Shrub-Steppe Obligates / Species of Management Concern

The Proclamation establishing the monument directs the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to manage the monument to protect all of the species associated with the shrub-steppe ecosystem. A primary objective of the FWS is to ensure that the area is operated and managed for the protection and preservation of the native shrub-steppe habitat and its associated wildlife species. Wildlife species that are dependent on sagebrush and are considered shrub-steppe obligates in the Columbia Basin Ecoregion include ferruginous hawk (Buteo regalis), burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia), loggerhead shrike (Lanius ludovicianus), sage sparrow (Amphispiza belli), Brewer’s sparrow (Spizella breweri), sage thrasher (Oreoscoptes montanus), greater sage grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus), long-billed curlew (Numenius americanus), sagebrush vole (Lagurus curtatus), Merriam’s shrew (Sorex merriami), pygmy rabbit (Brachylagus idahoensis), Washington ground squirrel (Spermophilus washingtoni), black-tailed jack rabbit (Lepus californicus), sagebrush lizard (Sceloporus graciosus) and striped whipsnake (Masticophis taeniatus). Management to maintain and enhance habitat for these species is and will be a priority throughout the Monument. Little is known about the habitat needs of many of these species, so that protection and preservation of intact habitat areas is paramount.

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