The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is poised to propose a listing decision for the Greater Sage Grouse under the Endangered Species Act by 2015. Eleven states are host to habitat for the species, and the FWS has indicated its intent to make a single range-wide listing decision, rather than a state-specific determination. Federal, state, local, and private entities have become actively involved in activities to conserve GSG habitat in an effort to avert a listing. The Colorado Package was assembled by the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) in conjunction with relevant county, state, federal, and private entities. For each strategy enumerated in the 2008 Conservation Plan, DNR compiled information from those stakeholders.
