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2008 Sage-Grouse Lek Visits (Aerial and Ground)

2008 Sage-Grouse Lek Visits (Aerial and Ground). Number of Leks. Number of Visits. Protocol Clarification. Surveys To identify new sage-grouse leks and determine whether known leks are active. Counts To document actual number of males observed at a lek. Protocol Clarification.

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2008 Sage-Grouse Lek Visits (Aerial and Ground)

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  1. 2008 Sage-Grouse Lek Visits (Aerial and Ground) Number of Leks Number of Visits

  2. Protocol Clarification • Surveys • To identify new sage-grouse leks and determine whether known leks are active • Counts • To document actual number of males observed at a lek

  3. Protocol Clarification • Surveys • Can be conducted from the ground or from aircraft • Should be conducted at least three times 7-10 days apart • Activity of known leks can be confirmed by only one visit • Inactivity of known leks must be verified on the ground

  4. Protocol Clarification • Counts • Must be conducted from the ground • Should be conducted at least three times 7-10 days apart

  5. COA Clarification • COAs require that surveys be conducted to verify activity • WGFD requires that counts be conducted in order to be used in the lek count database

  6. Reducing Lek Visitations • Reduce or eliminate the use of flights to survey known leks • Use flights to survey only for new leks

  7. Number of Visits in 2008 by Type Number of Visits Type of Visit

  8. Reducing Lek Visitations • Eliminate requirement for surveying 2 mile buffers around adjacent PODs

  9. Reducing Lek Visitations A B

  10. Reducing Lek Visitations • ISSUE: Must resolve when a lek is outside of POD boundaries but within 2 miles of more than one POD A B 63 leks where this is the case

  11. Reducing Lek Visitations • ISSUE: Must resolve when a lek is inside of more than one POD boundary B A 22 leks where this is the case

  12. Reducing Lek Visitations • ISSUE: Must resolve how to handle surveys around PODs that have not yet been submitted

  13. Reducing Lek Visitations • Goal for consultants & industry: • Create a list of leks and the parties responsible for checking them prior to survey/count season • BLM agrees to: • Lift the 2-mile survey buffer requirement • Make available on our website the daily status of lek surveys & counts throughout the season

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