Order
by meeting date | GUSG POPULATION (1 Core +7 Satellites)
NAME (State) &
LOCAL WORKING GROUP (LWG) | 2026
DATE | Mountain TIME |
In-person Meeting
LOCATION | -or-
VIRTUAL LINK | Facilitator / Chair Local Working Group (LWG)
Coordinator (LWGC) |
| 1 | Dove Creek (CO)
+ Monticello (UT)
(meets annually, combined) | March 5
THURS. | 1:00pm - 3:30pm
MST
| Dolores County Public Service Center
8477 Road 7.7
Dove Creek, CO 81324
| Microsoft Teams meeting
Join: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/22684459221825?p=6w0x1QpuiQujdeHaK8
Meeting ID: 226 844 592 218 25, Passcode: uz3K8hd7 | LWGC: Karelia Ver Ecke, Biologist |
| 2 | Crawford (CO)
(meets bi-annually) | March 11
WED.
| 9:00am - 12:00pm
MDT | Delta County Fairgrounds
403 Fair Grounds
Hotchkiss, CO 81419
Maloney House:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/m2PqrkkfDEqJo42e8 | Google Meet Video
Link: https://meet.google.com/ugx-bwrr-sfj Or dial: (US) 502-667-4100 , PIN: 681 287 631# | LWGC: Adam Petry, Biologist |
| 3 | Pinyon Mesa (CO)
(meets bi-annually) | March 31
TUES.
| 1:00pm - 3:30pm
MDT | Colorado Parks & Wildlife NW HQ
711 Independent Ave.
Grand Junction, CO 81505
| Google Meet Video | LWGC: Whit Blair, CPW Biologist |
| 4 | Poncha Pass (CO)
(meets annually) | April 13
MON. | 1:00pm - 3:30pm
MDT
| BLM San Luis Valley Field Office
1313 US-160
Monte Vista, CO 81144
| Microsoft Teams meeting
Join: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/28542718905241?p=LWb6xY9K8nGHZlpFtsMeeting ID: 285 427 189 052 41, Passcode: dz6cL3qF | LWGC: Angela Trnka, USFWS GUSG Biologist
|
| 5 | San Miguel Basin (CO) + Cerro Summit/ Cimmaron/ Sims Mesa
(aka CS/C/SM) (meets annually, combined)
| May 6
WED. | 1:00pm - 3:30pm MDT | BLM Uncompahgre Field Office
Montrose Public Lands Center
2505 S Townsend Ave.
Montrose, CO 81401
| Microsoft Teams meeting
Join: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/28611887382195?p=UIsumuiLzQuOm60JzM Meeting ID: 286 118 873 821 95, Passcode: f2wP3PX9
Or dial: 202-640-1187, ID: 857 018 854# | LWGC Renzo DelPiccolo, retired CPW |
| 6 | Gunnison Basin^
(meets monthly)
^There is no LWG for the core population, but instead is guided by the Gunnison Basin Sage-grouse
Strategic Committee (GBSGSC)
which meets monthly on the 3rd Wednesday, 10:00am -12:15pm, hybrid, open to the public.
The 2026 "RIS" will be in the form of a special topic presented by the USFWS as part of the agenda during the regular monthly meeting in May this year. | May 20
WED. | 10:30am MDT
(approximate, between
10:00am - 12:15pm) | Gunnison County
Blackstock Government Building 221 N Wisconsin St,
Gunnison, CO 81230 | Zoom link (hosted by the Gunnison County Board of Commissioners):
TBD (will update with link by early May) | Strategic Committee Chair:
Kathy Griffin, CPW Grouse Program Manager
Strategic Committee Sub-chair: Liz Smith
RIS Presentation: Angela Trnka, USFWS |
