BULLETIN NUMBER FIVE 
201 
Washington : 
R. B. Wales, State Game Warden, Eastern Washington Dis¬ 
tract, Spokane. 
“The only counties in the State of Washington which 
boast with pride of the few remaining sage grouse are: 
“Yakima County . 
. 750 
to 
1000 
“Kititas County . 
. 500 
to 
750 
“Benton County . 
. 150 
to 
400 
“Klickitat County . 
. 150 
to 
400 
“Lincoln County . 
. 50 
to 
100 
“Grant County 
... 50 
to 
100 
“These counties are all in Eastern Washington and are 
the only counties in the State which have any sage grouse. 
Western Washington was never inhabited by the sage 
grouse to my knowledge. We have had a short open season 
in the last three years on sage grouse in Yakima and Kiti- 
tas Counties, but I expect to get a bill through the next 
Legislature prohibiting the shooting entirely. It would be 
only a question of a few years when this bird would be ex¬ 
terminated unless we provide a closed season for the next 
five years. I am heartily in favor of a closed season in all 
of the Northwestern states which have so few of the sage 
grouse. I think Washington compares very favorably with 
Oregon in the number of sage grouse left, and Idaho still 
has a few in certain districts.” 
A. F. Wieseman, Bird Commissioner, Spokane. 
“I am in favor of closing the Sage Hen [shooting] for 
from 6 to 10 years. The following counties in eastern Wash¬ 
ington have a few Sage Hen: Grant, Adams, Lincoln, Doug¬ 
las, Okanogan, Franklin, Walla Walla and Whitman.” 
Oregon : 
William L. Finley, State Biologist, Portland. 
“The habitat of the sage grouse in Oregon is practically 
Lake, Harney and Malheur Counties. There are, of course, 
a few scattering birds in the eastern part of Klamath, in 
the southern and eastern part of Crook County; a few in 
Grant and perhaps a few in the southern part of Baker 
County. 
“I am sorry I cannot give you the exact location of where 
the remaining birds are found in Oregon, but I have seen 
quite a good many along the Steen’s Mountains in Harney 
County and also in the very southeastern corner of Crook, 
