Greater Sage-Grouse Management Zone Boundaries for Western U.S. and Canada

Preliminary management zone boundaries for Greater and Gunnison sage-grouse across the western United States and Canada. The data was digitized from a hand-drawn figure created by the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (WAFWA) Sage-grouse Conservation Planning Framework Team for a 2015 conservation strategy. The dataset was last updated on the platform in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze the spatial extent and adjacency of sage-grouse management zones using the boundary polygon features.
• Overlay zone boundaries with other land-use or habitat quality geospatial layers for conservation planning.
• Assess regional conservation strategies by examining the digitized zone delineations from the WAFWA framework.

Strengths

• Covers a broad geography including the western United States and Canada.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including KML, GEOJSON, and ArcGIS REST API for flexibility.

Limitations

• Dataset is described as a preliminary version, indicating it may not be final or authoritative.
• Original data source is a hand-drawn figure, which may introduce digitization inaccuracies.

Provenance

Source

Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (WAFWA) Sage-grouse Conservation Planning Framework Team.

Collection Method

Digitized from a hand-drawn figure created for the Greater Sage-grouse Comprehensive Conservation Strategy.

Time Range

2015

Freshness

Platform record updated April 2026, but the underlying data is from a 2015 framework.

Geography

Western United States and Canada.