Working Lands for Wildlife researchers and scientists have spent years researching how sage grouse use the West’s mesic habitats, how best to restore those habitats, and ensuring the practices we promote truly benefit the bird and the herd.

The Etchart Family worked with the NRCS, TNC, and the CO Cattlemen’s Agricultural Land Trust to place much of the ranch in a conservation easement protecting this prime working land from development and preserving habitat for elk, deer, and sage grouse.

New study shows that sage grouse population growth rates are 12% higher following long-term conifer removal.

New conservation easement in Washington state preserves more than 2,000 acres of native sagebrush range in critical sage grouse habitat, adding to a 6,800-acre easement the neighboring ranch placed under a conservation easement in 2019.

Dig into the Framework for Conservation Action in the Sagebrush Biome.

E&E News reports on the Framework for Conservation Action in the Sagebrush Biome. Reprinted with permission.

Learn all about wildflowers, also called forbs, in this Western Working Lands Snapshot.

Test your knowledge of the life cycle of sage grouse in this Sage Whiz Quiz.

Read all about Idaho’s new effort to tackle cheatgrass, an invasive annual grass that is causing serious issues across western rangelands.

Read about how volunteer-led, low-tech, process-based restoration of streams and meadows in the west is helping restore critical habitat for elk and other wildlife in this great story from Bugle, the magazine of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. Reposted with permission.