Sage-Grouse Habitat Restoration through Wild Horse Management
Funding Year | Amount | Location |
FY23 | $150,000 | Mono Basin, California |
Project Description
This project will address impacts to meadow habitats that bi-state sage-grouse rely on within the Mono Basin. Currently, there are over 400 wild horses that are well outside their designated wild horse territory, and the current wild horse population is over 400 animals above the appropriate management level. This effort will gather excess animals outside the territory and remove them from federal lands to reduce negative impacts to approximately 300 square miles of sagebrush sagebrush
The western United States’ sagebrush country encompasses over 175 million acres of public and private lands. The sagebrush landscape provides many benefits to our rural economies and communities, and it serves as crucial habitat for a diversity of wildlife, including the iconic greater sage-grouse and over 350 other species.
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Partners
Bishop Bureau of Land Management, Carson City Bureau of Land Management, Inyo National Forest, Humboldt Toiyabe National Forest
