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Funds to help restore sage grouse habitat
Last Updated 6:00 am PST Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Story appeared in METRO section, Page B2
SUSANVILLE – The Sierra Nevada Conservancy has awarded $98,500 to the federal Bureau of Land Management for on-the-ground projects to restore sage grouse habitat in the high desert areas of northeastern California.
An additional $48,400 will help fund a coordinator for the Buffalo-Skedaddle Landscape Management Restoration Initiative, said Jeff Fontana, a BLM spokesman.
The funds recognize the work by the local sage grouse conservation group and will help implement new projects, said Linda Hansen, the conservancy's Mount Lassen area representative.
The initial work will focus on three areas that provide water sources and breeding areas for the birds.
The work will include juniper reduction, treatment of invasive weeds and reintroduction of sagebrush in appropriate areas, Fontana said.
Sage grouse are attracting the attention of many natural resource agencies because of declining populations and shrinking habitat on public lands in northeast California, which support one of the largest populations of the birds in the state.
– Jane Braxton Little
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