Greater Sage Grouse Management Plan and Conservation Strategies

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Table of Contents

Foreward (185Kb PDF):  Cover Sheet.  Document Participants.  Executive Summary.

Introduction (26Kb PDF):   Purpose and Goal. Elements of the plan as directed by the ESA and the PECE policy. MOU’s entered into with WAFWA. WAFWA Guidelines.

Section I: Status of Sage-Grouse (179Kb PDF):  Geographic Distribution: North America, North Dakota. Habitat Status.  Population Dynamics:  Surveys, Harvests, Needs, Reproduction, Mortality.

Section II: Population and Habitat Objectives (25Kb PDF): Distribution, Numbers, and Habitat Objectives. 

Section III: Risks to sage-grouse (98Kb PDF): Loss of Habitat and Habitat Effectiveness.  Conversion of Habitat and Rangeland Alterations.  Industrial Development.  Grazing.  Noxious Weeds and Invasive Plants.  Physical Threats to Sage-Grouse. Recreation. Predation. Disease and Parasites. Weather.

Section IV: Conservation Issues and Actions (101Kb PDF): Fire Management.  Harvest Management.  Livestock Grazing Management. Mining and Energy Development. Noxious Weed Management. Outreach, Education and Implementation. Power Lines and Generation Facilities. Predation. Recreational Disturbance of Sage-Grouse. Roads and Motorized Vehicles. Vegetation. Other Wildlife in Sage-Grouse Habitats.

Section V: Implementation (25Kb PDF):  Objectives.  Assessment of sage-grouse/sagebrush conservation programs. North Dakota Game and Fish Department programs.  United States Forest Service High Plains Partnership.  Natural Resources Conservation Service programs. Conservation Reserve Program.  Monitoring the Species.  Research Needs.

Attachments:
I.   Guidelines to manage sage-grouse populations and their habitats (785Kb PDF).
II.  Contact information for cooperating agencies and personnel (24Kb PDF).
III. Project narratives for sage-grouse research in North Dakota (43Kb PDF).

Get the entire sage grouse plan here (1.4Mb PDF).

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