SGI’s Strategic Watershed Action Team’s dedicated and enthusiastic range conservationists, wildlife biologists, and natural resource specialists put in place plenty of proactive conservation projects from April to June of 2015.
Photo to the right by Tina Dennison — new members of the Strategic Watershed Action Team met in Montana for a training session in June. From left: Mary Beth Albrechtsen (South Dakota); Connor White (Idaho); Kolten Hawkins (California); Mandi O’Donnell (Nevada); Logan Ross (Oregon); Donn Slusher (Colorado); Jeremy Maestas (NRCS-SGI); Briana Schnelle (California); Seth Gallagher (IWJV-SGI); Kourtney Stonehouse (Utah); Justin Hughes (Montana).
The Sage Grouse Initiative’s Strategic Watershed Action Team’s dedicated and enthusiastic range conservationists, wildlife biologists, and natural resource specialists put in place proactive conservation projects. These field staff also spread the shared vision of achieving wildlife conservation through sustainable ranching in the West.
Each quarter, SGI shares the latest accomplishments from our field partner positions, along with recent science and communications efforts. The Intermountain West Joint Venture takes the lead in coordinating SGI’s Strategic Watershed Action Team, along with a detailed tracking system that documents field staff progress on a quarterly basis. These reports ensure SGI is a lasting conservation partnership that produces tangible results to improve sage grouse habitat across 11 western states.
Below are some of the incredible highlights from the SGI field staff and our partners, as documented in the April-June 2015 quarterly report:
Field staff help landowners put in place rangeland practices that conserve sage grouse. Photo by Linda Poole.
2,085,596 acres of rangeland improvement to increase sage grouse hiding cover during nesting season. Additional grass cover is expected to increase sage grouse populations by eight to ten percent.
Read more results in the April-June quarterly report.
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