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.

Episode 8: If Not Hope, Then Courage

Oct 27th, 2020 26m 20s

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 pocke

Episode 7: The Death Of Compromise?

Oct 20th, 2020 22m 32s

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.

New Podcast 'Grouse' Looks At Efforts To Save Iconic Bird Native To Idaho

Oct 15th, 2020 23m 50s

The sage grouse represents some of the biggest controversies in the Mountain West. From armed standoffs on public land in Nevada and Oregon, to explosive growth, wildfires, wild horses, big oil and fracking, every issue is connected to the sage

Episode 6: “Oil and Gas”

Oct 13th, 2020 19m 26s

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.

Episode 5: The Story Of The Grieving Lady And The Sage Hen

Oct 6th, 2020 21m 12s

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

Episode 4: "All I Want To Do Is Protect This Dirt"

Sep 29th, 2020 22m 53s

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 atta

Episode 3: Streamers

Sep 22nd, 2020 18m 55s

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.

Episode 2: In Search Of The Bird, Through Time

Sep 15th, 2020 18m 9s

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 a

Episode 1: Stranger In A Strange Land

Sep 15th, 2020 18m 3s

A few years ago, Ashley Ahearn burned out on the urban rat race, quit her job at a top NPR member station in Seattle, and moved to 20 acres of big sky and sagebrush in rural Washington state to try to better understand this country, and do bett

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