Tag: sage grouse

Rancher Mike Byrne and Bridget Nielsen,USFWS, look for sage grouse together at Clear Lake National Wildlife Refuge-- an SGI restoration success story in the making.Livestock Producers Step Up For Sage Grouse

March 3, 2015

California rancher Mike Byrne shares why sage grouse conservation is working in his community in a new Western Livestock Journal that features the latest Sage Grouse Initiative results in 11 western states.

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Study Shows That Fence Markers Reduce Sage Grouse Mortality in Wyoming

February 27, 2015

SGI and our partners have marked or moved 590 miles of high-risk fence to reduce bird collisions so that sage grouse can thrive in the sagebrush sea. Read on to see results of the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory’s study on the impacts of fence markers in Wyoming.

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Native Prairie Speaker Series - Free Webinar on the Sage Grouse Initiative in the Western U.S.SGI Webinar: Intro to Greater Sage-Grouse Conservation in the U.S.

February 25, 2015

Listen as Sage Grouse Initiative range conservationist Kelsey Molloy explains how partners work to conserve the Greater Sage-Grouse in the Western U.S.

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sage grouse initiative works in the Pioneers-Crater landscape in Idaho.Conservation Easements Protect a Special Place in Idaho

February 19, 2015

The area between the Pioneer Mountains and Craters of the Moon National Monument in Idaho is vitally important to sage-grouse and other wildlife. SGI has worked with 26 landowners to enroll 1/3 of the private ranches in the region in conservation easements.

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Collaborative Partnerships Yield Big Gains in Montana’s Centennial Valley

The collaborative Centennial Valley Collaborative Grazing Project in southwest Montana is a great example of how sage grouse conservation can be strategically met with science-based conservation practices.

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Webinar on Sage Grouse Conservation from 2010-2015

February 18, 2015

This webinar from NRCS Chief Jason Weller shows maps and metrics detailing the remarkable conservation success story of the Sage Grouse Initiative to date.

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Colorado: Sage Grouse Initiative Rangeland Ecologist Position

February 17, 2015

This rangeland ecologist will be based out of the NRCS field office in Montrose, CO, and work on conservation efforts for the Gunnison Sage Grouse in central western Colorado.

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USDA Sage-Grouse Conservation Efforts to Continue and Grow

February 16, 2015

The NRCS Chief explains how the Sage Grouse Initiative has become a model for voluntary, incentive-based conservation at its best over the past 5 years.

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Conservation Easements in Montana Improve Sage-Grouse Migration

February 13, 2015

Recent conservation easements in Montana help maintain the sage-grouse’s longest-known migration corridor between the U.S. and Canada.

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Colorado partnership a win-win for livestock and sage grouse

February 3, 2015

Cooperative projects like this water delivery design with Jay Yust help both ranchers and wildlife thrive on the Colorado range.

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