Grouse On Guard

  • A grouse sits on high alert in its nest during hunting season. Grouse thrive best where forests are kept young and vigorous by occasional clear-cut logging, or fire, and gradually diminish in numbers as forests mature and their critical food and cover resources deteriorate in the shade of a climax forest. (photo by Kevin Zini)

    A grouse sits on high alert in its nest during hunting season. Grouse thrive best where forests are kept young and vigorous by occasional clear-cut logging, or fire, and gradually diminish in numbers as forests mature and their critical food and cover resources deteriorate in the shade of a climax forest. (photo by Kevin Zini)

    A grouse sits on high alert in its nest during hunting season. Grouse thrive best where forests are kept young and vigorous by occasional clear-cut logging, or fire, and gradually diminish in numbers as forests mature and their critical food and cover resources deteriorate in the shade of a climax forest. (photo by Kevin Zini)

A grouse sits on high alert in its nest during hunting season. Grouse thrive best where forests are kept young and vigorous by occasional clear-cut logging, or fire, and gradually diminish in numbers as forests mature and their critical food and cover resources deteriorate in the shade of a climax forest. (photo by Kevin Zini)