Greater Sage-Grouse Habitat and Restoration Potential in Idaho

Idaho and a small area of Nevada managed by Idaho BLM are covered by this landscape-scale map of greater sage-grouse habitat types. The dataset classifies key habitat areas and four restoration types based on vegetation and recent burns, updated annually to incorporate wildfire data and other edits. It is intended for use at a 1:100,000 scale for general conservation planning, though finer-scale applications require field verification.

Use Cases

• Landscape-scale conservation planning based on mapped key habitat areas.
• Prioritizing restoration projects using classified restoration potential types (R1, R2, R3, RB).
• Tracking annual changes in habitat extent and condition by comparing sequential yearly updates.
• Informing wildfire impact assessments by incorporating recent burn data into habitat classifications.
• General regional habitat modeling using the provisional map of sage-grouse habitat types.

Strengths

• Updated annually to incorporate the latest wildfire data and field season edits, suggesting a commitment to temporal relevance.
• Explicitly defines multiple habitat and restoration classes (Key, R1, R2, R3, RB, NA) based on vegetation and disturbance.
• Cross-platform presence on Data.gov indicates official provenance and importance for public data access.
• Has a defined intended scale of use (1:100,000) for appropriate application.

Limitations

• Map extents for key habitat and restoration areas are provisional, contingent on the outcome of ongoing national strategy analyses.
• Column names and specific row/feature counts are not provided in the available metadata, limiting technical assessment.
• Designed for landscape-scale planning; the description states additional data or field verification is needed for finer-scale applications.

Provenance

Source

Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (likely Idaho offices).

Collection Method

Developed through processes incorporating wildfire data, field edits, inventory, monitoring, and modeling.

Time Range

2017-2018 (specific annual versions), with an annual update cycle.

Freshness

Last updated metadata dates are from 2026, but the core data represents the 2017 and 2018 planning map updates.

Geography

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