Environmental

New Rangeland Fire Science Plan Essential for Sage-Grouse, Sagebrush Conservation and Restoration

A well-camouflaged sage grouse stands among yellow grass.

Plan also addresses other rangeland threats

WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–October 31, 2016.   Today, the U.S. Department of the Interior released a new science plan that will serve as an action-oriented blueprint for acquiring information needed to make science-based decisions to restore and conserve the imperiled ‘sagebrush sea,’ a roughly 500,000-square-mile-area of sagebrush steppe habitat across western North America.

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The science plan identifies 37 priority science needs that address knowledge gaps in five topic areas: fire, invasive plants,…

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