The U.S. Department of Interior has declined to list a greater sage grouse population in California and Nevada as threatened under the U.S. Endangered Species Act due to a multi-organizational conservation effort aimed at preserving and increasing the population.  The partnership between the two states, who worked with local and federal agencies, tribes, and private landowners, has resulted in a conservation plan that allows for sustainable economic develop while protecting habitat for the bi-state sage grouse in the Mono Basin.  

While the bi-state population will not be listed, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is still considering listing the western population of greater sage grouse currently found in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, Colorado, North Dakota and South Dakota.  Those states are hoping that the bi-state conservation effort can serve as a model for the larger sage grouse population.

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