Adirondack Explorer

Spruce grouse recovery efforts wrap with 1,000 new birds in Adirondacks

New York released more than 1,000 spruce grouse in the northern Adirondacks over 13 years to save the endangered bird.
The Berkshire Eagle

A year of birds at the feeders: Species counts, surprises and setbacks

Happy New Year everybody! As is customary at this time of year, I am going to pause to take a look back at the events of the ...
maine.gov

Maine Energy Plan

On January 17, 2025 the Governor’s Energy Office (GEO; now the Maine Department of Energy Resources) submitted to the Legislature the Maine Energy Plan, a strategic plan for the state to advance ...
Berkshire Eagle

From insects to leaf buds: Ruffed grouse adapt to life in the snow

Winter arrived early this year, and unlike such occasions in the past decade, she has decided to stay. The temperatures have been consistently below freezing since Thanksgiving, and it has actually ...
Daily Hampshire Gazette

Speaking of Nature: Adapting to an early winter: Plus, a once-in-a-lifetime encounter with an unusually friendly ruffed grouse

Up close, the coloration of these feathers are exquisite. This female ruffed grouse approached Bill Danielson within arm's reach and remained very calm. Had she been alarmed, she would have raised the ...
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Piscataquis Lodge Trustees Festival of Trees winners

MILO — The Piscataquis Lodge Trustees’ annual Festival of Trees was held Dec. 5-7 at the American Legion. The following won sponsored prize packages: 50/50, Denise Brown; Legion Auxiliary, Corey ...
OPB

Ranchers in southeast Oregon helped keep sage grouse off the endangered list. Now, lithium mining could pose a new threat

Biologist Jack Hansen started up an ATV and drove through a dark sea of sagebrush just before dawn on a snowy morning in early April. This is what he does every spring morning to monitor about a dozen ...