(L to R) U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Oregon state conservationist Ron Alvarado, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, and Oregon Governor Kate Brown announce USDA’s new four-year strategy that will invest approximately $211 million through 2018 in conservation efforts to benefit greater sage grouse habitat in Portland, OR on Aug. 27, 2015.The Sage Grouse Initiative 2.0 will build on successful public and private conservation efforts made since 2010 to improve sage grouse habitat and provide additional assistance for ranchers to make conservation improvements to their land, which mutually benefits the iconic bird and agricultural operations in 11 Western states. USDA photo by Tracy Robillard.
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