Blue Grouse Dendragapus obscurus Last updated: 1998

• Main Authors: Written David, A. Ware
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Yukon; Canada; Pacific; British Columbia; Aldrich; Alaska
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.214.3660; http://www.wdfw.wa.gov/hab/phs/vol4/blue_grouse.pdf

Blue grouse are found throughout western North America, including the offshore islands of British Columbia, Canada. Their range extends from the southern portions of Alaska and the Yukon, south along the Pacific Coast to northern California. The range continues east, encompassing the Cascade and Sierra Nevada mountains of the Pacific Northwest and California, and the northern and central Rocky Mountains from Canada to Arizona (Aldrich 1963, Johnsgard 1973). In Washington, blue grouse are found in mountainous areas wherever open coniferous forests are present (see Figure 1; Soil Conservation Service 1969). They are closely associated with true fir (Abies spp.) and Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) forests (Johnsgard 1973). Hunter Figure 1. General range of the blue grouse, Dendragapus obscurus, in Washington. Map derived