Private Lands 4 Wildlife:Nevada

Nevada Department of Wildlife - Habitat Division

Sagebrush Conservation Activities

Nevada Department of Wildlife

Fire Rehabilitation• 2017

• $2.3 million in funding• Across 43,000 acres• Over 15 NGO partners

• 2018• $1.12 million of seed purchased• 24,000 acres herbicide treatment• NGO funding partners• Working with private landowners :• Approx. $2.9 million for 2018 fire restoration to-date

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Pinyon Juniper Expansion

Nevada Department of Wildlife

Spring/Meadow Protection:• 7,000 linear feet of pipe rail fencing in Ruby Valley late brooder rearing habitat.• Kinross Gold partnership fencing late brood rearing habitat associated with the Long Valley

Slough• Snowstorm Mountains-South Fork Little Humboldt River late brood rearing meadow habitat

fencing in collaboration with OroVaca/Hot Spring Ranch.• Divine Spring-Hayes Canyon Range (Washoe County)

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Spring/Meadow Protection:

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NDOW – NBWCSagebrush Conservation:

NDOW Sagebrush Community ProjectsHeritage Projects 1998-2018 (67 Projects) $2,650,903

Habitat Conservation Projects 2015-19 (53 Projects) $1,685,706 Upland Game Stamp Projects 2015-19 (12 Projects) $251,530

Question 1 Conservation Bond (2008-2018) $3,616,699Mitigation Funds (2011-2018) $5,750,000

Wildfire Rehabilitation (2001-2018) $10,000,000$23,954,838

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Sagebrush Steppe Partnerships:Partners for Conservation and Development

• Modeled after the Utah Partners Program• Established in 2010• Collaborative Project Implementation Program• Partnership of 6 State and 6 Federal Agencies• Inclusive of all potential project partners• Pooling of Resources (Personnel, Funds and Equipment)

Nevada Department of Wildlife

Nevada Department of Wildlife

Sagebrush Steppe Partnerships:

Pheasants Forever Partnership MOU• Pheasants Forever/Quail Forever• NDOW• Nevada Department of Agriculture• USFWS Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program• Nevada Department of Conservation & Natural Resources• USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service• USDA Forest Service• BLM

Sagebrush Conservation:

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Sagebrush Conservation:

SageWest is a network focused on improving networking and advancingcommunications around a sagebrush country that is sustainably managed and restored in a balanced and collaborative manner for the benefit of people and wildlife. This forum does not address policy or advocacy.

Participants include leadership and communication staff from states agencies,federal agencies, tribal representatives, ranching stakeholders, the energy industry,sportsmen groups, conservation groups, and other relevant non-governmental organizations.

SageWest

328 participants

100 organizations

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SageWest

Technical Team

• WYG&F: Renny MacKay• WAFWA: San Stiver • USFWS: Jennifer Strickland• NRCS: Brianna Randall• USFS: TBD• USGS: Hannah Hamilton / Suzanna

Soileau• IWJV: Hannah Nikonow• Audubon: Daly Edmunds• TBD: BLM and Industry

Oversight Committee

• Private Landowner: Pat O’Toole• NDOW: Tony Wasley• WAFWA: San Stiver • USFWS: Matt Kales / Brian Salem• USFS: Mike Richardson• NRCS: Thad Heater / Justin Fritscher• USGS: Steve Hanser• IWJV: Ali Duvall • Audubon: Brian Rutledge / Alison

Holloran

Leadership Team Composition

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People of the Sage Campaign

Nevada Department of Wildlife

Nevada Department of Wildlife

Nevada Department of Wildlife

● Healthy sagebrush = healthy communities - sharing information and resources○ Lead: Bird Conservancy of the Rockies with IWJV, University of

Wyoming, Audubon Rockies, Colorado Natural Heritage Program, Joint Fire Science, American Wind Wildlife Institute, Mule Deer Foundation

● Swipe right for sagebrush: dating app inspired stories featuring lesser-known sagebrush wildlife on social media○ Lead: Audubon Rockies with Wyoming Game & Fish, NRCS CO, Bird

Conservancy of the Rockies, USFWS, National Audubon, Wyoming Migration Initiative, USGS

● Telling stories about Native American connections to sagebrush country○ Lead: NRCS NV with NRCS CO, NRCS MT, Bi-State Sage Grouse Working

Group, University of Wyoming● Migration Corridors: increasing awareness and storytelling

○ Lead: TNC MT with Wyoming Migration Initiative, Audubon Rockies

Upcoming Projects

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Questions?