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The nation's thirst for oil and gas will have a profound impact on the sagebrush landscapes of the Interior West. From Otero Mesa in New Mexico to the Powder River Basin in Montana, the number, extent, and potential cumulative impacts of federal oil and gas leases could seriously degrade sagebrush ecosystems and gravely threaten wildlife species dependent on sagebrush habitat, especially the emblematic greater sage grouse.
In response, a broad coalition of hunting, fishing and conservation organizations, and an increasing number of state wildlife agencies have mounted a concerted effort to protect vulnerable wildlife and irreplaceable wildlife habitat. With our support:
- University of Montana researcher Dave Naugle is documenting the adverse impacts of oil and gas development on sage grouse populations in the Powder River Basin of Montana and Wyoming.
- The Nature Conservancy of Wyoming is developing a predictive model of the potential scope and scale of development impacts across sage brush landscapes in Montana Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, and North and South Dakota.
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