RANGE-WIDE CONSERVATION ASSESSMENT FOR GREATER SAGE-GROUSE AND SAGEBRUSH HABITATS CHAPTER SEVEN: SAGEBRUSH ECOSYSTEMS: CURRENT STATUS AND TRENDS   Get the full text of this document. .We have completed 97% of the Conservation Assessment metadata and will post the few remaining records here, and through the Data Query page when they are completed. Contact Us with any questions. Click on the figure/table title to see the metadata text, 'View' to see a JPEG, DOC, or PDF, or 'Download' to access the GIS data. GIS DATA  •  NON-SPATIAL FIGURES  •  TABLES GIS DATA Figure 7.6 Fires mapped in the western United States and Canada, 1870-2003 (169 MB)   View Download Figure 7.9 Risk of Pinyon Pine/Juniper Invasion of Shrubland Habitats (3 MB) View Download Figure 7.10 Risk of Cheatgrass Invasion of Shrubland Habitats (7 MB)   View Download Figure 7.12 Agricultural Lands within the Greater Sage-Grouse Conservation Assessment Study Area (7 MB)   View Download Figure 7.13 Total Area (ha) Under Contract within the Conservation Reserve Program, by County (2 MB)   View Download Figure 7.14 Change in Human Population Density in Conservation Assessment Area from 1900 to 2000 (2 MB)  View Download Figure 7.16 Interstates and Major Highways in the Sagebrush Biome (8 MB)   View Download Figure 7.17 All Roads in the Western United States (647 MB)  View Download All Road Density (18km) (40 MB)  View Download Figure 7.19 Powerline Corridors in the Sagebrush Biome (3 MB)   View Download Figure 7.20 Major Railroads in the Sagebrush Biome (29 MB)  View Download Figure 7.21 Communication Antenna Towers Registered with the U.S. FCC's Antenna Structure Registration (ASR) Program (17 MB)   View Download Cellular Phone Microwave Towers Registered with the U.S. FCC (17 MB)   View Download Communication Antenna Towers Registered with the U.S. FCC's International Bureau Filing System (IBFS) (17 MB)  View Download Figure 7.23 Water Developments on Lands Managed by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (0.5 MB) View Download Figure 7.25 Oil and Natural Gas Producing Basins in the Sage-grouse Historical Range (1 MB) View Download Figure 7.26 & 2.27 Producing and Pending Oil Wells in the Western United States (16 MB) View (Producing) View (Pending) Download Figure 7.28 & 2.29 Producing and Pending Natural Gas Wells in the Western United States (16 MB) View (Producing) View (Pending) Download Figure 7.31 Western US Wind Resource at 50 Meters Above Ground Level (180 MB) View Download Highest Wind Resource Potential in the Greater Sage-grouse Conservation Area (11 MB) View Download NON-SPATIAL FIGURES Figure 7.1 Number of Fires, Average Fire Size (ha), and Total Area Burned (ha) within the Northern Great Basin Division of the Sagebrush Biome   View Figure 7.2 Number of Fires, Average Fire Size (ha), and Total Area Burned (ha) within the Southern Great Basin Division of the Sagebrush Biome   View Figure 7.3 Number of Fires, Average Fire Size (ha), and Total Area Burned (ha) within the Silver Sagebrush Division of the Sagebrush Biome   View Figure 7.4 Number of Fires, Average Fire Size (ha), and Total Area Burned (ha) within the Snake River Basin Division of the Sagebrush Biome   View Figure 7.5 Number of Fires, Average Fire Size (ha), and Total Area Burned (ha) within the Wyoming Basin Division of the Sagebrush Biome   View Figure 7.8 Ecological provinces in the intermountain west   View Figure 7.11 Percent of major river basins experiencing drought conditions from 1895-2004  View Figure 7.33 Conceptual Model Showing Plant Dynamics Using State and Transition in a Typical Shrub Grassland Site within the Sagebrush Biome   View TABLES Table 7.1 Results of univariate linear regressions to detect changes in number and average size of fires, total area burned, and variation in fire size by year within floristic divisions  View Table 7.2 Fires on or adjacent to lands managed by the US BLM, 1997-2002, Force Account Protection  View Table 7.3 Fires on or adjacent to lands managed by the US BLM, 1997-2002, Contract Account Protection  View Table 7.4 Characteristics of ecological provinces in the Great Basin Ecoregion  View Table 7.5 Broad vegetation cover types within the assessment area  View Table 7.6 Mean population density (in millions) within states from U.S. Census Statistics from 1900-2000  View Table 7.7 Recreational use on lands managed by the US BLM   View Table 7.8 Number of habitat treatments on lands managed by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management  View Table 7.9 Summary of Grazing Permits and Leases on Public Lands from 2000 through 2002  View Table 7.10 Percent of lands by seral condition on public lands managed by the US Bureau of Land Management in 2003  View Table 7.11 Total area of lands managed by the US BLM meeting standards and guidelines established for rangeland health  View Table 7.12 Total area seeded on lands managed by the US BLM for wildlife habitat improvement  View Table 7.13 Total area treated with disking and chaining for wildlife habitat improvements on lands managed by the US BLM  View Table 7.14 Total area treated by prescribed fire projects on lands managed by the US BLM from 1997-2002  View Table 7.15 Nonfire fuels treatment on lands managed by the US BLM  View Table 7.16 Number of projects, total area treated, and funding approved for emergency fire rehabilitation on lands managed by the US BLM from 1997-2002  View Table 7.17 Estimates of numbers of free-roaming horses and burros on lands managed by the US BLM in the western US in 2003  View Table 7.18 Number of Applications for Oil and Gas Leases Received by Federal Agencies from 1929 to 2004   View Table 7.19 Geologic basins where significant oil and gas resources have been developed within the sagebrush biome  View Table 7.20 Major category of stipulations on oil and gas development  View Table 7.21 Area of major oil and gas producing fields for the Greater Green River Basin, WY  View Table 7.30 Area of major oil and gas producing fields for the Powder River Basin, WY and MT  View Table 7.31 Area of major oil and gas producing fields for the Uinta/Piceance Basin in UT and CO  View Sagebrush habitat in winter, Twin Buttes, Idaho.         SAGEMAP  •  Get GIS Data  •  Documents  •  Links U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center, Corvallis, OR, USA Snake River Field Station, Boise, ID, USA URL: http://sagemap.wr.usgs.gov/index.asp Last Update: 12/17/2004 Contact: 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