Garfield County assists BLM decision on sage-grouse
GARFIELD COUNTY, CO –The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has released an approved record of decision (ROD) on amendments to its northwest Colorado greater sage-grouse resource management plan that reflect contributions from Garfield County. The Garfield County Board of County Commissioners, which has served primarily in a cooperating agency role, worked with the BLM in its multiple-use mission to evaluate the policies contained in the development of its 2015 resource management plan for the protection of the sage-grouse in northwest Colorado. The goal of the plan is to provide protections that ensure the species need not be listed under the
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Garfield County supports sage-grouse habitat mapping revisions
GARFIELD COUNTY, CO – Mapping of greater sage-grouse habitat in Colorado has been refined, updated, and supported by the Garfield County Board of County Commissioners. The Associated Governments of Northwest Colorado (AGNC), of which Garfield County is a member, worked with Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) to update and refine habitat mapping in northwest Colorado. The mapping for six separate greater sage-grouse populations in northwest Colorado was updated in this project, including the Parachute-Piceance-Roan (PPR) population. That population is located in central-western Garfield County and southern Rio Blanco County, which are also home to substantial, nationally recognized oil and gas
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