Warmer temperatures, virus also taking their toll on game bird By: Ad Garble, Bayjournal.com Ruffed grouse, a strikingly beautiful bird that symbolizes wildness, is in trouble across its native range, including states in the Chesapeake Bay drainage. The decline is growing in Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia, and biologists point to two … Continue reading Decline of ruffed grouse linked to loss of young-forest habitat