Pacific Northwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU)

BLM OR/WA CESU Sage Grouse Habitat Monitoring and Assessment

Project ID: L16AC00091

Federal Agency: Bureau of Land Management

Partner Institution: Oregon State University

Fiscal Year: 2016

Initial Funding: $556,110

Total Funding: $1,711,110

Project Type: Technical Assistance

Project Disciplines: Biological

Principal Investigator: Kagan, Jimmy

Agreement Technical Representative: Frederick, Glenn

Abstract: Inventory and monitor sage-grouse seasonal habitat and habitat use patterns at multiple landscape scales using procedures in the Assessment, Inventory, and Monitoring Strategy; Collaborate with BLM on identification of study areas and methods for this project; Delineate or refine seasons sage-grouse habitat maps; Assess causes for declining sage-grouse habitat and/or populations within areas identified by the recipient and BLM.