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The Institute for Wildlife Protection petitioned the agency to list "eastern age-groups" as endangered. endan-gered. The Service's 90-day finding find-ing on the petition was delivered to the Federal Register on Jan. 2, 2004, as part of a settlement agreement. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decided not to list the "eastern" sage grouse as an endangered species. This decision is similar to a conclusion con-clusion announced by the service last year involving the "western sage-grouse." Though "western sage-grouse" were described as early as 1946, biologists since then have questioned ques-tioned the validity of separating eastern and western subspecies. A genetics study conducted on the two subspecies indicates there is no difference between them. 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Concern about long-term declines in sage-grouse populations popula-tions has prompted western state fish and wildlife agencies and Federal agencies such as the Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to form a cooperative cooper-ative partnership aimed at conserving conserv-ing and managing sagebrush habitat habi-tat for the benefit of sage-grouse and other sagebrush dependent species. "We will continue to work with federal and state agencies as well as private organizations to conserve con-serve the greater sage-grouse and its habitat through voluntary partnerships part-nerships on both public and private lands," said Morgenweck. Since 2001, the Service has provided pro-vided Utah with $2.4 million and Washington with $730,000 for the restoration of sagebrush habitat. Through its Landowner Incentive Program, the service also provided $1.4 million to Montana to improve the management of sagebrush sage-brush habitat on private lands. Over the past five years, the Bureau of Land Management has worked with several western states on cooperative sage-grouse conservation conser-vation projects and has established partnerships with communities throughout the West to conserve and restore sage-grouse habitat. These efforts are designed to head off continued loss of America's important sagebrush ecosystems, which support hundreds of plant and animal species, including sage-grouse. sage-grouse. About one half of the sagebrush habitat in the United States is on land administered by the Bureau of Land Management. BLM will spend $1,235 million this year on a variety of projects to map and monitor sage-grouse populations and habitat, develop cooperative conservation projects to conserve these game birds, and work with state and federal partners on other conservation planning initiatives. The largest of the native grouse, sage-grouse are ground-nesting birds. Adult males can reach lengths of up to 30 inches and weigh up to seven pounds. They also have commonly been called sage fowl, spine-tailed grouse, fool hen, cock-of-the-plains and sage chicken. Sage-grouse depend on sagebrush most of the year for roosting cover and food, relying on it almost entirely for food in the winter. During the spring breeding season, the males defend territory and perform elaborate displays with specialized plumage and vocalizations to attract females. The Endangered Species Act requires to the extent possible that within 90 days of receiving a petition, peti-tion, the Service determine whether the petition contains sufficient suffi-cient biological information to indicate that further review of the species' status is warranted. This is known as a 90-day finding. It is the first step in the process of determining deter-mining whether a species should be listed as threatened or endangered. endan-gered. If the Service issues a negative nega-tive 90-day finding, as it has on the petition to list the eastern and western subpopualtions of sage-grouse, sage-grouse, then no further review occurs. If the Service issues a positive posi-tive 90-day finding, the Service begins a nine-month review to determine whether the species in question should be listed. The 12 month finding may conclude that such a listing either is "not warranted," war-ranted," "warranted but precluded" by higher priority listing actions or "warranted." If, after the initial 12-month review, the Service believes the species is threatened or endangered (and listing is not precluded by higher priority species the Service would propose to list the species. Public comment would be sought and considered. The proposal would be peer reviewed by independent inde-pendent scientists before a final decision would be made. i |