Gunnison Sage-grouse Prioritizing Restoration of Sagebrush Ecosystems Tool (PReSET)

Funding Year

Amount

Location

FY23

$188,726 

Gunnison County, Colorado

Project Description

The project aims to develop priority conservation action maps for Gunnison sage-grouse based on species abundance, habitat features, predicted future risk (e.g., invasive grasses, pinyon-juniper encroachment, development, wildfire), and other relevant datasets. In collaboration with management agency personnel and stakeholders, these conservation maps will be used to target 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
management actions within western Colorado for prioritizing implementation efforts.

Partners

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Contact Information

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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...