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Beneficial Management Practices for Saskatchewan Species at Risk: Greater Sage-grouse Endangered. Long black & white tail with pointy tips Black patch on belly White band on black throat Large ruff of white feathers on chest Yellow combs above eyes. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Beneficial Management Practices for Saskatchewan
Species at Risk:
Greater Sage-grouse Endangered
• Long black & white tail with pointy tips
• Black patch on belly
• White band on black throat
• Large ruff of white feathers on chest
• Yellow combs above eyes
• Found in warm, dry grasslands where sagebrush, particularly where Silver Sagebrush is present
• Restricted to sagebrush community due to attributes that meet needs throughout life cycle
• Feeds on soft vegetation such as sagebrush, flowering plants and insects
• Located in the SW corner of the province where sagebrush communities exist
• Status: Endangered
• Declined due habitat loss, degradation and fragmentation, increased predation, West Nile virus and genetic inbreeding
• 186-276 birds in Saskatchewan
Beneficial Management Practices
Habitat Size
• Retain all remaining natural prairie within a 5 to 10 km radius around a Greater Sage-grouse lek
Grazing
• Avoid early spring livestock use of sage grouse habitat
• Graze lightly and periodically in the early spring or late dormant season
• Avoid concentrated grazing or supplemental feeding in sagebrush communities in the winter
Grazing (cont’d)
• Limit sheep utilization of sage grouse habitat
• Avoid water developments that disrupt the natural flow of water to low-lying moist areas or function of riparian vegetation
• Install escape ramps in existing steep sided water troughs and dugouts
Grazing (cont’d)
• Avoid installing fences within sage grouse habitat where fences did not previously exist
• When rebuilding existing fences, make at least the top 2 wires smooth rather than barbed
Woody Vegetation
• Do not plant trees or shrubs on native grasslands within 5 to 10 km of a lek
• Remove man-made structures from native or tame grassland that serve as roosts for avian predators
• Avoid removal or reduction of woody shrubs (i.e. Silver Sagebrush) by any method within 5 to 10 km of a lek
Roads
• Restrict traffic on roads within 3 km of a sage grouse lek during breeding & nesting
• Restrict traffic speed on roads to 10km of a sage grouse lek
• Encourage resource developers to minimize construction of new roads and trails within 3 km of sage grouse lek
Ecotourism & Off Highway Vehicle Use
• Avoid ecotourism activities and using all terrain vehicles and in sage grouse habitat during breeding and nesting period