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New DNR Biologist Tackles West Virginia's Grouse Habitat Shortage

from The Herald-Dispatch, July 27, 2020

New DNR Biologist Tackles West Virginia's Grouse Habitat Shortage The Herald-Dispatch, July 27, 2020 Grouse are creatures of the forest, but they thrive best in a specific type of forest — one in which trees are starting to grow back after large trees have been cut. "Early successional habitat," biologists call it, and 40 years ago West Virginia had plenty of it, and plenty of grouse, too. That isn't the case nowadays. Mature forests cover nearly 80% of the state. As the forests have grown up, grouse numbers have spiraled down. READ MORE

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