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Mar 27, 2023

Welcome to 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.

Learn more about sagebrush country, where the locals are looking for love. They've got their profiles uploaded, but are they ready to match?

Brittany the Black-tailed Jackrabbit

brown rabbit crouched down on some sand

Mimi the Medusahead

close up of a greenish yellow grass with seed heads on the tip and long strands surrounding the seeds

Chuck the Cheatgrass

close up of a brownish-green head of grass that has seeds growing in long strands

Bart the American Badger

badger laying down above a ground cavity

Frank the Sagebrush Cicada

cicada (yellow-rimmed black long bug with translucent wings) sitting on a dry white branch

Captain Sparkles the Meadowhawk Dragonfly

dragonfly (long bug with 2 long wings on either side of its abdomen) sitting on sagebrush (yellowish, brushy plant)

Billy the Long-billed Curlew

long billed curlew (bird with long curved beak and greyish body) flying

Sunny the Rabbitbrush

Yellow, elongated flowers with a green base

Pearce the Pronghorn

pronghorn (brown and white hoofed mammal with curved horns)

Todd the Ferruginous Hawk

brown hawk with its black-tipped beak wide open sitting on wood

Shayne the Short-eared Owl

Mottled owl with bright yellow eye holds dead rodent in its beak and is surrounded by snow

Pearl the Bighorn Sheep

white sheep with smallish horns

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Over 350 species rely on sagebrush for food and shelter across 11 western states. This story highlights some of those species and is part of a collaborative social media campaign which ran from March 20-31, 2023. For more profiles (including those from other partners), search #SwipeSagebrush or #SagebrushCountry on Instagram.

Check out our Sagebrush Conservation Web Page to learn more about our work in sagebrush, including how funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is benefitting these efforts.

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Published

Mar 27, 2023

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