West Nile Virus — United States
There’s not a lot that’s positive to report right now when it comes to ruffed grouse. Populations of the forest-dwelling bird appear to be on the decline throughout the Northeast and Midwest, according to reports from wildlife management agencies from Maryland to Michigan and all points between.
The Ruffed Grouse Society, for example, holds a “national grouse and woodcock hunt” each fall in Minnesota. This year [2019], the expectation was that grouse numbers were up, at or near the peak of
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