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Welcome to the SAGEMAP website, a product of the
NBII Great Basin Information Project.
This site is a portal for spatial data needed for research and
management of sage grouse and shrubsteppe systems. The site is
dynamically changing as we update current information and
incorporate new data. Therefore, subsequent visits will reveal new
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RECENT
DEVELOPMENTS |
| Sage-grouse Local Working Group Locator
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The Sage-grouse Local Working Group (LWG)
Locator is a web-based, geographically-linked database that describes
Local Working Groups and what types of projects and conservation
efforts have been identified in their area. The LWG Locator provides
a central resource for LWGs and interested stakeholders to facilitate
greater connectivity and information exchange throughout the region.
Click here to View the Fact Sheet.
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The Literature
Synthesis of Livestock Grazing Management Literature Addressing Grazing
Management for Greater Sage-Grouse Habitat in the Wyoming Basin - Southern
Rocky Mountains Ecoregions is now available. This is a synthesis
of the literature review located below. This document is not intended to
be an all-inclusive guide to grazing management in sage-grouse habitat,
but rather an information reference that sage-grouse local working groups
and land managers may utilize as they develop recommended grazing practices
for promoting the conservation of sage-grouse and sagebrush habitats.
The literature review of
livestock grazing effects on sagebrush ecosystems for the Reference Synthesis of Livestock Grazing Management Literature Addressing Grazing Management for Sage-Grouse Habitat project is now available. This is an information reference that sage-grouse local working groups and land managers may utilize as they develop recommended grazing practices for promoting the conservation of sage-grouse and sagebrush habitats.
UPDATED:
Summary of Sage Grouse Petitions for Listing as Threatened/Endangered
50 CFR Part 17: Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 12-Month Finding for Petitions To List the
Greater Sage-Grouse as Threatened or Endangered
[1/12/2005]
More Information from USFWS
BLM Sage-Grouse Habitat Conservation Strategy
Read
Press Release
Read
Overview of Sage-Grouse Habitat Conservation Strategy |
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INFORMATION |
What
is SAGEMAP?
Documents
pertaining to Sage Grouse and Sagebrush Ecosystems
Sage
Sense: The Newsletter of the Sage Grouse Framework Planning
Team
FAQs:
Sage Grouse and West Nile Virus
Monitoring
of greater sage-grouse habitats and populations.
Upcoming
Meetings |
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INTERACTIVE
MAPS |
BRAND
NEW: SAGEMAP
Science Locator
Search for (and download) GIS data spatially
Photographs of sagebrush and associated landscapes from
around the west--interactive map.
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DATA |
JUST COMPLETED! and ready
for download:
Current Distribution of Sagebrush
and Associated Vegetation in the Southwest and Columbia Plateau Regions
The new regional
landcover dataset is now available clipped to state (Idaho, Oregon, and Washington) and Mapping Zone boundaries. Visit the "Shrub Map" home page or just view the
complete metadata.
NEW DATA! We just
added over 34 gigabytes of satellite imagery (TM and MSS)
to the SAGEMAP database courtesy of the USGS Geography discipline.
Access the imagery via the
Data Query page.
As always, data on the FTP site is organized by State (or
'Regional') and then by source (USGS, in this instance).
View
and download the data used in the Conservation Assessment
of Greater Sage-grouse and Sagebrush Habitats
View
and download the data used in "Are sagebrush birds teetering
on the edge?" (Condor 105:611-634)
Southwest
Regional Gap Analysis Project 'PROVISIONAL' Landcover and
Related Datasets
Current Distribution of Sagebrush
and Associated Vegetation in the Southwest and Columbia Plateau Regions
The new regional
landcover dataset is now available clipped to state (Idaho, Oregon, and Washington) and Mapping Zone boundaries. Visit the "Shrub Map" home page or just view the
complete metadata.
Search
for GIS data using a convenient form.
View
a list of all data accessible from the SAGEMAP
web thematically, or by state or region.
The SAGEMAP FTP site has been closed due to heightened
security requirements.
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| CONTACT
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YES!
I HAVE DATA (or know of data) for SAGEMAP:
We are continually seeking new data for SAGEMAP. If
you have data that you would like to make available from
the SAGEMAP web, please let
us know.
Didn't
find what you were looking for at this site?:
If you need data for research and management of shrubsteppe
systems and you did not find it here, pleaselet
us know . We will attempt to locate the data and
make it available. |
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POPULAR ITEMS:
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| Classification
System for Sagebrush Communities |
DOWNLOAD
NOW (601 kB) |
| The system for sagebrush
classification is part of the U.S. National Vegetation
Classification System of the International Classification
of Ecological Communities. The sagebrush classification
system was developed by vegetation ecologists from NatureServe,
in collaboration with scientists from the U.S. Bureau
of Land Management, USDA Forest Service, US Geological
Survey, California Natural Diversity Program, Wyoming
Natural Diversity Database, Idaho Conservation Data Center,
and the Natural Heritage Programs of Colorado, Montana,
Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington.
We welcome your use and field testing of this system
and any feedback that you might provide.
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"Sage-Stitch"
or "Broad Map" of Sagebrush Cover |
DOWNLOAD DATA ( 33.6 MB)
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| The map includes the current
distribution of 10 sagebrush vegetation types from eastern
WA, OR, and CA, through central CO, and eastern WY and
MT. The map, created by scientists from The Nature Conservancy
and NatureServe, is intended to provide broad-scale perspective
on sagebrush and related vegetation distribution across
the Intermountain West for use in regional habitat assessments.
As such, the map clarifies what currently exists with
readily available data. |
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