Progress Reports
Through Working Lands for Wildlife, NRCS strategically invests where the conservation returns are highest. NRCS uses progress reports to track results by species.
Greater Sage-Grouse
NRCS works with ranchers to address six threats to sage grouse by reducing risk of wildfires and invasives; removing encroaching conifers; protecting lands from exurban development and cultivation; protecting and restoring mesic areas; and marking fences to reduce collisions. In fiscal 2015, NRCS addressed these threats on more than 630,000 acres.
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New England Cottontail
NRCS works with private landowners to address the loss and fragmentation of early successional habitat, which negatively affects the New England cottontail. In fiscal 2015, NRCS worked with landowners in six states to restore more than 2,000 acres of early successional habitat.
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Southwestern Willow Flycatcher
NRCS works with agricultural producers to address the loss and fragmentation of riparian habitat in the Southwest, which negatively affects the southwestern willow flycatcher and other species. In fiscal 2015, NRCS worked with landowners to improve more than 1,000 acres of riparian habitat in six population recovery units.
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