Across Wyoming's sagebrush country, greater sage grouse hens are busy fattening up their chicks before winter sets in. At the same time, the Trump administration is moving to finalize plans for how the bird is managed in Wyoming and across the West.

Out on the range this time of year, sage grouse are on the hunt for food.

"They've taken their brood mainly to the areas along water, they're in hay fields and that sort of thing where it's cooler and where there's more food," said Bob Budd, executive director of the Wyoming Wildlife and Natural Resource Trust and former chairman of the Wyoming Sage Grouse Implementation Team. "Right now they're just trying to get pounds put on those chicks, and it's late fruiting habitat that they're after, which would be your small streams, ponds, you know,

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