Believe it or not, NV has some good ruffed grouse habitat. NDOW has introduced them into isolated and not so isolated areas. They completely screwed the pooch when they introduced them into heavily used creeks and canyons. The ruffies get clobbered by road hunters during deer season, and NDOW is too lazy to get into the hard to reach habitat. They'd have to get out of their new trucks and walk.
We have large pockets of choke cherries, wild roses, wild currents, and wild gooseberries in many remote canyons that have permanent water sources.
West Nile has our sagehen and blue grouse populations struggling.
Given a chance, a decent Ruffed Grouse population will fall shuffle into other available good covers....
