NY Times has a very interesting story on conservation efforts for the greater sage grouse. Innovative in that instead of listing them as endangered they are using a different approach with farmers of providing incentives under an agency called the Natural Resources Conservation Service, which I had never heard of before. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/08/science/08bird.html -Mike Duchek, Waukesha, Waukesha Co. #################### You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin Birding Network (Wisbirdn). To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: //www.freelists.org/archives/wisbirdn.