Description: This feature estimates the geographic extent of the sagebrush biome in the United States. It was created for the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agency’s (WAFWA) Sagebrush Conservation Strategy publication as a visual for the schematic figures. This layer does not represent the realized distribution of sagebrush and should not be used to summarize statistics about the distribution or precise location of sagebrush across the landscape. This layer is intended to generalize the sagebrush biome distribution using Landsat derived classified vegetation rasters (Rigge at al. 2019), Bureau of Land Management-designated Habitat Management Areas, state-designated Priority Areas for Conservation for sage-grouse, the current range of the Greater Sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus), Gunnison Sage-grouse (Centrocercus minimus) and Pygmy Rabbit (Brachylagus idahoensis).<div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;">File-based data for download: <a href="https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/5ccb4a64e4b09b8c0b7808a6">https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/5ccb4a64e4b09b8c0b7808a6</a></span><br /></div>
Copyright Text: Jeffries, M.I., and Finn, S.P., 2019, The Sagebrush Biome Range Extent, as Derived from Classified Landsat Imagery: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P950H8HS.
Description: <div style="text-align:Left;"><p style="margin:0 0 14 0;"><span><span>This polygon data set represents all sage-grouse Priority Areas for Conservation (PACs) identified in the 2013 Greater Sage-Grouse Conservation Objectives Team (COT) Report. PACs represent areas identified as essential for the long-term conservation of the sage-grouse. The COT determined that the PACs are key for the conservation of the species range wide. </span></span></p><p style="margin:0 0 14 0;"><span><span>PAC polygons were provided by States. This data set has merged all State PACs together and cleaned up the polygons by filling in small gaps along state borders, closing any holes less than 10 acres, and removing any polygons less than 10 acres. This cleaning reduced noise in the data. PACs were then split by population using the ‘GRSG_2015_USFWS_StatusReview_Populations’ population data set. PACs also attributed with a unique ID number, Population, Management Zone, unique ID name, and acres. See the Supplemental Information for more details. For more information on how States compiled their data please see the 2013 </span></span><span><span>Greater Sage-Grouse Conservation Objectives Team Report and/or the 2013_GSGCOT_PAC data.</span></span></p><p style="margin:0 0 14 0;">9/25/2014 - Updated by adding an additional PAC polygon in Montana. Additional PAC developed and supplied by Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks.</p><p style="margin:0 0 14 0;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">File-based data for download: </span><a href="https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/56f96d88e4b0a6037df066a3" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/56f96d88e4b0a6037df066a3</a></p><p style="margin:0 0 14 0;"><br /></p></div>
Copyright Text: US Fish and Wildlife Service (Wyoming Ecological Services) , 2014 – Scott Gardner, California Fish and Wildlife | BLM Eagle Lake Field Office | USGS Western Ecological Research Center | Kathy Griffin, Colorado Parks and Wildlife | Idaho Department of Fish and Game | Rick Northrup, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks | Aaron Robinson, North Dakota Game and Fish | State of Nevada | Oregon Fish and Wildlife | BLM, South Dakota Field Office (Belle Fourche, SD) | Utah Division of Wildlife Resources | Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife, Mike Schroeder | Wyoming Game and Fish Department | Bob Budd, State of Wyoming | USGS | BLM