Description: The 2022 Sage-grouse Habitat Planning Map update incorporates wildfire data and other edits relevant to the 2022 field and fire season. The map extent for sage-grouse key habitat and the potential restoration areas should be considered provisional, but complementary to other mapping efforts such as seasonal habitat models, in which extent and purpose may differ. This dataset also is not synonymous with BLM's land-use plan amendment designated Sage-grouse Habitat Management Areas (Priority, Important and General) as those incorporate additional habitat and sage-grouse population data or models. 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. Beginning in 2015, the NA (Not Applicable) class was also included to track areas that were previously incorrectly identified as habitat but were removed due to vegetation type or terrain (e.g. stands of existing timber on North-facing slopes). A new data set will be developed annually to update the planning map and chart landscape-level changes in sage-grouse habitat over time. Edits may also incorporate refinements discovered through inventory, monitoring and modeling. This data covers all of Idaho and a small area in Nevada that is managed by BLM Idaho. Intended scale of use is 1:100,000.
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Copyright Text: Bureau of Land Management Idaho State Office