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NRCS developed the Sage-grouse Initiative to help private landowners voluntarily conserve sage-grouse populations and habitat on their working lands.  In Idaho, NRCS identified potential threats to sage-grouse and their habitat and determined specific conservation practices to reduce those threats.  Technical and financial assistance through EQIP and WHIP is available for implementing the specific practices.

The ultimate goal of the Initiative is to help ensure sustainable use of good sagebrush habitat by both ranchers and wildlife such as the sage-grouse.

To alleviate threats that are within the control of the rancher, NRCS Idaho will be working with private landowners to implement these practices:

  • Removing fences or marking fences to make them more visible - NRCS Practices - Fence (382) or Obstruction Removal (500), Biology Tech Note 3.
     
  • Installing perch deterrents on fences or other perching structures - NRCS Practice - Fence (382).
     
  • Grazing strategies that sustain range conditions and increased residual cover for nesting - NRCS Practices - Upland Wildlife Habitat (645), Prescribed Grazing (528), Fence (382), and Watering Facility (614).
     
  • Management strategies that treat noxious weeds/invasive species - NRCS Practice - Herbaceous Weed Control (315).
     
  • Increasing native plant species diversity, removing encroaching juniper, reducing wildfire risk - NRCS Practices - Brush Management (314), Riparian Herbaceous Cover (390), Prescribed Grazing (528), Range Planting (550), Restoration and Management of Rare and Declining Habitat (643), Firebreak (394), and Critical Area Planting (342).
     
  • Installing wildlife escape ramps into existing stock water tanks - NRCS Practice - Watering Facility (614).
  • For more information call Steve Thompson, NRCS at 208-934-8481 extension 114 or email him stephen.thompson@id.usda.gov
  • for more extensive details on the web visit the NRCS online at http://www.id.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/sage_grouse/index.html

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    Camas Soil Conservation District meeting are open to the public and are held the third Tuesday of each month at 5pm at the District office located at 403 Soldier Road in Fairfield,  Idaho.