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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Greater sage-grouse research in the Parachute-Piceance-Roan Region of western Colorado. Part I: assessment of greater sage-grouse response to pinyon-juniper removal]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Greater sage-grouse]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[<em>Centrocercus urophasianus</em>]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Parachute-Piceance-Roan (PPR) region]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Wildlife habitat improvement]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Northwestern Colorado]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Large-scale changes to sagebrush habitats throughout western North America have led to growing concern for conservation of greater sage-grouse (<em>Centrocercus urophasianus</em>) and repeated petitions to list the species under the Endangered Species Act. Greater sage-grouse in the Parachute-Piceance-Roan (PPR) region of western Colorado face two major conservation issues: potential impacts from rapidly increasing energy development and a long-term decline in habitat suitability and range contraction associated with pinyon-juniper (PJ) encroachment. In 2006, the Colorado Division of Wildlife (CDOW) and industry partners initiated a 3-year study to obtain baseline data on seasonal habitat use, movements, vital rates, and genetics of greater sage-grouse in the PPR. CDOW has since expanded the original project to include generating high-resolution maps showing concentrated seasonal use areas and assessing the value of PJ removal to restore habitat as mitigation for energy development. Current and proposed energy development overlaps greater sage-grouse occupied range in the PPR. However, industry and agencies need higher-resolution maps showing where sage-grouse occur during each season to streamline development planning and mitigation and guide sage-grouse conservation efforts.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Walker, Brett L.]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Binschus, Chris]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Duvuvuei, Orrin]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Schmitz, Nathan]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:created><![CDATA[2010-02-23]]></dcterms:created>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[<a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-NC/1.0/">No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only</a>]]></dcterms:rights>
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    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[14 pages]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[English]]></dcterms:language>
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