Sagebrush Conservation in Montana's Northern Great Plains and Musselshell Plains

Funding Year

Amount

Location

FY22

$309,218 

Phillips, Valley, & Blaine counties, Montana

FY23

$431,504

Phillips, Valley, & Blaine counties, Montana

FY24

$210,000

Phillips, Valley, & Blaine counties, Montana
Project Description

Deliver grazing systems on five ranches covering 54,713 acres. Candidate Conservation Agreements with Assurances on an additional three ranches covering 23,128 acres. Restoration of 1,500 acres of marginal cropland to native vegetation and restoration of mesic habitat on 300 acres or ~2 miles of riparian riparian
Definition of riparian habitat or riparian areas.

Learn more about riparian areas.

Read about the partners and work at this project site!

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Partners

Private landowners, Pheasants Forever, The Nature Conservancy

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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Latest News

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Working Lands
Conserving the Ocean of Grass and Sage
In Montana, funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is expanding the scale of conservation to whole landscapes. The following story was written by partners at the Intermountain West Joint Venture and the original version is available on Partnering to Conserve Sagebrush Rangelands.