Idaho Sage-Grouse Habitat and Restoration Areas, 2017 Planning Map

2017 habitat planning data for greater sage-grouse in Idaho incorporates wildfire and field season edits from that year. The dataset from the Department of the Interior delineates key habitat areas and four restoration types based on vegetation and fire history. It covers all of Idaho and a small part of Nevada managed by Idaho BLM, intended for use at a 1:100,000 scale.

Use Cases

• General conservation planning based on landscape-scale habitat types.
• Identifying areas for habitat restoration based on the four defined restoration categories (R1, R2, R3, RB).
• Tracking changes in sage-grouse habitat over time by comparing annual map updates.
• Assessing the impact of wildfires on habitat, as recent burns (RB class) are tracked.

Strengths

• Explicitly incorporates 2017 wildfire and field season data into the habitat model.
• Delineates four specific habitat restoration types with defined criteria.
• Intended for use at a standardized 1:100,000 scale.
• Part of an annual update process to track landscape-level changes over time.

Limitations

• Map extent for key habitat is provisional, contingent on final analyses from the national conservation strategy.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Department of the Interior

Collection Method

Planning map update incorporating wildfire data, field season edits, and removal of non-habitat areas like highways and water bodies.

Time Range

2017

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-14 16:45:04.750689; freshness should be verified.

Geography

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