Sage-grouse

Government agencies and volunteers hand-built stone terrain features to improve habitat conditions for the Gunnison sage-grouse, a federally listed threatened species.

Greater sage-grouse hens and their broods of growing chicks spend the long days of summer on walkabouts, continuing to rely on sagebrush and native grasses for food and shelter.

Proposed amendments to 11 resource management plans will support conservation of the Gunnison sage-grouse, listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act in 2014.

Plans for managing greater sage-grouse habitat on public lands work to sustainably balance conservation with other authorized uses, including oil & gas development.

Plans for managing greater sage-grouse habitat on public lands set objectives for vegetation conditions, describe management tools to balance conservation with other uses and establish thresholds for adaptive management.