USFS Annual report on greater sage-grouse

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This report is part of an ongoing process of annual monitoring. It describes current conditions but is not an analysis or a description of a change of conditions. Although annual reports were produced for the years 2016 and 2017, the 2019 report also includes information from 2018. The 2019 report shows that:

  • FS projects improved habitat for sage-grouse on nearly 480,000 acres from 2016-2019.
  • Fires burned approximately 260,000 acres of greater sage-grouse habitat on National Forest System lands in 2016-2019.
  • Data on habitat degradation are available from 2015-2018, and cumulative anthropogenic disturbance was at 0.03% on greater sage-grouse biologically significant units.
  • Greater sage-grouse numbers in western states continue to cycle and are currently within the natural range of variability.

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