Sage-grouse Conservation in the United States: An Update on the Sage Grouse Initiative

September 5, 2022

• •
• •
• •

• Sage-grouse
• WLA Archive

Wild Lands Advocate article by: Ruiping Luo, AWA Conservation Specialist

Click here for a pdf version of the article.

Canada is not the only country with greater sage-grouse. In fact, Canada contains only the northern tip of their range. The majority of their sagebrush habitat lies in the United States, where sage-grouse can be found across 11 states. Current population estimates are at between 200,000 and 400,000, much more than the few hundred found here in Canada, but far fewer than the 16 million estimated to have once roamed the sagebrush lands of western North America.