The Gunnison Sage-grouse, a species found only in southwestern Colorado and southeastern Utah, is a candidate for listing under the Endangered Species Act.
The USGS and collaborators are developing habitat models for this species as a whole, and habitat models for brooding and wintering life stages. Genetic samples from Gunnison Sage-grouse at all leks across the Gunnison Basin are being collected to identify very local populations or groups and to evaluate connectivity among them. The population information will be integrated with seasonal habitat models to identify what habitat characteristics are essential for each life-stage, and to evaluate what types of land uses and other disturbances influence connectivity.
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The Gunnison Sage-grouse, a species found only in southwestern Colorado and southeastern Utah, is a candidate for listing under the Endangered Species Act.
The USGS and collaborators are developing habitat models for this species as a whole, and habitat models for brooding and wintering life stages. Genetic samples from Gunnison Sage-grouse at all leks across the Gunnison Basin are being collected to identify very local populations or groups and to evaluate connectivity among them. The population information will be integrated with seasonal habitat models to identify what habitat characteristics are essential for each life-stage, and to evaluate what types of land uses and other disturbances influence connectivity.
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