Sage Grouse, Adult Male

• News
• Management Plan
• Local Working Groups
• General Project Materials
• Other Links & Information

News

• Letter from Local Working Groups to FWS on Sage Grouse Status Review; June 29, 2004
  • Word (300 KB) | PDF (75 KB)
• Spring 2004 Newsletter (PDF 846 KB)
• Summer/Fall 2004 Newsletter (PDF 798 KB)
• Winter 2004/Spring 2005 Newsletter (PDF 337 KB)

Management Plan

• Revised Environmental Assessment
  • Word (622 KB) | PDF (426 KB)
• Final Sage Grouse Management Plan (PDF 2.8 MB)
• Letter from Local Working Groups to FWP on State Plan (PDF 62 KB)

Local Working Groups:
Meetings Summaries and Other Information

Dillon

• Press Release: “December 17 Meeting to Launch Sage Grouse Local Working Group”
• Press Release: Second Meeting of Dillon Sage Grouse Group Will Take Place Feb 25
• Press Release: “Grouse Meeting Draws 50 People”
• Meeting I: Summary - 12/17/03
• Meeting II: Summary - 02/25/04
• Meeting III: Summary - 04/29/04
• Meeting IV: Summary - 06/23/04
• Dillon Field Trip: Trip Notes - 06/23/04
• Meeting V: Summary - 09/15/04
• Meeting VI: Summary - 10/13/04
• Meeting VII: Summary - 01/26/05
• Meeting VIII: Summary - 03/23/05
• Meeting Summary - 11/06/06 (Word doc 30 KB)
• Meeting DRAFT Agenda - 3/22/07 (Word doc 285 KB)
• Meeting Summary - 3/22/07 (Word doc 24 KB)
• Meeting DRAFT Agenda - 9/4/07 (Word doc 286 KB)
• Meeting Summary - 9/5/07 (Word doc 25 KB)
• Meeting Summary - 9/14/07 (Word doc 294 KB)
• Meeting Summary - 2/7/08 (Word doc 304 KB)
• DNRC Corral Creek Sagebrush Burn Letter (PDF 87 KB)
• Utility Corridor Comments (PDF 188 KB)
• Sign Mock-Up (PDF 572 KB)

Glasgow

• Press Release: “January 7 Meeting To Launch Sage Grouse Local Working Group”
• Press Release: “Grouse Meeting Draws 40 People”
• Meeting I: Summary - 01/07/04
• Meeting II: Summary - 03/03/04
• Meeting III: Summary - 04/19/04
• Meeting IV: Summary - 06/16/04
• Glasgow Field Trip: Trip Notes - 06/16/04
• Meeting V: Summary - 09/01/04
• Meeting VI: Summary - 10/06/04
• Meeting VII: Summary - 03/16/05
• Meeting Summary - 11/8/06 (Word doc 43 KB)
• Meeting Summary - 10/26/07 (Word doc 35 KB)

Miles City

• Press Release: “Second Meeting of Sage Grouse Group Will Take Place Feb 23”
• Press Release: “January 8 Meeting To Launch Sage Grouse Local Working Group”
• Press Release: "Grouse Meeting Draws 40 People from Southeastern Montana"
• Meeting I: Summary - 01/08/04
• Meeting II: Summary - 02/23/04
• Meeting III: Summary - 04/26/04
• Meeting IV: Summary - 06/14/04
• Miles City Field Trip: Trip Notes - 06/14/04
• Meeting V: Summary - 08/30/04
• Meeting VI: Summary - 10/04/04
• Meeting VII: Summary - 01/10/05
• Meeting VIII: Summary - 03/21/05
• Meeting Summary - 12/19/06 (Word doc 39 KB)

General Project Materials

• Fact Sheet: Sage Grouse
• Fact Sheet: Sage Grouse Population and Habitat
• Local Working Group Charter
• Q & A: Local Working Groups
• The Montana Sagebrush Initiative (PowerPoint 5.7 MB)
• Local Working Group Sage Grouse Program (PowerPoint 12.9 MB)
• Landscape-Scale Factors Affecting Population Dynamics of Greater Sage-Grouse in North-Central Montana, 2001-2004 (PDF 1.5 MB)

Other Links & Information

• Beneficial Grazing Management Practices for Sage-Grouse and Ecology of Silver Sagebrush in Southeastern Alberta (PDF 4.6 MB)
• BLM Announces National Strategy for Conserving Sage-Grouse on Public Lands
• Landowner Stewardship Grants Available Through US Fish and Wildlife Service
• Montana Animal Field Guide: Sage Grouse
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Mountain-Prairie Region, Endangered Species Program, Greater Sage Grouse (includes updates on petitions for endangered species listing).
• USGS SAGEMAP: A GIS Database for Sage Grouse and Shrubsteppe Management in the Intermountain West
• Information on NRCS Incentive Programs for Landowners
• Information links provided by National Wildlife Federation:
• NWF Greater Sage-Grouse
• Join the Adopt-A-Lek Program (PDF)
• WAFWA Sage Grouse Assessment