Deer and grouse cover are almost identical? Not even close up here in the big woods. In fact all of the timber harvesting in the North Maine Woods has greatly hurt the deer population but greatly benefitted moose and grouse populations. Deer here need mature softwood overstories to survive the winters.
And that graph shows 2020 being a bad year for Maine? Where is this data coming from? 2020 was one of the best years in the past decade and the graph should indicate that. I don't disagree that grouse populations as whole are seeing a downward trend. But at least portray accurate representation of upward ticks as well.
