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Invasive annual grasses are a primary, severe, and challenging threat to habitat conservation and restoration for sage-dependent wildlife across federal, state and private lands. Successful management solutions for sagebrush rangelands are likely to be multiphasic, involving some sequence of interventions such as herbicides, seeding of competitive natives that also create habitat, and temporarily altering land use, in an adaptive-management approach. The proposed work tests different herbicides and options for applying them with different seeding and land uses, across a gradient of climate and soils in Interior Regions 5 and 7.This research will examine the efficacy of management options for controlling cheatgrass...
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The US Prairie Pothole Region (PPR) has experienced some of the highest rates of grassland loss in North America over a time that coincides with dramatic declines in grassland songbird populations yet increasing abundance of most grassland-nesting duck species except for northern pintail. To provide more insight into this contradiction, we propose to capitalize on long-term databases to evaluate how a key population driver nest survival for North American ducks has responded to system changes in the region including landscape and climatic factors. Outcomes of these analyses will contribute to testing primary conservation planning assumptions for the PPJV a vital component of the PPJV Strategic Habitat Conservation...
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Using a solutions-oriented, multi-agency collaboration, we propose to pilot a large-scale assessment of an alternative (herding, electric- and virtual-fence) grazing strategy designed to mimic pre-colonial grazing patterns by bison, to ascertain their value for local- and regional-scale assemblages ofsagebrush- and grassland-associated birds in Montana. A fundamental goal of most wildlife-based grazing programs is to foster a mosaic of patches that represent the broadest possible spectrum of habitat types that benefits different sagebrush- and grassland-associated birds in different parts of the landscape (for example, western meadowlarks, vesper sparrows, and thick-billed longspur in open, heavily grazed areas;...
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Grassland loss to woody encroachment is widespread and ongoing. Mechanical removal of Eastern Red Cedar (ERC) is the most cost-shared practice to address this threat. Cost-share is provided based on acres with different levels of infestation. Delineation of the different levels of infestation is time consuming butrequired to ensure the appropriate amount of cost-share is provided and contractors are not over/under compensated. The Rangeland Brush Estimation Toolbox(RaBET) is geospatial tool that can accurately automate this process. Unfortunately,wet-meadows and other wetland features cause the tool to overestimate woody cover. This project will provide funds to finish the National Wetlands Inventory (NWI). This...
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This funding will be used to hire 1 GS 5/7 term position based in Northeastern Wyoming, to support projects in Sage Core Areas in Northeastern Wyoming.
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Invasive annual grasses are a primary, serverre, and challenging threat to habitat conservation and restoration for sge-dependent wildlife across federal, state and private lands. Successful management solutions for sagebrush ranglands vary and require an integrated approach involving some sequence of interventions such as herbicides, seeding of competitive natives that also create habitat, and temporarily alter land use such as grazing, in an adaptive-management approach. The proposed work will test different herbicides and options for applying them with different seeding and land uses in differnet sites across the sagebrush landscpae within Interior Regions 5,7,9, and 10. Research outcomes will identify and demonstrate...
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FY2019Multijurisdictional, international landscape with many shared priorities but lacks landscape (inter-jurisdictional) perspective. Landscape conservation design process will provide landscape context and future scenarios to support coordinated conservation investment.FY2020Entering Phase 2 of a 3-year project, a Landscape Conservation Design (LCD) will deliver a set of strategies that the Crown Managers Partnership and dozens of stakeholders can deploy to achieve desired ecological conditions based on defined, measurable resource outcomes across the Crown of the Continent ecosystem. LCD is a holistic, participatory process bringing stakeholders together to define a desired future for the Crown landscape and...
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This study examines local adaptation across the range of sage-grouse and influence on translocation success, specifically at the genetic level. While the study focuses on sage-grouse in WA, the results will be applicable across the specie’s range. Recent genomic evidence has shown that Greater sage-grouse in Washington are much more genetically unique than previously recognized, and may possess dietary adaptations to the local sagebrush community and potentially to other environmental conditions.
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1 GS 12 employee to support existing BLM liaison position, providing a key leadership role in leading sage grouse conservation (post-fire restoration, invasive species control, and Land Use Plan amendments) for IFWO.
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Sagebrush ecosystems continue to undergo widespread degradation due partly to climate change and human development. Effective management must consider how to best conserve and restore habitats to balance support for multiple declining species given finite resources. However, limited tools exist to help address such management questions, especially when also considering how to rapidly restore sagebrush habitats. There is a need for such tools to help guide conservation efforts and ensure they are effective at meeting desired outcomes and goals.We will develop optimization problems based on species abundance, habitat features, predicted future risk (invasive grasses, pinyon juniper encroachment, development, wildfire,...
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This Phase II project will complete the funding needs for the modeling and product components to revise existing priority protection and restoration watersheds for 5-7 aquatic species guilds and 4-8 priority aquatic species across the Grassland Ecosystem. The project will utilize and update the original model platform used to create the first priorities for the Great Plains Fish Habitat Partnership (GPFHP) in 2011 and utilize input from the Partners Council fishery experts of the GPFHP, which is composed of twenty state and federal agencies and nonprofits focused on aquatic conservation in the Great Plains as well as meet Grasslands Initiative goals. Benefits of the proposed outcome will be a broad consensus on...
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The CED has had success in tracking implementation of conservation actions for terrestrial at-risk species, and can develop systems to monitor the implementation of and inform effectiveness of conservation, restoration, and recovery actions for aquatic at-risk species as well. Pursuant to the Regional Priority Goal to Recover listed cutthroat trout and improve or maintain the conservation status of other cutthroat trout and Arctic grayling populations, the CED Team proposes to develop a framework and modules that displays important resource layers/values important for biological planning and conservation design in addition to collecting information about recovery actions that may improve habitat and/or reduce threats...
Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: CA, CO, CO, CO, CO, All tags...
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Research project to examing impacts of towers on sage-grouse. Sage-grouse are considered to be very sensitive to towers, yet the mechanism is unknown. This research will examine the mechanism of the impact and provide applicable recommendations for minimizing impacts or for mitigation
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Compliation of long-term data set on weather patterns and energy development impacts on 3 sagebrush obligate migratory birds. Will result in several peer-reviewed scientific publications.
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Pilot Aquatic Grassland Prioritization Tool Focused on Topeka Shiner and Cogeners. Objectives: 1) Identify data sets and develop methodology building on existing analyses of priority watersheds and fish habitat selection criteria across grassland ecosystem 2) Assess need and feasibility to develop decision tool for strategically addressing measureable, cross-programmatic conservation aquatic grassland benefits. Programs (Fish Habitat, Fish Passage, Partners and FAC, ES and NWR) and partners (Midwest Landscape Initiative and Great Plains FHP) can use this tool to support decisions for committing resources within and across grassland ecosystems to priority areas with multi-species benefits (initial focus on Topeka...
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Pollinator surveys are currently being conducted in North Dakota, but we are lacking data in other areas. Given likely petitions on the horizon, having baseline data for pollinators will be essential for an informed response. Additionally, these data will be important for habitat prioritization. Given the complexity and difficulty for comprehensive identification of all key pollinators and the urgency of threatened petitions, initial projects should likely focus on bees and butterflies. Results of these surveys will also help guide where and how to sample several at risk species in different habitat types across several states. Ultimately this information could inform a national pollinator survey database development.PI:...
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Drought and climate change have been having severe impacts on USFWS water and aquatic resources in the semi-arid western U.S. and the Mountain-Prairie Region (MPR), and a recent study showed that compromised water management capability and flow alteration, often related to drought and climate change, are the greatest threats to National Wildlife Refuges across the region. Better quantitative information is needed on the extent of our region-wide water resources, and current and potential impacts of drought and climate change on water and aquatic habitats. This goal of this study is for FWS and USGS to work cooperatively using the USGS Monthly Water Balance Model to evaluate potential future impacts of climate change...
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Candidate Conservation Agreements (CCAs) with Assurances (CCAAs) are valuable conservation tools developed with landowners in conjunction with the FWS to conserve species at risk with the intent of negating an Endangered Species Act listing action. Monitoring is typically the responsibility of the landowner, with varying levels of monitoring of biological parameters (e.g., vegetation characteristics). We propose a pilot project to assess if these conservation tools are actually meeting their intended purpose, provide essential information for any necessary adaptive management and inform future CCAs and CCAAs. Without this information, we will be unable to determine whether FWS conservation efforts are eliciting...
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The Washington Shrubsteppe Restoration and Resiliency Initiative (WSRRI) is a new collaborative effortdedicated to conserving the states shrubsteppe wildlife and habitat in the face of increasing threatsfrom wildfire, climate change and other stressors. As part of a long-term transboundary strategy, we willwork with our partners to further co-develop and integrate TerrAdapt into adaptive management plans,enabling managers to better prioritize where shrubsteppe conservation actions (e.g., protecting corehabitat from invasive annual grasses and fire, restoring sagebrush and mesic habitats post-fire, ormitigating key highway movement barriers) are implemented to maintain ecologically connectednetworks of habitat that...
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Partnership with the Intermountian West Joint Venture to support communications on BIL project opportunities & outcomes.
map background search result map search result map Crown of the Continent Landscape Conservation Design Expansion of pollinator surveys in grassland states Weather variability and sagebrush songbird demography CED: Cutthroat Trout Recovery Monitoring Module Evaluating the efficacy of CCAAs Assessing annual grass management effectiveness in the sagebrush biome Examining Greater sage-grouse translocations and how local adaptation may influence outcomes Tall structures and sage-grouse ; A comparison of sage-grouse response to cellular and communication towers and design feature recommedations to mitigate mortality risk and nest depredation Assessment of fuel break performance fire risk, ecology, and economy Regional Landscape-scale Prioritization and Decision Tool for Aquatic Habitat Restoration and Conservation Opportunity in LR6 Grassland Ecosystem Evaluating patterns of long-term system change and demographic response for grassland nesting ducks in the US Prairie Pothole Region Modeling and Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources at National Wildlife Refuges in the USFWS Mountain-Prairie Region Great Plains Fish Habitat Partnership Phase II: Identifying and prioritizing restoration and protection areas for Grassland aquatic species Wetland Mask to Improve Woody Cover Mapping Assessing Traditional and Emerging Grazing Strategies for Creating a Mosaic of Diverse Habitat Patches for Grassland- and Sagebrush Associated Birds Washington Shrub-steppe Restoration and Resiliency Initiative: Defining Shared Spatial Priorities Partnerships Coordinator- Idaho Project Implementation Support Communications Support Gunnison Sage-grouse Prioritizing Restoration of Sagebrush Ecosystems Tool (PReSET) Gunnison Sage-grouse Prioritizing Restoration of Sagebrush Ecosystems Tool (PReSET) Wetland Mask to Improve Woody Cover Mapping Crown of the Continent Landscape Conservation Design Washington Shrub-steppe Restoration and Resiliency Initiative: Defining Shared Spatial Priorities Weather variability and sagebrush songbird demography Project Implementation Support Partnerships Coordinator- Idaho Expansion of pollinator surveys in grassland states Assessing Traditional and Emerging Grazing Strategies for Creating a Mosaic of Diverse Habitat Patches for Grassland- and Sagebrush Associated Birds Evaluating patterns of long-term system change and demographic response for grassland nesting ducks in the US Prairie Pothole Region Tall structures and sage-grouse ; A comparison of sage-grouse response to cellular and communication towers and design feature recommedations to mitigate mortality risk and nest depredation Modeling and Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources at National Wildlife Refuges in the USFWS Mountain-Prairie Region Evaluating the efficacy of CCAAs Assessment of fuel break performance fire risk, ecology, and economy Regional Landscape-scale Prioritization and Decision Tool for Aquatic Habitat Restoration and Conservation Opportunity in LR6 Grassland Ecosystem Great Plains Fish Habitat Partnership Phase II: Identifying and prioritizing restoration and protection areas for Grassland aquatic species Assessing annual grass management effectiveness in the sagebrush biome Communications Support CED: Cutthroat Trout Recovery Monitoring Module Examining Greater sage-grouse translocations and how local adaptation may influence outcomes