Understand Battue - many of the points you bring up are reasons not to trust them as a government agency - as too many of their employees are trained in everything but reality. While WNV is the current hot button for the grouse decline it is not a certainty (with science being what it is - an ever moving target). What is a certainty is that all parts of the environment are showing red flags - especially with many of the most “sensitive” species (and my favorites). These warnings are mostly being ignored - which is very frustrating for me to watch happen - I’m trying to do what I can to alter the seemingly inevitable outcomes but am getting to the point where it may just be a distant hope?
PennDog
