The Idaho Statesman
March 16, 2010, Editorial

In the spring, male sage grouse gather for an elaborate mating ritual. With white plumage unfurled and deep yellow throat pouches inflated with air, the 2-foot-tall birds vie for the attention of female grouse. Today, this ritual is renewed in a declining, fragmented habitat - by a smaller population of male grouse. The sage grouse is yet another icon fighting to find a niche in a rapidly changing West....

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