Supporting the Candidate Conservation Agreement on Idaho National Laboratory Partnerships in the Sagebrush Steppe

Funding Year

Amount

Location

FY24

$ 121,000

Butte County, Idaho

Project Description

The Idaho National Laboratory is entirely 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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steppe providing habitat for numerous wildlife species. This project will focus on these lands for post-fire rehabilitation, treatment of invasive annual grasses and noxious weeds, and establish fuel breaks to reduce threat of fire and increase native grass, forb and shrub abundance.

Partners

Department of Energy and the Department of Defense

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...