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Article: Declining Sage Grouse in the American West: Can the Threat of Listing this Species Help Transform the Bureau of Land Management?
- Article from:
- Endangered Species Update
- Article date:
- May 1, 2001
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Abstract
The sage grouse is a widely ranged, sparsely distributed species that lives in the vast "Sagebrush Sea" in the western US and Canada. Two sage grouse species have experienced significant declines over the past 50 to 150 years. Conservationists have identified the sage grouse as an important indicator, umbrella, and flagship species for sagebrush ecosystems, and have developed a conservation strategy centered on the bird, including the preparation of petitions to list sage grouse under the Endangered Species Act. The Bureau of Land Management manages most sage grouse habitat. Resource users fear the potential impacts of listing sage grouse--the "spotted ...
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