Sage-grouse

By late summer, sagebrush rangelands have dried out after many weeks without significant rainfall, and broods of sage-grouse are venturing farther afield.

As the BLM and partners work to reverse decline in greater sage-grouse populations, we also recognize that successful conservation requires thinking about how actions to protect one species may in turn affect others.

Greater sage-grouse hens and their broods of growing chicks spend the long days of summer on walkabouts, continuing to rely on sagebrush and native grasses for food and shelter.

Proposed amendments to 11 resource management plans will support conservation of the Gunnison sage-grouse, listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act in 2014.

Plans for managing greater sage-grouse habitat on public lands work to sustainably balance conservation with other authorized uses, including oil & gas development.