Grazing for Fuels Management and Sage Grouse Habitat Maintenance and Recovery

Erica Freese, Tamzen Stringham, Gregg Simonds, Eric Sant

Abstract


More than half the total acres (381,727 acres) burned in Nevada during 2012 occurred in sage grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) Preliminary Priority Habitat (M. Boomer, personal Communication, 2013), an alarming fact for a candidate threatened or endangered species. Preliminary Pri- ority Habitat is de ned by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) as having the highest conservation value to maintain- ing sustainable sage grouse populations and includes breed- ing habitat, brood-rearing habitat, winter range, and im- portant movement corridors.

DOI: 10.2458/azu_rangelands_v35i4_freese


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