Indiana Considers Adding Ruffed Grouse to States Endangered Species List
by TBC Press on 09/21/19
Ruffed grouse numbers are alarmingly low in Indiana, causing the DNR Commission to consider adding the native bird to the state’s endangered species list. Young forest habitat for grouse has continually disappeared in the Hoosier State since the 1980’s – hunters haven’t had a chase to actually hunt ruffed grouse since 2015. So, in the fall of 2018, the IN DNR posted a memorandum online seeking potential ideas for the “2018 Got INput Period,” to which The Ruffed Grouse Society (RGS)/American Woodcock Society (AWS) promptly responded in support of adding ruffed grouse to the state’s list of endangered birds... READ MORE
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