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Nevada Private Lands 4 Wildlife: Sagebrush Conservation Activities Nevada Department of Wildlife - Habitat Division

Fire Rehabilitation • 2017 • $2.3 million in funding • Across 43,000 acres • Over 15 NGO partners • 2018 • $1.12 million of seed purchased • 24,000 acres herbicide treatment • NGO funding partners • Working with private landowners : • Approx. $2.9 million for 2018 fire restoration to-date Nevada Department of Wildlife

Pinyon Juniper Expansion Nevada Department of Wildlife

Spring/Meadow Protection: • 7,000 linear feet of pipe rail fencing in Ruby Valley late brooder rearing habitat. • Kinross Gold partnership fencing late brood rearing habitat associated with the Long Valley Slough • Snowstorm Mountains-South Fork Little Humboldt River late brood rearing meadow habitat fencing in collaboration with OroVaca/Hot Spring Ranch . • Divine Spring-Hayes Canyon Range (Washoe County) Nevada Department of Wildlife

Spring/Meadow Protection: Nevada Department of Wildlife

Sagebrush Conservation: NDOW – NBWC NDOW Sagebrush Community Projects Heritage Projects 1998-2018 (67 Projects) $2,650,903 Habitat Conservation Projects 2015-19 (53 Projects) $1,685,706 Upland Game Stamp Projects 2015-19 (12 Projects) $251,530 Question 1 Conservation Bond (2008-2018) $3,616,699 Mitigation Funds (2011-2018) $5,750,000 Wildfire Rehabilitation (2001-2018) $10,000,000 $23,954,838 Nevada Department of Wildlife

Sagebrush Steppe Partnerships: Partners for Conservation and Development • Modeled after the Utah Partners Program • Established in 2010 • Collaborative Project Implementation Program • Partnership of 6 State and 6 Federal Agencies • Inclusive of all potential project partners • Pooling of Resources (Personnel, Funds and Equipment) Nevada Department of Wildlife

Nevada Department of Wildlife

Sagebrush Conservation: Sagebrush Steppe Partnerships: Pheasants Forever Partnership MOU • Pheasants Forever/Quail Forever • NDOW • Nevada Department of Agriculture • USFWS Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program • Nevada Department of Conservation & Natural Resources • USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service • USDA Forest Service • BLM Nevada Department of Wildlife

Sagebrush Conservation: SageWest SageWest is a network focused on improving networking and advancing communications around a sagebrush country that is sustainably managed and restored in a balanced and collaborative manner for the benefit of people and wildlife. This forum does not address policy or advocacy. Participants include leadership and communication staff from states agencies, federal agencies, tribal representatives, ranching stakeholders, the energy industry, sportsmen groups, conservation groups, and other relevant non-governmental organizations. 328 100 organizations participants Nevada Department of Wildlife

SageWest Leadership Team Composition Technical Team Oversight Committee WYG&F: Renny MacKay • Private Landowner: Pat O’Toole • WAFWA: San Stiver • NDOW: Tony Wasley • USFWS: Jennifer Strickland • WAFWA: San Stiver • NRCS: Brianna Randall • USFWS: Matt Kales / Brian Salem • USFS: TBD • USFS: Mike Richardson • USGS: Hannah Hamilton / Suzanna • NRCS: Thad Heater / Justin Fritscher • Soileau USGS: Steve Hanser • IWJV: Hannah Nikonow • IWJV: Ali Duvall • Audubon: Daly Edmunds • Audubon: Brian Rutledge / Alison • TBD: BLM and Industry • Holloran Nevada Department of Wildlife

People of the Sage Campaign Nevada Department of Wildlife

Nevada Department of Wildlife

Nevada Department of Wildlife

Upcoming Projects ● Healthy sagebrush = healthy communities - sharing information and resources Lead: Bird Conservancy of the Rockies with IWJV, University of ○ Wyoming, Audubon Rockies, Colorado Natural Heritage Program, Joint Fire Science, American Wind Wildlife Institute, Mule Deer Foundation ● Swipe right for sagebrush: dating app inspired stories featuring lesser- known sagebrush wildlife on social media Lead: Audubon Rockies with Wyoming Game & Fish, NRCS CO, Bird ○ Conservancy of the Rockies, USFWS, National Audubon, Wyoming Migration Initiative, USGS ● Telling stories about Native American connections to sagebrush country Lead: NRCS NV with NRCS CO, NRCS MT, Bi-State Sage Grouse Working ○ Group, University of Wyoming ● Migration Corridors: increasing awareness and storytelling Lead: TNC MT with Wyoming Migration Initiative, Audubon Rockies ○ Nevada Department of Wildlife

Questions? Nevada Department of Wildlife