Ranchers Make NRCS's Sage Grouse Initiative Successful

Since 2011, Phillips and Valley County ranchers have participated in the Natural Resources Conservation Service’s (NRCS) Sage Grouse Initiative (SGI) as well as implementing other actions both individually and together as a community to improve sage grouse habitat. By doing so, they have made improvements on their ranches, helped out wildlife and contributed to the historic decision by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to not list the Greater Sage-grouse as an endangered species.

Over 1,100 ranchers across the West have voluntarily signed up for the Sage Grouse Initiative and implemented c...