Prairie Grouse Technical Council

Who is the Prairie Grouse Technical Council?

The Prairie Grouse Technical Council is a group of grouse advocates, enthusiasts, scientists, managers and others who enjoy grouse and their habitats. The group meets in odd numbered years in the various prairie and great lakes states where these birds are found.


35th Prairie Grouse Technical Council Meeting to be held Sept. 23-25, 2025 at Valentine, Nebraska - Abstracts accepted through June 31.

Mark your calendars for Sept. 23-25 for a meeting of the Prairie Grouse Technical Council (PGTC) in Valentine, Nebraska. After being disrupted by the covid pandemic, the meeting will return to the intended schedule of odd years.

The Council is a group of grouse advocates, enthusiasts, scientists, managers and others who enjoy grouse and their habitats. They meet in the various prairie and great lakes states where these birds are found.

Abstracts for the 35th PGTC meeting are now being accepted through June 31. Authors will be notified about acceptance of their submissions by July 15.

Hotel information is available. Rooms should be booked by August 22.

See the website for abstract and hotel information, and keep an eye on it for registration and program details as they get firmed up. - prairiegrousecouncil.org

For more information, contact Bryan O’Connor at bryan.oconnor@nebraska.gov

Our flock hopes to see you in Valentine next fall!


34th Prairie Grouse Technical Council Meeting

Hosted by : MSU Wildlife Habitat Ecology Lab and Department of Animal & Range Sciences, MT Agricultural Experiment Station, and MT Extension in Lewistown, Montana

October 3-6, 2022

A summary article about the meeting is available in the fall 2022 Grouse Partnership News (p. 44) that is available on this website.


33nd Meeting of the Prairie Grouse Tech Council

Hosted by : Sutton Avian Research Center in Bartlesville, Oklahoma

November 4-7, 2019

Click Here to Learn More about the 33rd PGTC Meeting



Prairie Grouse Technical Council Listserve

To join the PGTC-L listserve, please Click Here.