Habitat management, Habitat restoration

Gunnison Basin Cheatgrass Implementation Project

Funding Year

Amount

Location

FY22

$398,139

Gunnison, CO

FY23

$395,337

Gunnison, CO

Project Description

This project will deliver multiple treatments, including wet meadow restoration (150 acres), prioritized cheatgrass treatments (1000 acres) and other 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.

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restoration outcomes within the Gunnison Basin of Colorado. These deliverables will benefit federally-listed Gunnison sage grouse and other sagebrush-obligate species.

Partners

Colorado Parks and Wildlife, Partners for Fish and Wildlife, Upper Gunnison River Conservancy District, Bureau of Land Management, Colorado Field Ornithologists, Gunnison County Stockgrowers, U.S. Forest Service, Bird Conservation of the Rockies

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Contact

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Biologist
Ecological Services
Expertise
Canada lynx, Rio Grande cutthroat trout, San Juan cutthroat trout, Colorado hookless cactus, North Park phacelia, Parachute penstemon, Penland beardtongue, Osterhout milkvetch, Pagosa skyrocket, Knowlton's cactus
Grand Junction,CO

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...