National Audubon Society
For Support Of The Regional Integrated Sagebrush Campaign Project
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Amount$175,000
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Program
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Date Awarded3/22/2011
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Term24.0 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Strategies
Overview
This grant supports Audubon's work to protect habitat for sage grouse in the Northern Rockies from the impacts of energy development. The national organization has developed an innovative, scientific mapping strategy that has led to the state of Wyoming and the Bureau of Land Management adopting new plans to protect sage grouse habitat in the state and across the West. This grant would support efforts by Audubon to ensure the new strategy is applied to the remaining states that provide vital habitat for the sage grouse (CO, OR, UT, NV) and is implemented properly, obviating the need to list the bird as endangered under the Endangered Species Act.
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Address
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Grants to this Grantee
for a sagebrush convening
The nonprofit National Audubon Society protects birds and the places they need, today and tomorrow, throughout the Americas, using science, advocacy, education, and on-the-ground conservation. This grant supports ongoing education of the public and policymakers about sagebrush and the greater sage-grouse, a bird that is recognized as an indicator species of the ecological integrity of the sagebrush ecosystem. Consistent with the Western Conservation grantmaking strategy’s attention to the biodiversity of the North American West, conserving the sagebrush ecosystem, which spans 14 states, benefits more than 350 species of plants and animals. This grant supports a public convening of sagebrush stakeholders. (Substrategy: Advance Conservation Protections)
for protecting the sagebrush ecosystem
The nonprofit National Audubon Society protects birds and the places they need, today and tomorrow, throughout the Americas, using science, advocacy, education, and on-the-ground conservation. This grant supports ongoing education of the public and policymakers about sagebrush and the greater sage-grouse, a bird that is recognized as an indicator species of the ecological integrity of the sagebrush ecosystem. Consistent with the Western Conservation grantmaking strategy’s attention to the biodiversity of the North American West, conserving the sagebrush ecosystem, which spans 14 states, benefits more than 350 species of plants and animals. (Substrategy: Advance Conservation Protections)
for support of the Regional Integrated Sagebrush Campaign project
Sage-grouse populations have been declining throughout their range due to habitat loss associated with oil and gas development, exurban development, and competition from invasive species. This renewal grant would support National Audubon’s efforts to seek habitat protections needed by sage-grouse to survive across seven states in the West. Audubon will employ scientific analysis of the habitat needs of sage-grouse and pursue outreach to decision makers, the public, industry, and the ranching community in support of sage-grouse conservation.
