Tag: Sagebrush

August 21, 2018

JWM: Deer study calls into question juniper removal projects

Across the West, land managers are undertaking juniper removal projects in an effort to restore sagebrush landscapes where fire suppression has allowed the plant to take over. The projects are...

April 23, 2018

Colorado Chapter to host sagebrush workshop

The Colorado Chapter of The Wildlife Society will host a workshop about sagebrush and understory vegetation August 8-9 in Gunnison, Colorado. The workshop will cover identification of important functional groups,...

February 6, 2018

Thunder Basin nonprofit earns Group Achievement Award

The TWS Group Achievement Award recognizes up to one private or governmental organization each year for outstanding wildlife achievement that is consistent with and/or assists in advancing the objectives of...

August 21, 2017

Fishlake National Forest and Boulder Mountain Habitat Improvement Projects

The Beaver, Fillmore, Fremont River, and Richfield Ranger Districts of the Fishlake National Forest worked together to design a landscape scale project to remove encroaching pinyon and juniper trees in...

July 14, 2017

JWM study: Greater sage-grouse use ‘stepping stones’ for long migration

About 10 years ago, researchers using VHS telemetry were surprised to find greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) traveled 240 kilometers between Saskatchewan and north central Montana — the longest documented migration...