Sports Afield: Conserving Western Hunting Grounds, One Sage Grouse at a Time
..a project called the Sage Grouse Initiative (SGI) is going full-bore to conserve the sage grouse and its habitat without imposing onerous regulations on freedom-loving Westerners. Employing a collaborative model of voluntary cooperation, incentives, and community support, SGI is a model for the sort of project that could help other troubled wildlife species – and avoid additional ESA listings in the process.” – Diana Rupp, Editor in Chief, Sports Afield
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Home on the Range: Conserving Western Hunting Grounds, One Sage Grouse at a Time
“…a project called the Sage Grouse Initiative (SGI) is going full-bore to conserve the sage grouse and its habitat without imposing onerous regulations on freedom-loving Westerners. Employing a collaborative model of voluntary cooperation, incentives, and community support, SGI is a model for the sort of project that could help other troubled wildlife species – and avoid additional ESA listings in the process.” – Diana Rupp, Editor in Chief, Sports Afield
Sports Afield, a premier hunting adventure magazine, showcases the Sage Grouse Initiative in its Nov./Dec. 2013 issue. Editor-in-Chief Diana Rupp clearly articulates the importance of large, intact sagebrush ecosystems for the bird, and for the future of ranching and hunting too:
