Year Published:
Cataloging Information
Topic(s):
Fire Ecology
Fire Effects
Ecological - Second Order
Wildlife
Fire & Wildlife
Birds
Sage-grouse
Fire Effects
Ecological - Second Order
Wildlife
Fire & Wildlife
Birds
Sage-grouse
Ecosystem(s):
Sagebrush steppe
NRFSN number: 12135
FRAMES RCS number: 15021
Record updated:
1) Conservation partners across 11 western states are rallying in unprecedented fashion to reduce threats to sage-grouse and the sagebrush ecosystem they occupy. 2) Improvements made in the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) wildfire policy are a tremendous step forward but the 2012 wildfire season is a harsh reminder that more action is needed to improve our effectiveness in reducing impacts to sage-grouse. 3) Challenges and opportunities presented here are intended to heighten awareness of the wildfire issue and to further accelerate a mutually agreed upon, spatially explicit path forward, so that all partners can quickly engage in its implementation.
Citation
Murphy, Tim; Naugle, David E.; Eardley, Randall; Maestas, Jeremy D.; Griffiths, Tim; Pellant, Michael L.; Stiver, San J. 2013. Trial by fire. Rangelands. 35(3): 2-10.