Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for Gunnison Sage-Grouse

Summary

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, propose to designate critical habitat for the Gunnison sage-grouse (Centrocercus minimus) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). If we finalize this rule as proposed, it would extend the Act's protections to this species' critical habitat. The effect of this regulation is to designate critical habitat for the Gunnison sage-grouse under the Act. In total, approximately 689,675 hectares (ha) (1,704,227 acres (ac)) are being proposed for designation as critical habitat in Chaffee, Delta, Dolores, Gunnison, Hinsdale, Mesa, Montrose, Ouray, Saguache, and San Miguel Counties in Colorado, and in Grand and San Juan Counties in Utah.

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United States Department of the InteriorColorado Department of Wildlife (CDOW)U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (implied via Ecological Services, Northeast Region)Gunnison CountyUnited States Geological Survey (USGS)Soil Conservation Service (now Natural Resources Conservation Service)State of Colorado (Governor's Office)U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps)

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Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS)City of Gunnison (Mayor's Office)Federal RegisterFederal Government (generic reference)Grand Junction Field Office (GJFO)Department of Defense (DoD)Federal agencies (general reference under Section 7)

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Colorado Gunnison County Gunnison Basin Gunnison southwestern Colorado Utah Wyoming Grand Junction

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Montrose County Colorado Plateau Chaffee County Hinsdale County Saguache County Crawford Grand County

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Land Ownership Land Use Zoning Population Growth Energy Efficiency Residential development Land Acquisition Wildlife management Vegetation management

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Vegetation management Special Use Permit Wildfire Management Habitat Protection Habitat Protection Habitat Protection

Species (41)

Callospermophilus lateralis Salix lasiandra var. lasiandra Spermophilus Selasphorus platycercus Artemisia tridentata Artemisia Selasphorus rufus Tamias minimus

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non-native plants invasive plants Canis latrans Vulpes vulpes Taxidea taxus Raptors

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study (19)

Connectivity and habitat patch study (2011) — Knick and Hanser
Holloran and Anderson 2005 (2005) — Holloran and Anderson
Schroeder et al. 2004 (2004) — Schroeder et al.
Presettlement habitat map of Gunnison sage-grouse (2004) — Schroeder et al.
Apa 2004 (2004) — Apa

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Lyon 2000 (2000) — Lyon
Young et al. 2000 (2000) — Young et al.
Connelly et al. 2000a (2000) — Connelly et al.
Commons 1997 (1997) — Commons
Woods and Braun 1995 (1995) — Woods and Braun
Young 1994 (1994) — Young
Klott and Lindzey 1989 (1989) — Klott and Lindzey
Hupp 1987 (1987) — Hupp
Gates 1985 (1985) — Gates
Connelly et al. 1981 (1981) — Connelly et al.

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