Sage Grouse Initiative

We provide scientific reports, project profiles, technical tools, videos, photos, field guides, and links that tell the story of how cooperative conservation is making a difference for working lands and wildlife across the West.

Targeted and Proactive Conifer Treatments Restore Key Components of Sagebrush Ecosystems
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Targeted and Proactive Conifer Treatments Restore Key Components of Sagebrush Ecosystems

Analysis of largest ever, cross-boundary conifer removal efforts in the sagebrush biome showed projects achieving management goals and validated need for coupled management of ...
Getting to the Core: SGI Evaluates 12 years of Conservation through the Lens of the Sagebrush Conservation Design
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Getting to the Core: SGI Evaluates 12 years of Conservation through the Lens of the Sagebrush Conservation Design

SGI’s proactive, voluntary conservation model has conserved sagebrush cores but analysis shows more work to be done on invasive annual ...
E&E News: USDA plans aim to bolster rangeland wildlife conservation
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E&E News: USDA plans aim to bolster rangeland wildlife conservation

E&E News reports on the Framework for Conservation Action in the Sagebrush Biome. Reprinted with ...
PHEASANTS FOREVER Magazine | Of Partners, Promises and Prairie Treasures
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PHEASANTS FOREVER Magazine | Of Partners, Promises and Prairie Treasures

Magazine Story | Pheasants Forever's Spring 2020 Journal of Upland Conservation features how the nonprofit works with SGI and other partners to benefit a variety of grouse ...
Conservation Success – 2018 SGI Scorecard
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Conservation Success – 2018 SGI Scorecard

Check out SGI's 2018 Scorecard to see how we've done against the milestones we set in ...
New Online Tool Shows Songbird Abundance Across Sagebrush Country
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New Online Tool Shows Songbird Abundance Across Sagebrush Country

Check out the latest map additions to the SGI Web App, which allow users to easily visualize songbird distribution, bolstering multi-species conservation across the American ...
New Sage Grouse Strategy Unveiled: $760 Million Invested by 2018
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New Sage Grouse Strategy Unveiled: $760 Million Invested by 2018

The Sage Grouse Initiative has enrolled 1,129 ranchers to conserve 4.4 million acres. We plan to double those numbers by 2018 with a new investment strategy that invests ...