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The National Greater Sage-Grouse Planning Strategy
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Lek: Swedish for “mating place”
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50 % of sagebrush habitat has been lost since European settlement
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% of the most important remaining sage- grouse habitat is at risk of energy development 44
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% of sage-grouse habitat is subject to grazing, with profound impacts on the ecosystem 91
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% of sagebrush invaded by cheatgrass, which renders habitat virtually worthless to sage-grouse 50
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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) administers approximately half of remaining sagebrush steppe in the American West. Greater sage-grouse range BLM lands
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The BLM partitioned the planning strategy into 15 subparts.
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of the 15 draft plans would require protective 4- mile lek buffers for oil and gas development 1
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of the 15 draft plans would identify and protect sage-grouse winter habitat 0
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% of priority sage-grouse habitat is proposed for special designation 0.1
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