With the destruction of grasslands, over half the grassland bird population has been lost since 1970. Local organizations are trying to reverse that trend.

Wisconsin will hold a limited hunting season this fall for sharp-tailed grouse, according to the Department of Natural ...

Balancing birds and biofuels: Grasslands support more species than cornfields Date: October 9, 2014 Source: University of Wisconsin-Madison Summary: ...

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources have found that grass-and-wildflower-dominated fields supported more than three times as many bird ...

The 2022-32 Wisconsin prairie chicken management plan calls for grassland habitat improvements that would help a range of troubled bird species.

MADISON, Wis. – In Wisconsin, bioenergy is for the birds. Really. In a study published today in the journal PLOS ONE, University of Wisconsin-Madison and Wisconsin Department of Natural ...

At last count, Wisconsin was home to more than 230 different species of birds. Now, 1,000 surveyors are pooling data for across the state to see if those numbers are holding. In the Wisconsin ...

Wild birds are dying by the millions in Wisconsin and other states. One of the reasons is that cats, both wild and domesticated, are killing them. But a proposal to allow residents to shoot stray ...

RUDOLPH, Wis. (AP) - Hoarfrost hung from the trees, fence wire and prairie grass. A school bus, pronounced by its blinking roof beacon, slowly headed west on Highway M just a few minutes before ...

But that’s not the case for grassland birds, explains lead author of the new study, biologist Christine Ribic with the U.S. Geological Survey’s Wisconsin Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit.

The research team found that where there are grasslands, there are birds. Grass-and-wildflower-dominated fields supported more than three times as many bird species as cornfields, including 10 ...