am honored to learn that my book, “Sage Grouse, Icon of the West,” has won the 2018 the National Outdoor Book Awards, one of the world's largest and most prestigious book awards for outdoor writing and publishing. Even after photographing grouse for so...
Keynote Speaker at the International Grouse Symposium
This Friday I will be a closing keynote speaker at the International Grouse Symposium in Logan, Utah. The symposium meets every two years with top grouse researchers, ecologists, and managers from around the world. My program will highlight prairie grouse species that...
Monarch Butterflies
Monarch butterflies are definitely here. These chrysalises will become butterflies in a week before taking an incredible long journey south to Mexico for wintering. This is the high record I ever have chrysalises (17 with 3 more to...