Bureau Draws Praise For Sage Grouse Anouncement The Bureau of Land Management's announced efforts to conserve sage grouse habitat in northeastern Wyoming's Powder River Basin have drawn praise from the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership and the North American Grouse Partnership. The temporary measures, affecting approximately 1 million acres of sage grouse habitat, include limits on the density of gas and oil wells in the area. Sage grouse populations have decreased dramatically in the area.