Wikipedia:Sagebrush Cooperative

The Sagebrush Cooperative is an environmental organization based in southeastern Oregon and adjacent portions of Idaho and Nevada involving land managers, owners, and interest groups with the goal of improved management and conservation of shrub steppe systems.

What does the cooperative do?

 * Works to identify strategies and priorities for successful conservation of sagebrush steppe at a regional scale.
 * Shares information:
 * Habitat and wildlife monitoring data;
 * Best management practices;
 * Monitoring methods;
 * Analytical tools;
 * Current scientific developments.
 * Develops and distributes analytical tools.
 * Identifies gaps in available information in order to direct research and funding.
 * Helps find funding for projects.
 * Put projects in larger context to be more effective regionally.
 * Coordinates efforts of related organizations.

Members

 * Bureau of Land Management
 * Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center OSU/USDA ARS
 * Natural Resources Conservation Service
 * Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
 * Oregon Habitat Joint Venture
 * Oregon Sage Grouse Conservation Planning Team
 * Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board
 * PRBO Conservation Science
 * The Nature Conservancy
 * United States Fish and Wildlife Service
 * United States Forest Service
 * Cooperative Weed Management Areas
 * Several private ranches
 * Soil and Water Conservation Districts
 * Watershed Councils

Idaho Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy Focal Areas

 * 510: Owyhee Mountains
 * 514: Oywhee Canyonlands
 * MCK-1: Bruneau Escarpment

Nevada Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy Preliminary Focal Areas

 * 33: Sheldon NWR
 * 34: Montana Mountains
 * 35: Santa Rosa Range
 * 36: Owyhee Desert

Oregon Conservation Strategy Conservation Opportunity Areas

 * NBR-01: Squaw Ridge area playas and sagebrush
 * NBR-03: Lake Albert - Honey Creek
 * NBR-05: Hart Mountain area
 * NBR-06: Basque Hills - Hawk Mountain area plains
 * NBR-09: Steens Mountain - Alvord Basin
 * NBR-10: Malheur River area
 * NBR-11: Trout Creek Mountains
 * NBR-12: Saddle Butte
 * NBR-13: Middle Owyhee River area
 * NBR-14: Upper Owyhee
 * BM-01: Deschutes River area
 * BM-03: Lower John Day River area
 * BM-05: Picture John Day River area
 * BM-06: South Fork Crooked River area
 * BM-13: Middle Fork John Day River
 * BM-14: Logan Valley
 * BM-15: North Fork Malheur/Monument Rock area
 * BM-16: Bully Creek area
 * BM-20: Burnt River
 * CP-03: Lower Deschutes River
 * CP-05: Lower John Day
 * CP-06: Boardman area
 * CP-07: Lower Umatilla