The 2019 WI/MN Sharp-tailed grouse research and management workshop was held May 29-30, 2019 at Crex Meadows Wildlife Area in Grantsburg, WI. Click on the links below for information, presentations, and research papers that were given at the workshop.

Workshop Agenda Flier

Presentations (click on each to view)

The State of Sharp-tailed Grouse Populations and Habitat Management in MN & WI – Bob Hanson, WI DNR & Jodie Provost, MN DNR

Past Disturbance and Contemporary Land Use Shape the Current Distribution of Sharp-tailed Grouse in a Working Landscape – Benjamin Zuckerberg & Michael Hardy, UW – Madison

WI Sharp-tailed Grouse and Northwest Sands Habitat Corridor Plan – Mark Witecha, WI DNR

Scott Hull’s Habitat Assessments and Trail Camera Lek Surveys – Christopher Pollentier, WI DNR

Sharp-tailed Grouse Breeding Habitat Selection & Survival - L. Shartell

The Effect of Fire Season on Plant & Bird Communities in East-central Minnesota lowland brush ecosystems – Annie Hawkinson & Lori Knosalla, U of MN

Sharp-tailed Grouse Translocation to Moquah Barrens – Brian Heeringa, USFS — Audio File

Bringing Back the Firebird — Brian Heeringa, USFS