If memory serves me correctly, I read an article either here at FR or from another news-site that said the Sage Grouse and habitat were doing very well and that some of the birds were not in the areas considered for sale/drilling.
Will try to find it for you.
I recognize the WP writer’s name and she is a leftist environmental wacko writer.
thanks MadMax. I remember reading something similar
“Sage-grouse populations are cyclical, meaning the number of birds will vacillate between highs and lows over a period time, like a wavelength. These cycles can take anywhere from 10–15 years, and dozens of factors in addition to management actions can contribute to these variations, from drought and weather conditions to disease and predation.”
https://medium.com/usfws/sunrise-and-sage-grouse-on-sacred-ground-74a216e1058d
I figured this would be the case, as the rabbit and roughed grouse populations have cycles. My years hunting in high school were at the peak numbers for both!
While the numbers are still lower than 10 years ago, they hit their bottom a few years ago and are back on the rise.
From the article - I learned something. A “lek”. As far as I can tell it is a place (a clearing?) where the males get together to do their drumming in order to attract a female.
Note to self. Unable to find the article about how the Sage Grouse was doing just fine in terms of numbers and that limited oil drilling wouldn’t hurt their grounds.
However, I didn’t have time to check Google because I was doing regular work.
However, almost every time some leftist environ writer does a story, they get it wrong, either through laziness, incompetence or by deliberate design.
If there is a legitimate problem with wildlife grazing/living areas, let’s work on fixing it.
I heard the SOS (same old shit) the other day about the Caribou being harmed by the oil drilling at the Anwar site in Alaska. News to me. Used to see photos of Elk, deer, etc roaming freely under the raised oil pipelines and around the structures which were miniscule compared to the land area around them.
I was a scientist for a while and found out that some “social scientists” are full of crap, leftist and professional looney-tunes.
Now that disease has infected “environmental writers” too.
Good old common sense science is under attack like it hasn’t been since the times of Galileo and Da Vinci.
The “flat earthers” are actually the “flat-headers” and AOC is now one of their leaders. Damned. Next comes burning anti-climate change proponents at the stake. Well, this time the ACC’s are armed, both with knowledge and guns.
Gonna be a better show this time.