Greater Sage-Grouse

Gary Kramer/USFWS
 

New Publication on Greater Sage-Grouse Population Trends:

The Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (WAFWA) has completed a peer-reviewed revision of a portion of its 2004 Conservation Assessment of the greater sage-grouse titled: Greater Sage-Grouse Populations Trends: An Analysis of Lek Count Databases 1965-2007.

Conservation Status of the Greater Sage-Grouse to be Reviewed:

The Fish and Wildlife Service is initiating a status review of the Greater sage-grouse to determine if the species should be protected under the Endangered Species Act throughout its range or any significant portion of its range.  A public comment period will be open until May 27, 2008 to allow all interested parties an opportunity to provide information regarding the status of the species.

• Federal Register Notice: 73 FR 10218 Initiation of Status Review for the Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) as Threatened or Endangered
• Press Release: February 26, 2008 Fish and Wildlife Service to Conduct Status Review of Greater Sage-Grouse

Status Review Completed: Greater Sage-Grouse Not Warranted for Listing as Endangered or Threatened
The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service has completed its status review of the greater sage-grouse throughout its range and determined that the species does not warrant protection under the Endangered Species Act at this time, Director Steve Williams announced today.

News Release:  January 7, 2005, Greater Sage-Grouse Not Warranted for Listing
Federal Register: Jan. 12, 2005, 12-Month Finding for Petitions to List the Greater Sage-Grouse
Funding Opportunities for Sage-grouse Conservation (pdf)
Sage-grouse Q&A's (pdf)

Conservation Assessment of Greater Sage-Grouse and Sagebrush Habitats - provided by the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies

Petition to List the Greater Sage-Grouse -- What's next?

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has received three petitions to list the greater sage-grouse as threatened or endangered throughout its range.  The Service has found that the petitions provide sufficient information that listing may be warranted and will begin a status review of the species.

This is the first step in the process to determine whether or not the greater sage-grouse should receive protection under the Endangered Species Act.

For more information about the petition and listing process visit the Service's "Chart of the Petition Process," click on link below.

Press release:  Service to Initiate a Status Review of the Greater Sage-Grouse, April 16, 2001

Federal Register notice:  90-Day Finding for Petitions to List the Greater Sage-Grouse as Threatened or Endangered, 4/21/2004

Questions and Answers                 Video

Chart of the petition process.                   Summary of Sage-Grouse Petitions Submitted to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Sage-Grouse Fact Sheet                          Sage-Grouse Taxonomy                            Sage-Grouse Range Map 2000

Press release:  Petition to List Eastern Sage-Grouse Not Warranted, January 5, 2004

Federal Register notice:  90-Day Finding for a Petition to List the Eastern Subspecies of the
                                            Greater Sage-Grouse as Endangered, January 7, 2004

Press release:  Western Subspecies of Sage-Grouse Does Not Warrant Listing  (February 7, 2003)
Federal Register notice:  90-Day Finding on a Petition to List the Western Sage-Grouse (February 7, 2003)

Press release:  Service Determines Mono Basin Area Sage-Grouse Does Not Warrant Emergency Protection of ESA (12/30/02)
Federal Register notice:  90-Day Finding on a Petition to List the Mono Basin Area Sage-Grouse (12/26/2002)

Press release:  Service Finds Listing of Western Sage-Grouse in Columbia Basin Warranted, But Precluded (May 2, 2001)
Federal Register notice:  12-Month Finding for a Petition to List the Washington Population of Western Sage-Grouse (May 7, 2001)