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Show Articles on Sage Grouse Habitat Management (65)
Up In Smoke: Fire and Invasives on Western Rangelands
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Sagebrush rangelands once covered nearly 250 million acres in western North America. Today, this landscape has been reduced to half its original size and is rapidly shrinking.

 

Using Existing Tools to Expand Cooperative Conservation for Candidate Species Across Federal and Non-Federal Lands
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For many years the Service has worked with partners to help them develop Candidate Conservation Agreements (CCAs). CCAs primarily have been developed by Federal agencies to cover Federal lands, and several have resulted in conservation efforts that made listing unnecessary.

 

Reducing Conflict with Grizzly Bears, Wolves and Elk A Western Landowners’ Guide
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This guide has been produced by and for landowners and practitioners constructively engaged in one of the greatest conservation challenges of our time—how to share and manage a wild, working landscape that sustains both people and wildlife.

 

Cooperative Conservation - Determinants of Landowner Engagement in Conserving Endangered Species
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This paper analyzes surveys of private landowners to identify factors that determine landowner engagement in the conservation of endangered species.

 

Western Governors’ Species Conservation and Endangered Species Act Initiative
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The Western Governors’ Species Conservation and Endangered Species Act Initiative was launched by WGA Chairman and Wyoming Gov.

 

Greater Sage-Grouse Range-Wide Mitigation Framework
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The purpose of this document is to help states, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and other partners develop and implement coordinated and robust mitigation processes across the range to reduce threats and the potential need to list the species under the Endangered Species Act.

 

Safe Harbor - Helping Landowners Help Endangered Species
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This handbook describes safe harbor agreements and the way in which they work. It aims to help you decide if a safe harbor agreement makes sense for your land.& ...

 

Adverse Impact Reduction Handbook
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Reducing Onshore Natural Gas and Oil Exploration and Production Impacts Using a Broad-Based Stakeholder Approach

 

Sage Grouse Initiative Web Map Application

The SGI Interactive Web Map Application is free and available to the public, presenting cutting-edge geospatial data covering 100 million acres. The Sage Grouse Initiative science team has developed an easy-to-use web application that helps visualize, distribute, and interact with information about the sagebrush-steppe ecosystem.

All of the information can be easily visualized on top of physical maps or the latest satellite imagery. Users can quickly identify and compare areas of concern, evaluating potential restoration or prevention opportunities. Data can be imported from the web application directly into GIS software, which allows the public to customize the information for land management or conservation purposes. Data for individual counties can be downloaded using these simple instructions.

 

Pocket Guide to Sagebrush Birds
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This Guide was created by staffs at Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory and at PRBO Conservation Science, describes 40 of the most common bird species in sagebrush habitats.& ...

 

Pocket Guide to Sagebrush
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This Guide provides identifying characteristics and range maps for 18 species of sagebrush, encompassing 27 different kinds (including subspecies and hybrids).

 

Greater Sage-grouse Comprehensive Conservation Strategy
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This Strategy outlines the critical need to develop the associations among local, state, provincial, tribal, and federal agencies, non-governmental organizations, and individual citizens to design and implement cooperative actions to support robust populations of sage-grouse and the landscapes and habitats upon which they depend.

 

Summary of Science, Activities, Programs, and Policies That Influence the Rangewide Conservation of Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus)
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Sage Grouse Initiative - Success on the Range
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The Sage Grouse Initiative launched in 2010 and five years later is a primary catalyst for sage-steppe conservation, conserving 4.4 million acres across 11 western states.

 

Science to Solutions - Private Lands Vital to Conserving Wet Areas for Sage Grouse Summer Habitat
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A recent groundbreaking study reveals a strong link between sites, which are essential summer habitat for sage grouse to raise their broods, and the distribution of sage grouse breeding areas or leks.

 

BLM Fire and Aviation - Sage Grouse Efforts
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Fire is an important part of the ecology of sagebrush habitats. It’s not possible to eliminate all fire from sagebrush, nor is it advisable.

 

Trial by Fire - Improving Our Ability to Reduce Wildfire Impacts to Sage-Grouse and Sagebrush Ecosystems Through Accelerated Partner Collaboration
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Wildfire and subsequent invasion by exotic annual grasses in the Great Basin challenge land managers and impede the success of conservation practices designed to improve habitat quality for sage-grouse.

 

Birds in a sagebrush sea - managing sagebrush habitats for bird communities
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The purpose of this document is to help anyone who is a steward of sagebrush shrublands include management practices that help support a thriving community of wild birds.

 

Science to Solutions - Conifer Removal Restores Sage Grouse Habitat
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The invasion of juniper and other conifers into sagebrush rangelands degrades habitat for sage grouse. The most effective approach is to target early encroachment stands, completely removing small trees, and thereby sustaining the existing sagebrush community.

 

Livestock Water Tanks and Sage-grouse - A Landowners Guide
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Watering tanks installed for livestock are often used by wildlife as well, with unintended consequences. Sage-grouse are known to drown in livestock water tanks that do not have escape ramps.

 

Science to Solutions - Marking High-Risk Fences Saves Sage Grouse
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Marking fences for visibility can dramatically reduce sage grouse collisions. A new mapping tool can help managers and landowners target those fences that pose the highest risk for grouse strikes: fences close to leks and in flat or rolling terrain.

 

Who’s on the Lek A Guide to Players
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Document describes some of the key entities in the conservation of sage-grouse and sagebrush ecosystems.

 

Interagency Sage-grouse Conservation Implementation MOU
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MOU provides for cooperation among the participating State and federal land, wildlife management and science agencies in the conservation and management of Greater sage-grouse, sagebrush habitats and other sagebrush-dependent wildlife throughout the Western United States and Canada.

 

Overview of Greater Sage-grouse and Endangered Species Act Activities
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The Greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) is a game bird managed under State authorities. Summarizes petitions to USFWS to list the species under ESA, the Services conclusions and litigation status.

 

Sage-grouse Mapping and Priority Habitats
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This primer displays the historic and current range of sage-grouse, sage-grouse management zones, and the breeding bird density map.

 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 12-Month Findings for Petitions to List the Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) as Threatened or Endangered
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Fish and Wildlife Service’s March 2010 status review provides a detailed description of seasonal habitats, sage-grouse natural history and population trend analyses.

 

Beginner’s Guide to Greater Sage-Grouse
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Introductory guide provides key points for a basic understanding of the greater sage-grouse, Centrocercus urophasianus and  its habitats.

 

Near Term Sage-Grouse Conservation Action Plan
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Plan presented to Greater Sage-grouse Executive Oversight Committee & Sage-Grouse Task Force, September 11, 2012.

 

Greater Sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) Conservation Objectives - Final Report
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February 2013 report delineates reasonable objectives, based upon the best scientific and commercial data available at the time of its release, for the conservation and survival of greater sage-grouse.

 

Conserving Wildlife and Crucial Habitat in the West
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Policy Resolution 13-04: Western Governors direct the Western Governors’ Wildlife Council to continue its guidance in the development, management and implementation with partners of the state and West-wide CHATs.

 

Upland Wildlife Habitat Management (645) Sage-grouse Lek Survey Protocols for Idaho Conservation Practice Job Sheet/Specification JS-26
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Prescribed Grazing (528) - Habitat Management for Greater Sage-grouse Conservation Practice Specifications ID-528-WLFW-SPEC
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Sage-Grouse Conservation in Idaho
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This is a USDA NRCS fact sheet about conservation opportunities for landowners. Learn how you can take voluntary proactive steps to conserve birds and habitat while sustaining your working farms and ranches.

 

Greater Sage-Grouse Conservation in Idaho - Opportunities for Farmers and Ranchers
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Sage-Grouse Initiative - Conservation Beyond Boundaries
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2012 Progress Report describes the need, goals, and results/outcomes of the Initiative.

 

Sage-Grouse Initiative in Idaho
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NRCS developed the Sage-grouse Initiative to help private landowners conserve sage-grouse populations and habitat on their lands. The greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) is a large ground-dwelling bird that depends on large tracts of sagebrush grasslands.

 

Two Win-Win Initiatives with Common Recovery Goals Lesser Prairie-Chicken and Greater Sage-Grouse
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Lesser prairie-chickens and greater sage-grouse depend on large prairie and steppe landscapes shared by agricultural producers, primarily ranching operations.

 

Sage Grouse Initiative - Tracking Success
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The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) launched the Sage Grouse Initiative in 2010, applying the power of the Farm Bill to target lands where habitats are intact and sage grouse numbers are highest.

 

Applying the Sage-Grouse Fence Collision Risk Tool to Reduce Bird Strikes
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A Landowner's Guide to Wildlife Friendly Fences - How to Build Fence with Wildlife in Mind
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A Landowner's Guide to Fences and Wildlife - Practical Tips to Make Your Fences Wildlife Friendly
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Wyoming Edition  

 

Riparian Riches - Habitat Management for Birds in Idaho
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Greater Sage-Grouse Wildfire, Invasive Annual Grasses, and Conifer Expansion Assessment - Snake/Salmon/Beaverhead
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A wildfire and invasive species assessment in the Snake/Salmon/Beaverhead priority landscape in Greater Sage-Grouse habitat.

 

Influences of Livestock Grazing on Greater Sage-Grouse Habitat - Context and Management
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Idaho and Southwestern Montana Greater Sage-Grouse Proposed Land Use Amendment and Final Environmental Impact Statement - Volume II
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This is volume two of a document considering amendments to 26 BLM and 8 Forest Service land use plans to address management of Greater Sage-Grouse habitat in Idaho and portions of Montana and Utah.

 

Idaho Facts and Figures for BLM-USFS Conservation Plans for Greater Sage-Grouse
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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) are amending land use plans in Idaho to address threats to the greater sage-grouse and its habitat such that protections under the Endangered Species Act are no longer warranted.

 

Idaho and Southwestern Montana Greater Sage-Grouse Proposed Land Use Amendment and Final Environmental Impact Statement - Volume I
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This document is considering amendments to 26 BLM and 8 Forest Service land use plans to address management of Greater Sage-Grouse habitat in Idaho and portions of Montana and Utah.

 

Federal Alternative of Governor C.L. "Butch" Otter for Greater Sage-Grouse Management in Idaho
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As Governor of the State of Idaho, I hereby submit to the U.S. Secretary of the Interior and the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture the State of Idaho's Alternative for incorporation into the National Greater Sage-Grouse Land Use Planning Strategy of the U.S ...

 

Greater Sage-Grouse Field Indicator Guide
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This brochure is offered to the public to further outreach and education about sage-grouse; a species being considered for listing under the Endangered Species Program.

 

Frequently Asked Questions About Marking Fences to Prevent Sage Grouse Collisions

 

Riparian Areas of the Great Basin
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A management guide for landowners.

 

Native Plants - A Quick Reference Guide
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Learn more about native plants, get involved, and spread the word!

 

Sage-Grouse Habitat Improvement Highlights
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Recent BLM Idaho's success in maintaining and restoring greater sage-grouse habitat.

 

Idaho and Southwestern Montana Greater Sage-Grouse Proposed Land Use Amendment and Final Environmental Impact Statement - Volume III
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This is the third volume of a document considering amendments to 26 BLM and 8 Forest Service land use plans to address management of Greater Sage-Grouse habitat in Idaho and portions of Montana and Utah.

 

Idaho State Board of Land Commissioners Greater Sage-Grouse Conservation Plan
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The Greater Sage-Grouse Conservation Plan (Land Board's Plan) complements and augments the Governor's statewide plan to conserve the most important habitat for sage grouse in Idaho.

 

Idaho Priority Areas for Conservation (PAC) for Sage Grouse
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Map of priority areas for conservation for Sage Grouse.

 

Sage-Grouse Initiative Threat Checklist
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Working Lands for Wildlife Predictability FAQs
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Working Lands for Wildlife Implementation Process
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Working Lands for Wildlife Greater Sage-Grouse
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FAQs Including CCAA and SGI Comparison

 

Inventory of State and Local Governments’ Conservation Initiatives for Sage-Grouse
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The 2014 Sage-Grouse Appendix identifies all sage-grouse conservation initiatives reported by states and counties between 2011 and 2014. &n ...

 

Sage-Grouse Inventory - 2014 Conservation Initiatives
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The fourth annual inventory produced by the Governors, through the Western Governors' Association, has expanded its focus from previous years.

 

Conservation Assessment of Greater Sage-grouse and Sagebrush Habitats
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In this report, the authors assessed the ecological status and potential factors that influenced greater sage-grouse and sagebrush habitats across their entire distribution.& ...

 

Conservation Plan for the Greater Sage-grouse in Idaho
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The greater sage-grouse has historically been, and continues to be, an important species across the western rangelands. This 2006 Conservation Plan includes: Background information and resources regarding sage-grouse and sagebrush ecology; A summary of the status of sage-grouse populations and habitat in Idaho; Identification and discussion of 19 threats to sage-grouse and their habitats; A toolbox of conservation measures to address each of those threats; Research, monitoring and evaluation guidelines and recommendations; and A number of appendices that provide additional inform

 

Sage-grouse Habitat in Idaho - A Practical Guide for Land Owners and Managers
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The intent of this guidebook is to help land owners and managers recognize characteristics of productive and unfavorable sage-grouse habitat throughout the different life stages, prompting better informed approaches to management and conservation.

 

Show Sage Grouse Habitat Management Organizations & Professionals (396)
There are 396 resources serving Magic Valley Region in the following categories:
map itMap of Sage Grouse Habitat Management Organizations & Professionals serving Magic Valley Region
Biologists / Ecologists
Brad Tucker
Northwest Management Inc. - Moscow, ID
Connor White
SGI Strategic Watershed Action Team - Farm Bill Biologist - Burley, ID
Dawn Reeder
Rare Earth Sciences, LLC - Principal Biologist - Paonia, CO
Eco-Asset Solutions & Innovations LLC
William Coleman - Co-Founder & CEO - Redwood City, CA
Hayden Boll
SGI Strategic Watershed Action Team - Farm Bill Biologist - Mountain Home, ID
Hugh Barrett
Sage Advice - President - Long Beach, WA
Idaho Cooperative Fish And Wildlife Research Unit
Dr. Courtney Conway - College of Natural Resources, University of Idaho - Moscow, ID
James Michael Scott, PhD
University of Idaho - Professor and Research Scientist - Moscow, ID
Jim Fincher
Branch Chief of Lands, Minerals and Water Rights - BLM - Boise, ID
Joe Hinson
Northwest Natural Resource Group, LLC - Forester - Weiser, ID
Kit H. Buell
Buell Environmental LLC - Ecologist - Oak Creek, CO
Mason, Bruce & Girard, Inc.
James Schriever - Vice President Geospatial Services - Woodland Park, CO
Ryan Storm
Regional Field Representative - Pheasants ForeverOR
Sage Soil Resources, LLC
Shari Meeks - Rangeland Ecologist/Soil Scientist - Jackson, WY
Conservation Districts
Balanced Rock Soil and Water Conservation District
- Twin Falls, ID
Blaine Soil Conservation District
- Carey, ID
Brennan Bajdek, M.A., RPA
North Wind Resource Consulting - Senior Archaeologist/Project Manager - Idaho Falls, ID
Camas Soil Conservation District
- Fairfield, ID
East Cassia Soil and Water Conservation District
- Burley, ID
Gooding Soil Conservation District
- Gooding, ID
Idaho Association of Soil Conservation Districts
- Meridian, ID
Minidoka Soil and Water Conservation District
- Rupert, ID
North Side Soil and Water Conservation District
- Jerome, ID
Snake River Soil and Water Conservation District
- Twin Falls, ID
Twin Falls Soil and Water Conservation District
- Twin Falls, ID
West Cassia Soil and Water Conservation District
- Burley, ID
Wood River Soil and Water Conservation District
- Shoshone, ID
Conservation Groups and Associations
Access Fund
Jim Chase - Operations Director - Boulder, CO
Agrarian Trust
Ian McSweeney - Director - Weare, NH
AGree
- Transforming Food & Ag Policy - Washington, DC
American Agri-Women
- Colchester, VT
American Farm Bureau Federation
- Washington, DC
American Forest Foundation
- Washington, DC
American Forests
Eric Sprague - Director of Forest Conservation - Washington, DC
American Friends of Canadian Land Trusts
Sandra Tassel - Program Coordinator - Bellingham, WA
American Hiking Society
- Silver Spring, MD
American Tree Farm System
Paul DeLong - Senior Vice President, ATFS & Conservation - Washington, DC
Arbor Day Foundation
- Nebraska City, NE
Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies
- Washington, DC
Bat Conservation International
- Austin, TX
Biobased Maine
- Portland, ME
Bird Conservancy of the Rockies
- Brighton, CO
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society - New Brunswick Chapter
Roberta Clowater - Executive Director - Fredericton, NB
Center for Collaborative Conservation
Warner College of Natural Resources - Colorado State University - Fort Collins, CO
Center for Large Landscape Conservation
- Bozeman, MT
Chronic Wasting Disease Alliance
- Missoula, MT
CitSci.org
Greg Newman - Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory at Colorado State University - Fort Collins, CO
Conservation Technology Information Center (CTIC)
- West Lafayette, IN
Continental Dialogue on Non-Native Forests Insects and Diseases
- Sheffield, MA
EcoResults!
- Flagstaff, AZ
Equine Land Conservation Resource
Denise O’Meara, PLA - Director of Education - Lexington, KY
Family Farm Alliance
Dan Keppen - Executive Director - Klamath Falls, OR
Forest Stewards Guild
Zander Evans - Executive Director - Madison, WI
Forest Stewardship Council
- Minneapolis, MN
Garden for Wildlife
National Wildlife Federation - Merrifield, VA
Heart of the Rockies Initiative
Michael B. Whitfield - Executive Director - Driggs, ID
Hemingway Chapter of Trout Unlimited
Alan Richardson - President - Ketchum, ID
Idaho Cattle Association
- Boise, ID
Idaho Conservation League
- Boise, ID
Idaho Council of Trout Unlimited
Ed Northen - President ­ - Hailey, ID
Idaho Farm Bureau Federation
Rick D. Keller - Executive Vice President, Chief Executive Officer - Pocatello, ID
Idaho Forest Owners Association
Marrion E. Newsam Banks - Executive Vice President - Coeur d'Alene, ID
Idaho Ground Water Association
- Boise, ID
Idaho Master Naturalist Program
Sara Focht - Idaho Department of Fish and Game - Boise, ID
Idaho Section - Society for Range Management
Ingrid Drieling - President - Jerome, ID
Idaho Tree Farm Program
Steve Funk - Chair - Coeur d’Alene, ID
Idaho Women in Timber
- Lewiston, ID
Idaho Working Lands
ID
Intermountain West Joint Venture
- Missoula, MT
John Sanderson
Center for Collaborative Conservation - Director - Fort Collins, CO
Journey North
- Madison, WI
Land Conservation and Advocacy Trust
Steve Meltzer - Founder and Executive Director - Framingham, MA
Land Trust Alliance
- Washington, DC
Magic Valley Fly Fishers
Dexter Ball - President - Twin Falls, ID
Mississippi Wildlife Federation
- Madison , MS
Monarch Joint Venture
- St. Paul, MN
Mule Deer Foundation
- Salt Lake City, UT
MultiState Conservation Grant Program
- Washington, DC, VA
National Association of State Foresters
- Washington , DC
National Audubon Society
- New York, NY
National Family Farm Coaltion
- Washington, DC
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Jeff Trandahl - Executive Director and CEO - Washington, DC
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation - Rocky Mountain Regional Office
Chris West - Director - Denver, CO
National Forestry Association
Keith A. Argow - President, Director at Large - Vienna, VA
National Grazing Lands Coalition
Monti Golla - National GLC Executive Director - College Station, TX
National Mitigation Banking Association
- Washington, DC
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
Jeremy Emmi - Managing Director - Washington, DC
National Trust for Historic Preservation
- Washington, DC
National Wild Turkey Federation
- Edgefield, SC
National Wildlife Federation
- Reston, VA
Nature Conservancy, Idaho
Nancie Lange - Operations Assistant - Hailey, ID
NatureServe
Mary Klein - President & CEO - Arlington, VA
Northwest Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation
- Logan, UT
Partners for Conservation
Steve Jester - Executive Director - Pueblo, CO
Partners in the Sage
- Missoula, MT
Pheasants Forever
- St Paul, MN
Pinchot Institute for Conservation
V. Alaric Sample - President - Washington, DC
Pioneers Alliance
Keri York - Carey, ID
Pollinator Partnership
- San Francisco, CA
Preservation Idaho
Kathleen Barrett - Administrative Professional - Boise, ID
Quail and Upland Wildlife Federation, Inc.
Craig A. Alderman - Executive Director - Buffalo, MO
Quality Deer Management Association
- Bogart, GA
Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
- Washington, DC
RiversEdge West
- Grand Junction, CO
Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
Aaron Swift - Lands Program Manager, ID/NV - Boise, ID
Sage Grouse Initiative
Tim Griffiths - Coordinator - Bozeman, MT
Sage Grouse Initiative Strategic Watershed Action Team
Dave Smith - Intermountain West Joint Venture (IWJV) Coordinator - Missoula, MT
Sand County Foundation
Kevin Kiley, Development & Communications - Madison, WI
Savory Institute
- Boulder, CO
Soil and Water Conservation Society
- Ankeny, IA
Sportsmen for Responsible Energy Development
Judith KohlerCO
Sustainable Forest Action Coalition
Laurel Brent-Bumb - Placerville, CA
Sustainable Forestry Initiative
Kathy Abusow - President and CEO - Washington, DC
Sustainable Forests Roundtable
Terrafirma RRG LLC
Jeremy Johnston - Account Administrator, Marsh Captive Solutions - Burlington, VT
The Climate Trust
- Portland, OR
The Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation
Lindsay Thomas - Chairman - Washington, DC
The Conservation Fund
- Arlington, VA
The Conservation Fund
Mark W. Elsbree - Northwest Director - Sun Valley, ID
The Fund for Wild Nature
Jeff Petersen, Esq. - Executive Director - Kelso, WA
The Habitat Institute
Tom O'Neil - Director - Corvallis, OR
The Land Institute
- Salina, KS
The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation
- Portland, OR
Thunder Bay Field Naturalists
Bruce Thacker - President - Thunder Bay, ON
Trout Headwaters, Inc.
- Livingston, MT
Trust for Public Land
- Bozeman, MT
Trust for Public Land, Montana and Northern Rockies Office
- Bozeman, MT
Turtle Islands Earth Stewards
Tyhson Banighen - Tappen, BC
U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance (USFRA)
- Chesterfield, MO
Upper Thames River Conservation Authority
Ian Wilcox - General Manager/Secretary-Treasurer - London, ON
USA National Phenology Network
Jake Weltzin - Executive Director - Tucson, AZ
Valleys 2000
Bill Huether - Treasurer - Bowmanville, ON
Ward Burton Wildlife Foundation
- Halifax, VA
Western Aquatic Plant Management Society
- Portland, OR
Western Forestry and Conservation Association
Richard Zabel - Executive Director - Portland, OR
Western Landowners Alliance
Lesli Allison - Executive Director - Santa Fe, NM
Western Native Trout Initiative
Therese Thompson - Project Coordinator - Lakewood, CO
Western Rivers Conservancy
Sue Doroff - President - Portland, OR
Western Water Project
Scott Yates - Director - Bozeman, MT
Wild Ones
Donna VanBuecken - Executive Director - Neenah, WI
Wildlife Research Institute
- Helena, MT
Women, Food & Agriculture Network
- Ames, IA
Cooperative Extension
IDAH2O Master Water Stewards
Jim Ekins - Program Coordinator - Coeur d'Alene, ID
University of Idaho Extension
Barbara Petty - Interim Director - Moscow, ID
University of Idaho Extension, Blaine County
- Hailey , ID
University of Idaho Extension, Camas County
- Fairfield , ID
University of Idaho Extension, Cassia County
- Burley , ID
University of Idaho Extension, Gooding County
- Gooding , ID
University of Idaho Extension, Jerome County
- Jerome , ID
University of Idaho Extension, Lincoln County
Christi Falen - Extension Educator - Shoshone , ID
University of Idaho Extension, Minidoka County
Donna Gillespie - Extension Educator - Rupert , ID
University of Idaho Extension, Twin Falls County
- Twin Falls , ID
Department of Interior - Fish and Wildlife Service Programs
Aquatic Nuisance Species (ANS) Task Force
Dr. Susan Pasko - Executive Secretary, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Falls Church, VA
Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances
US Fish and Wildlife Service - Ecological Services Program - Falls Church, VA
Candidate Conservation Program
US Fish and Wildlife Service - Falls Church, VA
Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund Grants
Region 1 - Pacific - Portland, OR
Fish Passage Program - Pacific Region
- Portland, OR
Great Basin Landscape Conservation Cooperative
Karen Prentice - Acting Coordinator - Sacramento, CA
Great Northern Landscape Conservation Cooperative
Yvette Converse - GNLCC Coordinator - Bozeman, MT
Habitat Conservation Plans
US Fish and Wildlife Service
Idaho Fishery Resource Office
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service - Ahsahka, ID
Landowner Incentive Program
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
MultiState Conservation Grant Program
- Washington, DC, VA
National Fish Passage Program
- Falls Church, VA
Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act Grants Program
Guy Foulks - NMBCA Program Coordinator - Falls Church, VA
North American Wetlands Conservation Act Grants Program
U.S. Department of the Interior - Arlington, VA
North American Wetlands Conservation Act Small Grants Program
Rodecia Mcknight - Small Grants Program Coordinator - Falls Church, VA
North American Wetlands Conservation Act Standard Grants Program
Stacy Sanchez - U.S. Standard Grants Program Proposal Coordinator - Falls Church, VA
Partners For Fish And Wildlife Program - National
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Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program in Idaho
Jason Pyron  - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service  - Boise, ID
Safe Harbor Agreements
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Southern Rockies Landscape Conservation Cooperative
Kevin Johnson, SRLCC Coordinator - Fish Wildlife Service - Lakewood, CO
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Coastal Program
Samantha Brooke - Coastal Program Team Lead - Falls Church, VA
Western Regional Air Partnership (WRAP)
Dan Johnson - Executive Director - Seattle, WA
Working Lands for Wildlife
Tim Griffiths - Bozeman, MT
Foresters
Alpha Services
- Coeur d'Alene, ID
Brad Tucker
Northwest Management Inc. - Moscow, ID
Council of Western State Foresters
Sara Goodwin - Communications Director - Edgewater, CO
Dick E. Bradetich, ACF
Inland Forest Management, Inc. - Consulting Forester - Sandpoint, ID
Dr. Randy Brooks
Extension Forester and Professor - Extension Forestry University of Idaho - Moscow, ID
Eric Clippinger
Northwest Management Inc. - Moscow, ID
Greg Howisey
Northwest Management Inc. - Moscow, ID
Gregory A. Bassler, ACF
Northwest Management, Inc. - Consulting Forester - Moscow, ID
Idaho Forest Owners Association
Marrion E. Newsam Banks - Executive Vice President - Coeur d'Alene, ID
Idaho Tree Farm Program
Steve Funk - Chair - Coeur d’Alene, ID
Joe Hinson
Northwest Natural Resource Group, LLC - Forester - Weiser, ID
John Ailport
Inland Forest Management, Inc. - Consulting Forester - Sandpoint, ID
Karen Robinson
Inland Forest Management, Inc. - Sandpoint, ID
Kit H. Buell
Buell Environmental LLC - Ecologist - Oak Creek, CO
Malloree Weinheimer
Chickadee Forestry LLC - Consulting Forester - Port Townsend, WA
Mark Corrao
Northwest Management Inc. - Moscow, ID
Mark Stutzman
Northwest Management Inc. - Moscow, ID
Mason, Bruce & Girard, Inc.
James Schriever - Vice President Geospatial Services - Woodland Park, CO
Matthew M. Engberg
Northwest Management Inc. - Moscow, ID
McKenzie River Associates LLC
James A. Mehrwein - President - Eugene, OR
Michael Dominguez
5 Star Forestry - Owner - Kooskia, ID
Michael LaMana, MS, CF
Northwest Management, Inc. - Sr. Forester - Sandpoint, ID
Northwest Management Inc.
- Moscow, ID
Pat Brown
Eastern Supervisory Area Manager - Idaho Falls, ID
Philip D. Bailey, MAI
Mason, Bruce & Girard, Inc. - Senior Appraiser, Eastern US & International - Blacksburg, VA
Richard L. Cooper
Cooper Consulting Forestry - Owner - Honor, MI
Steve Bloedel, ACF, CF
Inland Forest Management, Inc. - Consulting Forester - Sandpoint, ID
Steve Prochnau
Prochnau Forest Consultants, LLC - Owner/President - Olympia, WA
Tera R. King
Northwest Management Inc. - Moscow, ID
The Molpus Woodlands Group, LLC
- Jackson, MS
TigerTree Land Management
Franz Lani - Laramie, WY
Tim Gurton
Sperry Ridge, Inc. - Forester - Eugene, OR
Vaiden Bloch
Northwest Management Inc. - Moscow, ID
Vincent P. Corrao, ACF
Northwest Management, Inc. - President - Moscow, ID
William C. Berrigan, ACF
Berrigan Forestry, Inc. - Owner - Kettle Falls, WA
Worman and Associates
Doug Worman - Owner - Hayden, ID
Worman Forest Management LLC
- Hayden, ID
Yvonne Barkley
Associate Extension Forester - Extension Forestry University of Idaho - Moscow, ID
Land Trusts
American Farmland Trust
- Washington, DC
Foundation for Ada/Canyon Trail Systems
- Boise, ID
Idaho Coalition of Land Trusts
Laurel Sayer - Director - Boise, ID
Idaho Foundation for Parks & Lands
Jan Johns - Executive Director - Boise, ID
John Sanderson
Center for Collaborative Conservation - Director - Fort Collins, CO
Margo Heekin
- Land Trust Consultant - Fort Bragg, CA
North American Land Trust
Monica McQuail - Communications & Stewardship Assistant - Chadds Ford, PA
Northwest Rangeland Trust
- Pendleton, OR
Peter D. Nichols
Berg Hill Greenleaf Ruscitti, LLP - Partner - Boulder, CO
Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
- Missoula, MT
Sage Advisors
Stephen Thor Johnson - Principal/Owner - West Chester, PA
Sawtooth Society, Inc.
Gary O’Malley - Executive Director - Stanley, ID
Southern Idaho Land Trust
Rich Carlson - Executive Director - Twin Falls, ID
Sportsmen's National Land Trust
- Agawam, MA
Teton Regional Land Trust
Joselin Matkins - Executive Director - Driggs, ID
The Nature Conservancy, Idaho Field Office
Toni Hardesty - Idaho State Director - Hailey, ID
The Wilderness Land Trust
Brad Borst - President - Bainbridge Island, WA
Trust for Public Land, Washington State Office
- Seattle, WA
Watershed Land Trust
Frank Austenfeld, J.D. - Executive Director - Belton, MO
Wood River Land Trust
- Hailey, ID
Local Working Groups
Big Desert Local Working Group
Zach Lockyer - Wildlife Biologist, Idaho Department of Fish and Game - Pocatello, ID
Jarbidge Local Working Group
Brad Lowe - Wildlife Biologist, Idaho Department of Fish and Game - Jerome, ID
North Magic Valley Local Working Group
Daryl Meints - Regional Wildlife Manager, Idaho Department of Fish and Game - Jerome, ID
Shoshone Basin Local Working Group
Daryl Meints - Regional Wildlife Manager, Idaho Department of Fish and Game - Jerome, ID
South Magic Valley Local Working Group
Ross Winton - Wildlife Biologist, Idaho Department of Fish and Game - Jerome, ID
Mitigation Banks
Bio-Logical Capital
Grant McCargo - Managing Director, Founder and CEO - Denver, CO
EarthBalance
- North Port, FL
Eco-Asset Solutions & Innovations LLC
William Coleman - Co-Founder & CEO - Redwood City, CA
Resource Environmental Solutions, LLC
Ross Guidry - Region Land Manager - Lafayette, LA
Natural Resource Law Attorneys
Andrew J. Waldera
Sawtooth Law Offices, PLLC - Boise, ID
Andrew M. Wayment
Wright & Wayment, PLLC - Idaho Falls, ID
Arthur Macomber
Macomber Law, PLLC - Coeur d'Alene, ID
Blair Schilling
Fishman Haygood, LLP - Attorney - New Orleans, LA
Bradley Raffle
Conservation Capital - CEO - Eugene, OR
Conservation Law Center
- Bloomington, IN
David P. Claiborne
Sawtooth Law Offices, PLLC - Principal - Boise, ID
Endangered Species Law and Policy Group
Nossaman LLP - Los Angeles, CA
Evan Roth
Sawtooth Law Offices, PLLC - Twin Falls, ID
J. Frederick Mack
Holland & Hart - Partner - Boise, ID
J. Kahle Becker
Attorney At Law - Boise, ID
James M. Ash
Husch Blackwell LLP - Kansas City, MO
James P. Moorhead
Moorhead Law Group, LLC - Founder and Principal - Chicago, IL
John R. Goodell
Partner - Racine Olson Nye Budge & Bailey - Boise, ID
Laura A. Schroeder
Schroeder Law Offices, PC - Portland, OR
Linda Bergeson Jones
Holland & Hart - Partner - Boise, ID
Linda R. Larson
Marten Law - Seattle, WA
M. Reed Hopper
Pacific Legal Foundation - Principal Attorney, National Litigation Center - Sacramento, CA
Misti Schmidt
Conservation Partners LLP - Partner - Oakland, CA
Mountain States Legal Foundation
William Perry Pendley - President and COO - Lakewood, CO
Murray D. Feldman
Holland & Hart - Partner - Boise, ID
Peter D. Nichols
Berg Hill Greenleaf Ruscitti, LLP - Partner - Boulder, CO
Randall C. Budge
Managing Partner - Racine Olson Nye Budge & Bailey - Pocatello, ID
Richard H. Andrus
Holland & Hart - Of Counsel - Boise, ID
Scott J. Smith
Partner - Racine Olson - Pocatello, ID
Scott L. Campbell
Campbell Law - Boise, ID
Stephen J. Small, Esq.
Law Office of Stephen J. Small, Esq., P.C. - Cambridge, MA
Steven J. Shimberg
SJSolutions - Washington , DC
Terry T. Uhling
Partner - Marten Law PLLC - Ketchum, ID
Therese Ure
Schroeder Law Offices, PC - Portland, OR
Theron J. De Smet
Associate - Ramsden & Lyons, LLP - Coeur d'Alene, ID
Thomas J. Budge
Partner - Racine Olson Nye Budge & Bailey - Pocatello, ID
W. Alan Schroeder
Schroeder Law - Lawyer/owner - Boise, ID
William F. Boyd
Of Counsel - Ramsden & Lyons, LLP - Coeur d'Alene, ID
William G. Myers III
Holland & Hart - Partner - Boise, ID
William Hutton
Conservation Partners LLP - Of Council - Oakland, CA
William Myers III
Holland & Hart - Boise, ID
State Funding / Technical Resources
Access Yes!
Idaho Department of Fish and Game - Boise, ID
Blaine County Land, Water and Wildlife Program
Clare C. Swanger - Program Coordinator - Hailey, ID
Community Forestry Program
David Groeschl - State Forester and Deputy Director - Forestry & Fire Division - Coeur d'Alene, ID
Idaho Bee Inspection Program
Division of Plant Industries - Boise, ID
Idaho Cooperative Weed Management Area
Idaho State Department of Agriculture - Boise, ID
Idaho Department of Lands
Tom Schultz - Director - Boise, ID
Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation
David Langhorst - Director - Boise, ID
Idaho Department of Water Resources
Gary Spackman - Director - Boise, ID
Idaho Fish and Wildlife Information System
Idaho Department of Fish and Game - Boise, ID
Idaho Forest Health
David Groeschl - State Forester and Deputy Director - Forestry & Fire Division - Coeur d'Alene, ID
Idaho Forest Legacy Program
Karen Sjoquist - Sandpoint, ID
Idaho Forest Stewardship Program
David Groeschl - State Forester and Deputy Director - Forestry & Fire Division - Coeur d'Alene, ID
Idaho Governor’s Office of Energy Resources
John Chatburn - Administrator - Boise, ID
Idaho Habitat Improvement Program
Jeff Gould, Bureau Chief - Wildlife - Idaho Department of Fish and Game - Boise , ID
Idaho Master Naturalist Program
Sara Focht - Idaho Department of Fish and Game - Boise, ID
Idaho Project WILD
Lori Adams - Project WILD Coordinator - Boise, ID
Idaho Soil and Water Conservation Commission
- Boise, ID
Idaho State Department of Agriculture
Celia R. Gould - Director - Boise, ID
Idaho State Department of Agriculture Noxious Weeds Program
Nic Zurfluh - Noxious Weeds and Invasive Species Section Manager - Boise, ID
Idaho Water Resources Research Institute
Dr. John C. Tracy, IWRRI Director - Unversity of Idaho - Boise, ID
Idaho Water Supply Bank
Remington Buyer, Water Supply Bank Coordinator - Idaho Department of Water Resources - Boise, ID
Idaho Weed Awareness Campaign
Roger Batt - Executive Director - Meridian, ID
Idaho Wildlife Diversity Program
Idaho Department of Fish and Game - Boise, ID
Idaho's Nonpoint Source Management Program
Dave Pisarski - Program Coordinator - Boise, ID
ISDA's Noxious Weed Cost Share Program
- Boise, ID
Resource Conservation & Range Development Loan Program - Idaho
Terry Hoebelheinrich - Loan Officer - Boise, ID
River Menders
- Boise, ID
Sage Grouse - Idaho Governor's Office of Species Conservation
Dustin Miller - Administrator - Boise, ID
Sage-grouse Conservation and Management
Idaho Department of Fish and Game - Boise, ID
Small Business Development Center
Katie Sewall - State Director - Boise, ID
Water Quality Programs - Idaho
Karie Pappani, TMDL Program Lead - Idaho Soil and Water Conservation Commission - Boise, ID
Wildlife Tracts - Idaho
Idaho Department of Fish and Game - Nampa, ID
USDA - FSA Programs
Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Loans
USDA Farm Service Agency
Biomass Crop Assistance Program
USDA Farm Service Agency
Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP)
USDA Farm Service Agency
Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)
USDA Farm Service Agency
Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm-Raised Fish Program (ELAP)
USDA Farm Service Agency
Emergency Conservation Program
USDA Farm Service Agency
Emergency Farm Loans
USDA Farm Service Agency
Emergency Forest Restoration Program
USDA Farm Service Agency
Farm Operating Loans & Microloans
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Farm Ownership Loans
USDA Farm Service Agency
Farmable Wetlands Program (FWP)
USDA Farm Service Agency
Grassland Reserve Program- REPEALED
USDA Farm Service Agency
Guaranteed Farm Loans
USDA Farm Service Agency
Idaho Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program
Chuck Pentzer - State CREP Coordinator - Jerome, ID
Livestock Forage Disaster Program
USDA Farm Service Agency
Livestock Indemnity Program
USDA FSA
Microloans
USDA Farm Service Agency
Minority and Women Farmers and Ranchers Loans
USDA Farm Service Agency - Washington, DC
Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program
Source Water Protection Program
USDA Farm Service Agency
Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments (SURE) Program
USDA Farm Service Agency
Transition Incentives Program (TIP)
USDA Farm Service Agency
Tree Assistance Program (TAP)
USDA Farm Service Agency
USDA Farm Service Agency - Idaho
Mark Samson - State Executive Director - Boise, ID
USDA - NRCS Programs
Aberdeen Plant Materials Center
Derek Tilley - PMC Manager - Aberdeen, ID
Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP)
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Agricultural Water Enhancement Program (AWEP)- REPEALED
Mark Parson - Program Contact
Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG)
- Washington, DC
Conservation of Private Grazing Land (CPGL)
Conservation Security Program
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)
Conservation Technical Assistance (CTA)
NRCS
Cooperative Conservation Partnership Initiative (CCPI)- REPEALED
Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP)
Fred Reaves - National Emergency Watershed Protection Program Manager
Emergency Watershed Protection Program- Floodplain Easement
Jason Weller, Chief - USDA-NRCS - Washington, DC
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)
USDA NRCS
EQIP Organic Initiative
Lindsay Haines - EQIP Specialist for Organic
Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program (FRPP)- REPEALED
Farm Pilot Project Coordination, Inc.
- Tampa, FL
Grassland Reserve Program (GRP) REPEALED
Healthy Forests Reserve Program (HFRP)
USDA NRCS
Idaho Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)
Rob Fredericksen - CSP Program LeaderID
Idaho Environmental Quality Incentives Program
Ron Brooks - Idaho EQIP Program Manager - Boise, ID
Idaho Snow Survey Program
Bruce Sandoval - Program Manager and Staff Supervisor - Boise, ID
Malloree Weinheimer
Chickadee Forestry LLC - Consulting Forester - Port Townsend, WA
Michael LaMana, MS, CF
Northwest Management, Inc. - Sr. Forester - Sandpoint, ID
National Water Quality Initiative
USDA NRCS
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Idaho
Curtis Elke - State Conservationist - Boise, ID
Norman A Berg National Plant Materials Center
David Kidwell-Slak - PMC Manager - Beltsville, MD
Pullman Plant Materials Center
Allen Casey - Manager - Pullman, WA
Regional Conservation Partnership Program
- Washington, DC
Sage-Grouse Initiative - Idaho
Ron Brooks - USDA-NRCS - Boise, ID
Small scale solutions for your farm
USDA - NRCS - Washington, DC
Voluntary Public Access and Habitat Incentives Program (VPA-HIP)
NRCS
Wetlands Reserve Enhancement Program (WREP)- REPEALED
Garry Lee - Acting Director, Easement Programs Division - Washington, DC
Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP)- REPEALED
- Washington, DC
Working Lands for Wildlife
Tim Griffiths - Bozeman, MT
USDA Programs - Other
Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Development Program
Denis Ebodaghe - National Program Leader - Division of Agricultural Systems - Kansas City, MO
Celebrate Urban Birds
Cornell Lab of Ornithology - Ithaca, NY
Conservation Reserve Program Longleaf Pine Initiative
Farm Labor Housing Loans and Grants
USDA Rural Development
Farmers Market Promotion Program
Douglas Keeler, Director - Farmers Markets and Local Food Marketing
Food Linc
Jim Barham - USDA Rural Development - Washington, DC
Idaho SARE
Cinda Williams - State SARE co-Coordinator - Moscow, ID
Local Food Promotion Program
Nicole Nelson Miller - LFPP Program Manager - Washington, DC
New Farmers
USDA
Organic Certification Cost Share Programs
Rita Meade - OCCSP Coordinator - Washington, DC
Rural Development Loan Programs
USDA Rural Development - Washington, DC
Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program
Lori Washington - USDA Rural Development Loan Specialist
The Advanced Biofuel Payment Program
Business and Cooperative Programs - National Office, USDA Rural Development - Washington, DC
The Rural Energy for America Program (REAP)
USDA Rural Development - Renewable Energy Systems & Energy Efficiency Improvement Guaranteed Loans & Grants - Washington, DC
Value-Added Producer Grant Program
USDA Office of Rural Development
Western SARE
Teryl R. Roper - Regional Coordinator - Logan, UT
Wildlife / Habitat Specialists
Dawn Reeder
Rare Earth Sciences, LLC - Principal Biologist - Paonia, CO
Dennis Mackey
- Fish and Wildlife Biologist - Star, ID
EarthBalance
- North Port, FL
Ecoresource Solutions Inc
Tony Byrne - President/Principal Ecologist - Arvada, CO
Hugh Barrett
Sage Advice - President - Long Beach, WA
Idaho Cooperative Fish And Wildlife Research Unit
Dr. Courtney Conway - College of Natural Resources, University of Idaho - Moscow, ID
James Michael Scott, PhD
University of Idaho - Professor and Research Scientist - Moscow, ID
Kit H. Buell
Buell Environmental LLC - Ecologist - Oak Creek, CO
Mason, Bruce & Girard, Inc.
James Schriever - Vice President Geospatial Services - Woodland Park, CO
Robert Veldman
K·Coe Conservation - Land Consultant - Loveland, CO
Rocky Mountain Environmental Associates
John Rice - Senior Geologist, President - Idaho Falls, ID
Society for Range Management
- Littleton, CO

 Wildlife Best Management Practices

   
Show Articles on Wildlife Best Management Practices (27)
Mowing and Management: Best Practices for Monarchs
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Understanding when monarchs are present allows land managers to time management practices like burning, mowing, grazing, or targeted pesticide application when they are least likely to harm monarchs.

 

Fire Effects Information System

The Fire Effects Information System is an online collection of reviews of the scientific literature about fire effects on plants and animals and about fire regimes of plant communities in the United States. FEIS reviews are based on thorough literature searches, often supplemented with insights from field scientists and managers. FEIS provides reviews that are efficient to use, thoroughly documented, and defensible. Approximately 15 to 30 new or revised reviews are published in FEIS each year. There are 3 types of FEIS reviews:

  1. Species Reviews 
  2. Fire Studies 
  3. Fire Regime Syntheses 

 

Reducing Conflict with Grizzly Bears, Wolves and Elk A Western Landowners’ Guide
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This guide has been produced by and for landowners and practitioners constructively engaged in one of the greatest conservation challenges of our time—how to share and manage a wild, working landscape that sustains both people and wildlife.

 

Idaho Wildlife Management Areas Interactive Maps

Thirty-two Wildlife Management Areas located in six Fish and Game regions have been established to protect wildlife habitat and are available for hunting, fishing and other public enjoyment of wildlife. Varying from 275 to 85,000 acres, each area is dedicated to primary purposes such as big game, waterfowl and upland game.

The lands encompassed by the WMAs vary from backcountry forested habitats for big game animals to agricultural areas with important pheasant and waterfowl habitat. Thousands of big game animals winter on some WMAs and tens of thousands of waterfowl winter on others. Nongame wildlife use all the WMAs. These lands are diverse and critical habitats that provide great opportunities to enjoy both game and nongame wildlife.

 

Integrating Bird Conservation into Range Management

This manual is designed to assist resource professionals with integrating birds and their habitat needs into range management and monitoring, and to train landowners and land managers to do the same.& ...

 

Sharing Your Land with Prairie Wildlife
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This third edition of this manual (formerly entitled Sharing Your Land With Shortgrass Prairie Birds) is about how to help birds and other wildlife make a living from the land while you do the same.

 

Decontamination Documentation for Cavers
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The US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) strongly recommends, first and foremost, compliance with all cave closures, advisories, and regulations in all Federal, State,Tribal, and private lands.

 

Bird Conservation in Private Ponderosa Pine Forests

American Bird Conservancy (ABC), in cooperation with the American Forest Foundation, Forest Restoration Partnership, and several other partners, is working with private landowners to implement bird conservation  measures in ponderosa pine habitat throughout the western United States.

 

A Guide to Successful Wildlife Food Plots - Blending Science with Common Sense
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This publication provides technical guidance and practical information for wildlife management beyond planting and managing food plots.  ...

 

Working Lands For Wildlife
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Through Working Lands for Wildlife —a voluntary, incentive-based effort—the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and its conservation partners will provide landowners with technical and financial assistance to: Restore populations of declining wildlife species.

 

Greater Sage-grouse Comprehensive Conservation Strategy
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This Strategy outlines the critical need to develop the associations among local, state, provincial, tribal, and federal agencies, non-governmental organizations, and individual citizens to design and implement cooperative actions to support robust populations of sage-grouse and the landscapes and habitats upon which they depend.

 

Watering Facility Wildlife Escape Ladder Design

 

Your Land & You – Idaho Guidelines
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Booklet provides landowners with practical information and ideas to help manage and enhance natural resources on their property.

 

Prescribed Grazing Conservation Practice Job Sheet ID-528-JS-01
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Recommendations for Responsible Oil and Gas Development
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This report outlines sportsmen’s recommendations for responsible energy development in the Rocky Mountain West—a platform and prescription for development that accommodates our energy needs without sacrificing our Western heritage.

 

Conserving lands and prosperity - Seeking a proper balance between conservation and development in the Rocky Mountain West
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More than half of the land in the Western United states is managed by state and federal governments (Jackson, 1995). Public lands in the seven Rocky Mountain States alone cover an area roughly 7.5 ...

 

Landowner Stories of Bird Conservation - Managing for Cavity-Nesting Birds in Ponderosa Pine Forests
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Landowners share their experiences of managing for bird species and other wildlife values on their lands throughout the West, including ponderosa pine, the Oregon outback and forests of the Pacific Northwest.

 

Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program in Idaho Strategic Plan - Fiscal Years 2012-2016
By:

 

A Landowner's Guide to Wildlife Friendly Fences - How to Build Fence with Wildlife in Mind
By:

 

A Landowner's Guide to Fences and Wildlife - Practical Tips to Make Your Fences Wildlife Friendly
By:

Wyoming Edition  

 

Riparian Areas of the Great Basin
By:

A management guide for landowners.

 

Evaluating Honey Bee Colonies for Pollination - A Guide for Commercial Growers and Beekeepers
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For commercial growers who rent honey bees for pollination and beekeepers who provide pollination services, here is information on honey bee colony strength evaluation, average number of colonies needed for pollination, basic honey bee biology in context of pollination, and pollination contracts.

 

How to Reduce Bee Poisoning from Pesticides
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An overview of how a variety of wild and managed bees and their pollination activities are affected by pesticide application. Provides guidelines for how beekeepers, growers and pesticide applicators can work together to prevent bee poisoning.

 

Conservation Assessment of Greater Sage-grouse and Sagebrush Habitats
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In this report, the authors assessed the ecological status and potential factors that influenced greater sage-grouse and sagebrush habitats across their entire distribution.& ...

 

Strategies for Managing the Effects of Climate Change on Wildlife and Ecosystems

From The Heinz Center, this 2008 lengthy publication is targeted to land managers who practice adaptive management.

 

Prescribed Fire Associations
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A Prescribed Fire Association is a group of landowners and other concerned citizens that form a partnership to conduct prescribed burns. Prescribed burning is the key land management tool used to restore and maintain native plant communities to their former diversity and productivity for livestock production and wildlife habitat.

 

Ecosystem services provided by bats
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Review of the available literature on the ecological and economic impact of ecosystem services provided by  bats.

 

 Wildlife Conservation Strategy

   
Show Articles on Wildlife Conservation Strategy (14)
Using Existing Tools to Expand Cooperative Conservation for Candidate Species Across Federal and Non-Federal Lands
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For many years the Service has worked with partners to help them develop Candidate Conservation Agreements (CCAs). CCAs primarily have been developed by Federal agencies to cover Federal lands, and several have resulted in conservation efforts that made listing unnecessary.

 

Idaho's Bats - Description, Habitats & Conservation
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This Idaho Fish & Game leaflet presents information on the biology and ecology of the 14 bat species that occur in Idaho. The authors emphasize the benefits that bats provide to natural ecosystems and humans.

 

Conserving Wildlife and Crucial Habitat in the West
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Policy Resolution 13-04: Western Governors direct the Western Governors’ Wildlife Council to continue its guidance in the development, management and implementation with partners of the state and West-wide CHATs.

 

Benewah Soil & Water Conservation District - Five Year Resource Conservation Plan July1, 2010–June 30, 2015 Updated for FY 2014
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This document identifies the resource needs in the Conservation District and presents a resource conservation action plan for meeting these needs.

 

Idaho Mule Deer Management Plan 2008 – 2017
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Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program in Idaho Strategic Plan - Fiscal Years 2012-2016
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The Compass
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This is Idaho Fish and Game's strategic plan, which will guide the department for the next fifteen years. We wrote The Compass based on input from you and others through focus groups, a scientific survey, public workshops, and personal conversations, as well as our staff's scientific knowledge about Idaho's fish and wildlife.

 

Idaho Priority Areas for Conservation (PAC) for Sage Grouse
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Map of priority areas for conservation for Sage Grouse.

 

Sage-Grouse Initiative Threat Checklist
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Working Lands for Wildlife Predictability FAQs
By:

 

Working Lands for Wildlife Implementation Process
By:

 

Working Lands for Wildlife Greater Sage-Grouse
By:

FAQs Including CCAA and SGI Comparison

 

Conservation Plan for the Greater Sage-grouse in Idaho
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The greater sage-grouse has historically been, and continues to be, an important species across the western rangelands. This 2006 Conservation Plan includes: Background information and resources regarding sage-grouse and sagebrush ecology; A summary of the status of sage-grouse populations and habitat in Idaho; Identification and discussion of 19 threats to sage-grouse and their habitats; A toolbox of conservation measures to address each of those threats; Research, monitoring and evaluation guidelines and recommendations; and A number of appendices that provide additional inform

 

Idaho Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy
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A State Wildlife Action Plan (SWAP) is a comprehensive strategy to maintain the health and diversity of wildlife within a state.  

 

 

 Local News Stories about Wildlife

Local Sage Grouse Habitat Management News Items
Idaho Launches the Cheatgrass Challenge
7/8/2020 10:50:28 AM
Read all about Idaho's new effort to tackle cheatgrass, an invasive annual grass that is causing serious issues across western rangelands. The post Idaho Launches the Cheatgrass Challenge appeared first on Sage Grouse Initiative .
Western Working Lands Snapshot | The Great Basin
5/13/2020 12:52:09 PM
Learn about the fascinating topography, natural history, and conservation challenges within the Great Basin, a huge swath of western rangeland in Nevada, Idaho, California, Utah, and Oregon. The post Western Working Lands Snapshot | The Great Basin appeared first on Sage Grouse Initiative .

 Google News about Wildlife

The following news articles are provided by the Google News service and do not reflect the views or imply an endorsement by the Idaho Land Conservation Assistance Network and its affiliates. We cannot guarantee the relevance of the content of this page or any links that may be followed from the articles herein.
Sage Grouse Habitat Management News Items
One year after historic Sheep Fire, Idaho Site contractors, agencies eye coming fire season - East Idaho News
7/10/2020 6:30:00 PM
One year after historic Sheep Fire, Idaho Site contractors, agencies eye coming fire season    East Idaho News
Just for the birds: Tracking bird populations - Idaho Press-Tribune
7/8/2020 2:15:00 AM
Just for the birds: Tracking bird populations    Idaho Press-Tribune
Crews control Black Canyon Fire in south-central Idaho at 1005 acres - Capital Press
7/6/2020 2:20:00 PM
Crews control Black Canyon Fire in south-central Idaho at 1005 acres    Capital Press
Idaho National Laboratory Prepares For 2020 Fire Season After Last Year's Sheep Fire - Boise State Public Radio
7/6/2020 9:10:03 AM
Idaho National Laboratory Prepares For 2020 Fire Season After Last Year's Sheep Fire    Boise State Public Radio
Lawsuit brewing in fight over game bird in Sierra Nevada - Idaho State Journal
6/25/2020 3:00:00 AM
Lawsuit brewing in fight over game bird in Sierra Nevada    Idaho State Journal
Judge strikes down US energy leasing rules in bird habitat - Idaho Business Review
5/26/2020 3:00:00 AM
Judge strikes down US energy leasing rules in bird habitat    Idaho Business Review
Idaho portion of Tri-State Fuel Breaks Project gets federal nod - Capital Press
5/15/2020 3:00:00 AM
Idaho portion of Tri-State Fuel Breaks Project gets federal nod    Capital Press
Wildfire plan approved with 435 miles of Idaho fuel breaks - Idaho News
5/12/2020 3:00:00 AM
Wildfire plan approved with 435 miles of Idaho fuel breaks    Idaho News
Salmon-Challis Forest approves sagebrush restoration project | Environment | mtexpress.com - Idaho Mountain Express and Guide
5/6/2020 3:00:00 AM
Salmon-Challis Forest approves sagebrush restoration project | Environment | mtexpress.com    Idaho Mountain Express and Guide
Conservation groups file lawsuit to stop construction of natural gas pipeline through Inventoried Roadless Areas - Idaho State Journal
5/1/2020 3:00:00 AM
Conservation groups file lawsuit to stop construction of natural gas pipeline through Inventoried Roadless Areas    Idaho State Journal
Group: U.S. pushing through Idaho grazing plans - The Spokesman-Review
4/4/2020 3:00:00 AM
Group: U.S. pushing through Idaho grazing plans    The Spokesman-Review
Idaho Judge Says 'NO' to One Million Acres of Oil and Gas Extraction Leases So We Can Get Adequate Public Input - Good News Network
3/5/2020 3:00:00 AM
Idaho Judge Says 'NO' to One Million Acres of Oil and Gas Extraction Leases So We Can Get Adequate Public Input    Good News Network
Idaho judge orders BLM to reverse 2018 land leases - Powell Tribune
3/3/2020 3:00:00 AM
Idaho judge orders BLM to reverse 2018 land leases    Powell Tribune
Judge Puts Kibosh on Oil & Gas Leases in Idaho Sage Grouse Country - Courthouse News Service
2/27/2020 8:30:54 PM
Judge Puts Kibosh on Oil & Gas Leases in Idaho Sage Grouse Country    Courthouse News Service
Conservation easement secured for Idaho wildlife, lands - KTVB.com
1/1/2020 3:00:00 AM
Conservation easement secured for Idaho wildlife, lands    KTVB.com
Sage grouse stymie Kanye West’s plans to build a meditation ranch in western Wyoming - Idaho Statesman
12/19/2019 3:00:00 AM
Sage grouse stymie Kanye West’s plans to build a meditation ranch in western Wyoming    Idaho Statesman
Wyoming and Idaho join Interior Department to appeal court ruling blocking rollback of sage grouse protections - The Colorado Sun
12/18/2019 3:00:00 AM
Wyoming and Idaho join Interior Department to appeal court ruling blocking rollback of sage grouse protections    The Colorado Sun
Why we must stop BLM’s Pleasantview logging and burning project - Idaho State Journal
10/25/2019 3:00:00 AM
Why we must stop BLM’s Pleasantview logging and burning project    Idaho State Journal
Areas for sage grouse hunting are limited following population decline - East Idaho News
9/7/2019 3:00:00 AM
Areas for sage grouse hunting are limited following population decline    East Idaho News
Project aims to remove invasive trees, protect sage grouse habitat in Southwest Idaho - KTVB.com
8/15/2019 3:00:00 AM
Project aims to remove invasive trees, protect sage grouse habitat in Southwest Idaho    KTVB.com
F&G seeks public comment on proposed sage-grouse hunting season - Idaho State Journal
8/13/2019 3:00:00 AM
F&G seeks public comment on proposed sage-grouse hunting season    Idaho State Journal
Sage grouse numbers continue to drop in Idaho - Salt Lake Tribune
8/12/2019 3:00:00 AM
Sage grouse numbers continue to drop in Idaho    Salt Lake Tribune
Idaho sage grouse numbers have dropped 52% since 2016. Will management changes help them? - East Idaho News
8/11/2019 3:00:00 AM
Idaho sage grouse numbers have dropped 52% since 2016. Will management changes help them?    East Idaho News
Idaho male sage-grouse counts decline 25% in one year - Idaho News
7/31/2019 3:00:00 AM
Idaho male sage-grouse counts decline 25% in one year    Idaho News
Idaho, Utah seek to defend Trump drilling plan lawsuit over sage grouse - The Denver Post
4/29/2019 3:00:00 AM
Idaho, Utah seek to defend Trump drilling plan lawsuit over sage grouse    The Denver Post
Encroaching Trees In Idaho Sage Grouse Habitat Will Be Removed Over 15-Year Process - Boise State Public Radio
6/4/2018 3:00:00 AM
Encroaching Trees In Idaho Sage Grouse Habitat Will Be Removed Over 15-Year Process    Boise State Public Radio
Protecting sage-grouse has tidal wave of benefits - Idaho State Journal
11/5/2017 2:00:00 AM
Protecting sage-grouse has tidal wave of benefits    Idaho State Journal
Wildlife Conservation Strategy News Items
Latest Idaho news, sports, business and entertainment at 1:20 am MDT - KMVT
7/11/2020 3:29:22 AM
Latest Idaho news, sports, business and entertainment at 1:20 am MDT    KMVT
Latest Idaho news, sports, business and entertainment at 5:20 pm MDT - KMVT
7/10/2020 7:23:54 PM
Latest Idaho news, sports, business and entertainment at 5:20 pm MDT    KMVT
A big win for Yellowstone grizzlies and the Endangered Species Act; a big loss for Trump - Idaho State Journal
7/10/2020 2:12:00 PM
A big win for Yellowstone grizzlies and the Endangered Species Act; a big loss for Trump    Idaho State Journal
Here is the latest Idaho news from The Associated Press at 4:40 pm MDT - KMVT
7/9/2020 6:50:57 PM
Here is the latest Idaho news from The Associated Press at 4:40 pm MDT    KMVT
Idaho studies grizzly bears in Island Park - goHUNT.com
6/2/2020 3:00:00 AM
Idaho studies grizzly bears in Island Park    goHUNT.com
Your next cup of Joe could help strengthen Boise’s ties to this Mozambique park. Here’s how - Idaho Statesman
5/21/2020 3:00:00 AM
Your next cup of Joe could help strengthen Boise’s ties to this Mozambique park. Here’s how    Idaho Statesman
Wildfire plan approved with 435 miles of Idaho fuel breaks - Post Register
5/13/2020 3:00:00 AM
Wildfire plan approved with 435 miles of Idaho fuel breaks    Post Register
7 agricultural leaders will be inducted into hall of fame this month - East Idaho News
3/1/2020 3:00:00 AM
7 agricultural leaders will be inducted into hall of fame this month    East Idaho News
Eastern Idaho Ag Hall of Fame to honor eight leaders - Post Register
2/29/2020 3:00:00 AM
Eastern Idaho Ag Hall of Fame to honor eight leaders    Post Register
Judge Puts Kibosh on Oil & Gas Leases in Idaho Sage Grouse Country - Courthouse News Service
2/27/2020 8:30:54 PM
Judge Puts Kibosh on Oil & Gas Leases in Idaho Sage Grouse Country    Courthouse News Service
Eastern Idaho agricultural leaders chosen for honor | State - Capital Press
2/26/2020 3:00:00 AM
Eastern Idaho agricultural leaders chosen for honor | State    Capital Press
Homeland security orders opening of long-closed road in Idaho - goHUNT.com
2/6/2020 3:00:00 AM
Homeland security orders opening of long-closed road in Idaho    goHUNT.com
Love bird talk at SIBA meeting - Idaho Press-Tribune
2/5/2020 3:00:00 AM
Love bird talk at SIBA meeting    Idaho Press-Tribune
Former Idaho Fish and Game commissioners fear for future, urge prompt salmon, steelhead response - The Spokesman-Review
1/17/2020 3:00:00 AM
Former Idaho Fish and Game commissioners fear for future, urge prompt salmon, steelhead response    The Spokesman-Review
Here's where Idaho's ducks come from - LocalNews8.com
12/26/2019 3:00:00 AM
Here's where Idaho's ducks come from    LocalNews8.com
North Idaho lawmaker identified as Rep. Shea confidant - KHQ Right Now
12/20/2019 3:00:00 AM
North Idaho lawmaker identified as Rep. Shea confidant    KHQ Right Now
Comments on Idaho’s moose management plan sought - The Spokesman-Review
12/19/2019 3:00:00 AM
Comments on Idaho’s moose management plan sought    The Spokesman-Review
Idaho chinook, steelhead in trouble - Twin Falls Times-News
11/7/2019 3:00:00 AM
Idaho chinook, steelhead in trouble    Twin Falls Times-News
Wild horse roundup in Idaho - goHUNT.com
11/7/2019 3:00:00 AM
Wild horse roundup in Idaho    goHUNT.com
Our 2019 voter guide on the Boise City Council election: Hear from the candidates - Idaho Statesman
10/18/2019 3:00:00 AM
Our 2019 voter guide on the Boise City Council election: Hear from the candidates    Idaho Statesman
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service lists mountain caribou as endangered. But is it too late? - Idaho Statesman
10/14/2019 3:00:00 AM
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service lists mountain caribou as endangered. But is it too late?    Idaho Statesman
Hunters needed to help monitor for Chronic Wasting Disease in the Clearwater region - East Idaho News
10/13/2019 3:00:00 AM
Hunters needed to help monitor for Chronic Wasting Disease in the Clearwater region    East Idaho News
Idaho works to identify pronghorn migration patterns - Idaho News
8/25/2019 3:00:00 AM
Idaho works to identify pronghorn migration patterns    Idaho News
Fish and Game makes a significant investment to study Idaho's pronghorn - KTVB.com
8/25/2019 3:00:00 AM
Fish and Game makes a significant investment to study Idaho's pronghorn    KTVB.com
Rare in Oregon, Idahos moose population dwindling - The Register-Guard
7/30/2019 3:00:00 AM
Rare in Oregon, Idahos moose population dwindling    The Register-Guard
Moose numbers in Idaho are dwindling, but why? - Salt Lake Tribune
7/21/2019 3:00:00 AM
Moose numbers in Idaho are dwindling, but why?    Salt Lake Tribune
A moose mystery: The majestic animal’s numbers dwindle — and the why is elusive - Idaho Statesman
7/15/2019 3:00:00 AM
A moose mystery: The majestic animal’s numbers dwindle — and the why is elusive    Idaho Statesman
Trump wants to remove protections for wolves. Idaho shows why that's a bad idea - Salon
7/7/2019 3:00:00 AM
Trump wants to remove protections for wolves. Idaho shows why that's a bad idea    Salon
Captive-bred monarch butterflies don’t fly south, study says, as wild population shrinks - Idaho Statesman
6/24/2019 3:00:00 AM
Captive-bred monarch butterflies don’t fly south, study says, as wild population shrinks    Idaho Statesman
Idahoans need to get ready for grizzly migration to central Idaho wilderness - Idaho Statesman
6/11/2019 3:00:00 AM
Idahoans need to get ready for grizzly migration to central Idaho wilderness    Idaho Statesman
Guest opinion: Wildlife migration corridors and western working lands are co-dependent - Idaho Press-Tribune
5/22/2019 3:00:00 AM
Guest opinion: Wildlife migration corridors and western working lands are co-dependent    Idaho Press-Tribune
Yellowstone National Park announces strategic priorities - East Idaho News
5/16/2019 3:00:00 AM
Yellowstone National Park announces strategic priorities    East Idaho News
Grizzly bear research trapping begins in Grand Teton National Park this week - East Idaho News
5/13/2019 3:00:00 AM
Grizzly bear research trapping begins in Grand Teton National Park this week    East Idaho News
Fremont County voters said no to wildlife crossings. Now what? - East Idaho News
1/2/2019 3:00:00 AM
Fremont County voters said no to wildlife crossings. Now what?    East Idaho News
Dustin Miller picked to head Idaho Department of Lands - Twin Falls Times-News
8/18/2018 3:00:00 AM
Dustin Miller picked to head Idaho Department of Lands    Twin Falls Times-News
Dustin Miller, current state species conservation chief, picked to head Idaho Department of Lands - Idaho Press-Tribune
8/17/2018 3:00:00 AM
Dustin Miller, current state species conservation chief, picked to head Idaho Department of Lands    Idaho Press-Tribune
Three more Idaho wolves killed after livestock depredation - goHUNT.com
7/20/2018 3:00:00 AM
Three more Idaho wolves killed after livestock depredation    goHUNT.com
Idaho approves first grizzly bear hunt in decades - Reuters
5/10/2018 3:00:00 AM
Idaho approves first grizzly bear hunt in decades    Reuters
Nationally Recognized North Idaho Forests Conserved - Business Wire
10/3/2016 3:00:00 AM
Nationally Recognized North Idaho Forests Conserved    Business Wire
Idaho's Wolf Management Receives Scrutiny - The Wildlife News
12/28/2013 3:00:00 AM
Idaho's Wolf Management Receives Scrutiny    The Wildlife News