U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

The BLM is amending 11 land use plans in southwest Colorado and southeast Utah to incorporate clear and consistent conservation measures for Gunnison Sage-Grouse habitat and protect Gunnison Sage-Grouse habitat across the range of the species. The range-wide planning area consists of more than 600,000 acres of BLM surface estate in Chaffee, Delta, Dolores, Gunnison, Hinsdale, Mesa, Montrose, Ouray, Saguache and San Miguel conties in Colorado and Grand and San Juan counties in Utah. About 40 percent of currently occupied Gunnison Sage-Grouse habitat is on public lands administered by the BLM. Because most Gunnison Sage-Grouse habitat is in Colorado, BLM Colorado is leading the effort to evaluate existing and potential measures for protecting critical Gunnison Sage-Grouse habitat on behalf of BLM Colorado and BLM Utah.