Sage-grouse habitat restoration symposium proceedings

Abstract

Declines in habitat of greater sage-grouse and Gunnison sage-grouse across the western United States are related to degradation, loss, and fragmentation of sagebrush ecosystems resulting from development of agricultural lands, grazing practices, changes in wildfire regimes, increased spread of invasive species, gas and oil development, and other human impacts. These losses are focusing management efforts on passive and active approaches to maintaining and restoring sagebrush rangelands. This series of 14 papers summarizes current knowledge and research gaps in sagebrush taxonomy and ecology, seasonal sage-grouse habitat requirements, approaches to community and landscape restoration, and currently available plant materials and revegetation technology to provide a basis for designing and implementing effective management prescriptions.

Titles contained within Sage-grouse habitat restoration symposium proceedings

• Sage-grouse habitat restoration symposium
• Sagebrush identification, ecology, and palatability relative to sage-grouse
• Classification and capabilities of woody sagebrush communities of Western North America with emphasis on sage-grouse habitat
• Seasonal habitat requirements for sage-grouse: spring, summer, fall, and winter
• Plant succession and approaches to community restoration
• Status and use of important native grasses adapted to sagebrush communities
• Current and potential use of broadleaf herbs for reestablishing native communities
• Landscape restoration for greater sage-grouse: implications for multiscale planning and monitoring
• Big sagebrush response to one-way and two-way chaining in Southeastern Utah
• Seeding considerations in restoring big sagebrush habitat
• Strategies to enhance plant structure and diversity in crested wheatgrass seedings
• Restoring Wyoming big sagebrush
• Reseeding big sagebrush: Techniques and issues
• Sagebrush-ungulate relationships on the Northern Yellowstone Winter Range
• Insects of the Idaho National Laboratory: A compilation and review

Citation

Shaw, Nancy L.; Pellant, Mike; Monsen, Stephen B. 2005. Sage-grouse habitat restoration symposium proceedings. Proc. RMRS-P-38. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 130 p.