SAGE GROUSE LOSING HABITAT TO FIRE AS ENDANGERED SPECIES DECISION LOOMS. Post-wildfire stabilization treatment has not aided habitat restoration for the imperiled Great Plains birds.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, 2 April 2014 Contact: Liza Lester (202) 833-8773 x 211; [email protected] Wildfire is the predominant cause of habitat loss in the Great Basin. Reseeding burned land to stabilize soils has not restored sagebrush habitat for the endangered greater sage grouse, according to a report in the journal Ecosphere. The US Fish and Wildlife Service is considering protecting the grouse under the Endangered Species act, which could affect the management of 250,000 square miles of land in the western US. Read the full news release here: http://www.esa.org/esa/?p=11006 Or on Ecotone: http://www.esa.org/esablog/research/sage-grouse-losing-habitat-to-fire-as-endangered-species-decision-looms/ ******** Liza Lester Communications Officer Ecological Society of America Washington, DC (202) 833-8773 ext. 211 Ecotone: news and views on ecological science Tweeting @esa_org
