Male Spruce Grouse. Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada. Photo: Mdf, Wikipedia Commons
(02/06/12) State officials say they hope to save endangered spruce grouse, one of the most iconic birds in the Adirondack Park.
Under
a plan released by New York's Conservation Department, more habitat would be
protected in the northwestern corner of the Adirondacks.
That's
where most of the region's boreal spruce-fir forests are found.
Biologists
say they may also reintroduce more of the birds from Canada, where populations
remain strong.
In
a statement, DEC assistant commissioner Kathleene Moser said the spruce grouse
is an important part of the Park's biodiversity.
Without
some kind of plan, biologists say the birds could go extinct in the region this
decade.
A
30-day comment period on the spruce grouse recovery plan continues through
March 1st.
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