- Anticipated Meeting Schedule for 2008: TBA
- Chair: Boyd White
- Co-Chair: Allen Mitchell
WDARM Sage-grouse Conservation Plan
A note about the WDARM plan:. This is an adaptive plan, it will be reviewed annually and therefore is likely to be amended, changed, updated, and reported upon but it will not be ignored and just put on the shelf as a monumental accomplishment of those involved.
Sage-grouse Conservation Plan
Reports and Publications
- Thesis by Jason D. Robinson (2007) Ecology of Two Geographically Distinct Greater Sage-Grouse Populations Inhabiting Utah's West Desert. Utah State University.
- 2006-7 Accomplishment Report; West Desert Section
Minutes:
- Progress Report: Deep Creek Watershed Pygmy Rabbit Project 2006
- October 06, 2006
- July 21, 2006
- June 12, 2006
- April 28, 2006
- March 29, 2006
- February 15, 2006
- January 18, 2006
- December 16, 2005
- August 19, 2005
- June 8, 2005
- April 15, 2005
Utah State University, Department of Forest, Range and Wildlife Resources initiated a research project in 2005 to determine the factors affecting Greater Sage-grouse habitat use patterns and populations in the West Desert Local Working Group Resource Area. This information will be used by the LWG to identify and implement management actions to benefit sage-grouse and the local communities. The objectives of this project are:
1. To determine Greater Sage-grouse breeding, brood-rearing, and wintering habitat.
2. To determine Greater Sage-grouse hen nesting success and cause of adult and chick mortality.
3. To determine the relationship between spring grazing and Greater Sage-grouse habitat use patterns.
4. To determine the effects of Mormon cricket control and the use of insecticides (DIMILIN® 25W and Carbaryl) on invertebrate populations.
In 2005, a graduate student, Jason Robinson, began capturing sage-grouse hens in the Vernon and Ibapah areas. Captured hens were fitted with radio-collars and will be monitored throughout the next two years to address the objectives listed above.