Addressing Invasive Annual Grass in Sage-Grouse Core Areas in Idaho

Funding Year

Amount

Location

FY22

$492,000

All counties where core and growth opportunities occur, Idaho

FY23$328,000All counties where core and growth opportunities occur, Idaho
FY24$150,146All counties where core and growth opportunities occur, Idaho

Project Description

This project steps down and accelerates Idaho's state-led "Cheatgrass Challenge" and empowers regional partnerships to actively manage invasive annual grasses and wildfire threats in sagebrush sagebrush
The western United States’ sagebrush country encompasses over 175 million acres of public and private lands. The sagebrush landscape provides many benefits to our rural economies and communities, and it serves as crucial habitat for a diversity of wildlife, including the iconic greater sage-grouse and over 350 other species.

Learn more about sagebrush core habitat in strategic geographies within the state. This project is an exemplar of the larger "Defend the Core" strategy for sagebrush conservation.                                   

Partners

U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, Natural Resource Conservation Service, Idaho Governors Office of Species Conservation, Idaho Department of Fish & Game, Idaho Department of Lands, Pheasants Forever

Contact Information

Programs

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The western United States’ sagebrush country encompasses over 175 million acres of public and private lands. Sagebrush country contains biological, cultural and economic resources of national significance. America’s sagebrush ecosystem is the largest contiguous ecotype in the continental...
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