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Sage grouse and cow on grazing land

Detailed Description

Greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) were once widespread within sagebrush -grassland ecosystems of western North America, but populations have declined since the mid-1960s. . Roughly half of the sage-grouse’s remaining habitat is on federal land, most of it managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the U.S. Forest Service (USFS)

Sources/Usage

Public Domain.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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