Episodi

  • My new podcast you might like

    My new podcast you might like
    Oct 10 2023
    Hey Grouse listeners, Ashley here with a podcast recommendation for you – it's my newest series, Mustang, and it explores the complicated world of wild horses. Here's a sneak preview.
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    3 min
  • Episode 8: If Not Hope, Then Courage

    Episode 8: If Not Hope, Then Courage
    Oct 27 2020
    In the final episode of Grouse, Ashley returns to a lek in Washington with biologist Michael Schroeder and finds it scorched by recent wildfire. Michael cries as he looks out over an area that was once home to one of the largest remaining pockets of sage-grouse in the state. But he says he’s not ready to retire yet — there’s more work to be done.
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    26 min
  • Episode 7: The Death Of Compromise?

    Episode 7: The Death Of Compromise?
    Oct 20 2020
    In 2015 the Obama Administration hammered out a deal with leaders and land managers across the west that avoided listing the sage-grouse under the Endangered Species Act.
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    23 min
  • Episode 6: “Oil and Gas”

    Episode 6: “Oil and Gas”
    Oct 13 2020
    Western Wyoming is home to many sage-grouse mating and nesting sites. And, in recent years, it’s also become a hub of oil and gas extraction.
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    19 min
  • Episode 5: The Story Of The Grieving Lady And The Sage Hen

    Episode 5: The Story Of The Grieving Lady And The Sage Hen
    Oct 6 2020
    The sage-grouse plays a big role in the cultural history of several western American Indian Nations. Wilson Wewa, an elder of the Northern Paiute of the Warm Springs Reservation in Oregon, still remembers the first time he saw a sage-grouse lek while gathering medicine with his grandfather.
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    21 min
  • Episode 4: "All I Want To Do Is Protect This Dirt"

    Episode 4: "All I Want To Do Is Protect This Dirt"
    Sep 29 2020
    There are a lot of people who say cows are one of the biggest problems in the West — and are making life a whole heck of a lot harder for sage grouse. But cows are also a symbol of a way of life that many in sagebrush country feel is under attack.
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    23 min
  • Episode 3: Streamers

    Episode 3: Streamers
    Sep 22 2020
    As the climate warms and invasive cheatgrass moves in, thousands of acres of sagebrush are burning across the West each year. And sage grouse are feeling the heat too, as the ecosystem shift destroys their habitat.
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    19 min
  • Episode 2: In Search Of The Bird, Through Time

    Episode 2: In Search Of The Bird, Through Time
    Sep 15 2020
    Join Ashley on a frigid trek through the snow in search of sage grouse with a scientist who has been studying the bird for decades. Michael Schroeder takes us on a journey through the frozen sagebrush and back in time to learn some scientific and cultural lore surrounding this bird. Will we find any birds today? Why are they in so much trouble? Should anyone care?
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    18 min