@article {JRN54395,
	title = {Sage-grouse habitat assessment framework: multi-scale habitat assessment tool},
	volume = {Technical Reference 6710-1},
	year = {2015},
	publisher = {Bureau of Land Management and Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies},
	abstract = {<p>This document provides policymakers, resource managers, and specialists with a comprehensive framework for assessing sage-grouse habitat in the sagebrush ecosystem.\&nbsp; Four pillars form the foundation for the success of this approach:\&nbsp; science, effective conservation policy, implementation, and adaptive management.\&nbsp; Recent landscape evaluations indicate that conservation of sagebrush ecosystems has not been realized because large-scale mapping was not available to inform site-scale management actions.\&nbsp; Advances in landscape ecology enable conservation planners to develop spatially explicit decision support tools that link populations with habitats for effective conservation planning, implementation, and evaluation at landscape scales.\&nbsp; A shift from local to landscape conservation will empower decision makers to maximize the likelihood of achieving conservation by implementing site-scale actions within priority landscapes.\&nbsp; Standardized methodologies provide consistency in terminology and techniques for site-scale assessments.</p>
},
	author = {Silver, S.J. and Rinkes, E. Thomas and David Nauble and Makela, Paul and Nance, Danelle and Jason W. Karl}
}
