The deadline for applications is coming up on May 2 to apply for Sage Grouse Action Team grant funds from the Idaho Governor’s Office of Species Conservation (OSC). Funds for successful applications will be available by July 1, 2025.
A number of conservation districts have applied for Sage Grouse Action Team grant funds in the past, including the Butte, Wood River and Bruneau districts, leading to successful conservation projects.
Funding for individual grant projects ranges from $2,000 to $218,000 per year, said Josh Uriarte, project manager for OSC. The agency receives $750,000 in general funds for work on sage grouse that includes restoration, wildfire rehabilitation, surveys, fire equipment and employee time each year, he said.
About $550,000 to $600,000 is available for projects this year, Uriarte said. Fifteen projects were funded last year.
“There is a lot of potential overlap between District goals, landowners’ objectives to improve or protect their range and livestock grazing, and balanced sage grouse habitat management,” said George Hitz, SWC Deputy Director.
For more information, go to the OSC Sage grouse Action Team web page: https://species.idaho.gov/programs/sage-grouse-
actions-team/
or contact
Josh Uriarte at joshua.uriarte@osc.idaho.gov,
208-332-1556.