This data set contains simple, landscape-scale greater sage-grouse habitat types for Idaho and constitutes a current approximation of sage-grouse habitat in the state. The data can be used for general conservation and restoration planning purposes, but additional data or field verification are needed for applications at finer scales. The habitat types include: (1) key sage-grouse habitat areas and (2) four habitat restoration types: (a) R1 - perennial native and non-native grasslands with high restoration potential; (b) R2 - annual grass dominated areas (either shrubland or grassland) with low restoration potential; (c) R3 - conifer encroachment areas with high restoration potential and (d) RB - areas that have recently burned and the type of habitat that is coming back and its restoration potential has not yet been determined. A new data set will be developed annually to update the planning map and chart landscape-level changes in sage-grouse habitat over time. This data covers all of Idaho and a small area in Nevada that is managed by the Idaho office. Intended scale of use is 1:100,000. This is a dissolved version of a working version kept by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). It was dissolved on the Class, Comment, DataSource and GIS_acres fields to make it easier for the public to use.

Credits: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Idaho State Office, Idaho Department of Fish and Game, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Department of Energy Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Sage-grouse Local Working Groups, and other cooperators/contributors

For more information contact us at blm_id_stateoffice@blm.gov.