Grouse: Oil and Gas
BirdNote Presents
English - October 13, 2020 09:30 - 19 minutes - 23.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 225 ratingsNatural Sciences Science Society & Culture bird birding birdnote birds birdsong birdwatching education naturalsciences nature outdoors Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Western Wyoming is home to many sage-grouse mating and nesting sites. And, in recent years, it’s also become a hub of oil and gas extraction. Matt Holloran knows this all too well. He did his PhD - back in 2000 - on sage-grouse and how natural gas drilling affects them, and has been studying the birds ever since. Ashley Ahearn heads to oil and gas country to visit a lek with Matt Holloran, and interview Paul Ulrich, VP of Jonah Energy, who says there’s “more work to be done” and it will involve bringing people together to look for shared solutions to keep sage-grouse around.