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Acknowledgments This book was a team effort and could not have been accomplished without the help and advice of many people. The comments received during the editing process truly improved its content. Special thanks go to the following people: Joe Hinson, Northwest Natural Resource Group Gretchen Hyde, Idaho Rangeland Resource Commission Karen Launchbaugh, Lovina Roselle, Melanie Johnson, Department of Rangeland Ecology and Managment, University of Idaho Tina Deines, chief copy editor and design consultant Jeremy Baumgardt, Department of Fish and Wildlife, University of Idaho Idaho Sage-grouse Advisory Committee Jason Pyron, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Dale Pruett for use of his sage-grouse drawings Bureau of Land Management, Idaho Bonnie Claridge - Shoshone Field Office Jake Ferguson - Owyhee Field Office Matthew Grover - Bruneau Field Office Vincent Guyer - Salmon Field Office Juley Hankins-Smith - Upper Snake Field Office Jill Holderman - Four Rivers Field Office Paul Makela - Idaho State Office Theresa Mathis - Upper Snake Field Office Roger Rosentreter - Idaho State Office Helen Ulmschneider - Bruneau Field Office Idaho Department of Fish and Game Gene M. Gray Tom Hemker Ann Moser Alan Sands This book was made possible through the following funding sources: The University of Idaho College of Natural Resources Idaho Governor’s Office of Species Conservation Idaho Department of Fish and Game Bureau of Land Management, Idaho U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation Idaho Rangeland Resource Commission
Contents Identification ........................................................................4 Look-a-likes.................................................................7 Reasons for Concern ..........................................................8 Decline.........................................................................8 Impacts to Habitat....................................................11 Life Cycle.............................................................................16 Breeding & Nesting (March-June) .......................18 Leks..................................................................18 Nesting and Early Brood-Rearing...............19 Nesting Habitat Characteristics...................20 Late Brood-Rearing (July-September) .................33 Autumn & Winter (September-March).................35 Sagebrush Steppe Plants .................................................37 Sagebrush..................................................................38 Grasses.......................................................................44 Forbs...........................................................................47 Steppe Succession.....................................................48 Conservation Planning ....................................................51 Sage-grouse Planning Areas...................................52
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Page 9 and 10: Gene M. Gray Above: Sagegrouse hen
Page 11 and 12: IDFG U.S. Forest Service Lukasz Luk
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Page 15 and 16: Impacts to Habitat The greater sage
Page 17 and 18: devastation of range fires is well
Page 19 and 20: BLM Cattle grazing in the sagebrush
Page 21 and 22: Oct General Habitat Use Periods Use
Page 23 and 24: Gene M. Gray by fires or roads, are
Page 25 and 26: Habitat Feature Sagebrush canopy co
Page 27 and 28: Insufficient sagebrush cover 5% Jef
Page 29 and 30: Productive sagebrush cover 15% Jeff
Page 31 and 32: Excessive sagebrush cover 45% Jeffr
Page 33 and 34: Jeffrey Gillan Jeffrey Gillan Shrub
Page 35 and 36: Jeffrey Gillan Above: Productive gr
Page 37 and 38: Late Brood-Rearing (July-Sept.) As
Page 39 and 40: Fall & Winter (September-March) Fal
Page 41 and 42: Sagebrush Steppe Plants The plants
Page 43 and 44: Mountain big sagebrush (Artemisia t
Page 45 and 46: Paul Makela © Gary A. Monroe the o
Page 47 and 48: This map shows sagebrush distributi
Page 49 and 50: Idaho fescue (Festuca idahoensis) N
Page 51 and 52: Forbs Below is a list of the forbs
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Conservation Planning In July 2006,
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Final Thoughts A particularly chall
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Polygynous mating (page 18) A matin
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