Invasives and Rangeland Wildfires: What We Want To Do About It
“Fire and Invasives is the paramount conservation issue facing the West. We are losing the sagebrush ecosystem. With science, collaboration and funding there is still hope.”
Sagebrush rangelands once covered nearly 250 million acres in western North America.
Today, this landscape has been reduced to half its original size and is rapidly shrinking.
Fire is a primary culprit for this demise and it is fueled by annual invasive grasses.
The following fact sheet is a product of the Intermountain West Joint Venture Sagebrush Conservation Committee and Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies Sagebrush Executive Oversight Committee. This document frames up this huge conservation challenge and the action we see as necessary to combat the growing threat.
