Game and Fish wants to know about dead sage grouse

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is asking people to report any dead sage grouse they find immediately so they can be tested for West Nile virus. The game and fish department says reporting discoveries of dead sage grouse will help in managing the bird population. Sage grouse have a low resistance to West Nile virus and it's usually fatal to them. Testing has turned up the virus in Goshen County so far this year. Wyoming Game and Fish sage grouse biologist Tom Christiansen says warmer temperatures apparently help the virus to multiply in the gut of the mosquito. He says that if conditions remain warm through August, the virus could be more prevalent this year Christiansen says birds that were obviously killed by vehicles don't need to be reported.