BLM Idaho Sage Grouse Habitat Planning Map 2016

BLM ID Sage Grouse Habitat 2016 is a geospatial dataset from the Department of the Interior containing landscape-scale greater sage-grouse habitat types for Idaho and a small area of Nevada. The 2016 update incorporates wildfire data and other edits from that field season, and the data is intended for use at a 1:100,000 scale. It includes key habitat areas and four restoration potential types, with a new dataset developed annually to track changes.

Use Cases

• General conservation and restoration planning based on mapped key habitat and restoration potential types.
• Tracking landscape-level changes in sage-grouse habitat over time based on the annual update cycle.
• Identifying areas with high restoration potential for perennial grasslands or conifer encroachment.
• Assessing habitat loss or change in areas recently burned (RB type) or removed (NA class).

Strengths

• Data incorporates wildfire and field season edits from 2016, providing a temporal snapshot.
• Includes distinct habitat classification: key habitat and four restoration potential types (R1, R2, R3, RB).
• Covers all of Idaho and a small managed area in Nevada, offering complete state coverage.
• Intended for use at a defined 1:100,000 scale.

Limitations

• Map extent for key habitat and restoration areas is provisional, contingent on final analyses from the national conservation strategy.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data requires additional verification for applications at finer scales than 1:100,000.

Provenance

Source

Department of the Interior

Collection Method

The planning map update incorporates wildfire data and other edits per typical processes used during the past decade, with refinements from inventory, monitoring, and modeling.

Time Range

2016

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-11 16:02:40.516873; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Idaho, USA, and a small area in Nevada managed by Idaho BLM.