Episode 44: Sage Grouse Conservation with Ed Arnett of TRCP
Sage Grouse Conservation with Ed Arnett – Chief Scientist at Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership
Listen this week as TRCP’s Chief Scientist Ed Arnett provides an update on sage grouse and explains why all Americans should care about this iconic species and its vast habitat that spans eleven western states.
Ed gives our listeners a comprehensive rundown on what we should know about sage grouse, including the following:
- history of sage grouse conservation
- habitat loss vs. habitat degradation
- lek sites
- Sage Grouse Initiative
- mitigation
- no net loss
- the 2010 ‘listed but precluded’ ruling
- 2015 Obama era planning
- preferred habitat structure
- state, federal and private partnerships
- Current BLM planning changes
RELATED LINKS:
This American Land story on sage grouse: http://www.thisamericanland.org/news/sage-advice-for-sage-lands#.XDVfa1xKiUk
NRCS Sage Grouse Initiative: https://www.sagegrouseinitiative.com/about/
Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies Sagebrush Initiative: https://www.wafwa.org/initiatives/sagebrush_ecosystem_initiative/
FEE Article on Sage grouse: https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1890/1540-9295-13.5.235
FEE article on the political pendulum: https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/fee.1982
Listen to East to West Hunting Podcast Episode 16 with TRCP’s Whit Fosburgh by clicking HERE
Listen to East to West Hunting Podcast Episode 34: Voluntary Public Access – A Farm Bill Success with TRCP’s Alex Maggos and IL landowner Zane Zaubi by clicking HERE
A Successful Day Sage Grouse Hunting
Sage Grouse Habitat
