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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 country, where the locals are looking for love. They've got their profiles uploaded, but are they ready to match?

Brittany the Black-tailed Jackrabbit
brown rabbit crouched down on some sand
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Mimi the Medusahead 
close up of a greenish yellow grass with seed heads on the tip and long strands surrounding the seeds
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Chuck the Cheatgrass 
close up of a brownish-green head of grass that has seeds growing in long strands
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Bart the American Badger
badger laying down above a ground cavity
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Frank the Sagebrush Cicada
cicada (yellow-rimmed black long bug with translucent wings) sitting on a dry white branch
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Captain Sparkles the Meadowhawk Dragonfly
dragonfly (long bug with 2 long wings on either side of its abdomen) sitting on sagebrush (yellowish, brushy plant)
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Billy the Long-billed Curlew
long billed curlew (bird with long curved beak and greyish body) flying
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Sunny the Rabbitbrush
Yellow, elongated flowers with a green base
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Pearce the Pronghorn
pronghorn (brown and white hoofed mammal with curved horns)
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Todd the Ferruginous Hawk
brown hawk with its black-tipped beak wide open sitting on wood
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Shayne the Short-eared Owl
Mottled owl with bright yellow eye holds dead rodent in its beak and is surrounded by snow
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Pearl the Bighorn Sheep 
white sheep with smallish horns
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Over 350 species rely on sagebrush for food and shelter across 11 western states. This story highlights some of those species and is part of a collaborative social media campaign which ran from March 20-31, 2023. For more profiles (including those from other partners), search #SwipeSagebrush or #SagebrushCountry on Instagram.

Check out our Sagebrush Conservation Web Page to learn more about our work in sagebrush, including how funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is benefitting these efforts.

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