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Twin Falls District Sagebrush Restoration

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Start Date
2009
End Date
2014

Summary

Background information. The Twin Falls District of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has experienced an incredible increase in large-scale fires that have completely altered the fire regime across the landscape. These areas were historically a Wyoming sagebrush steppe ecosystem, but are now dominated by large areas of grasses devoid of a shrub component. This vegetation change has resulted in significant loss of sage-grouse habitat and has altered the fire return interval so the area now burns every few years rather than the historic 50- to 75- year interval (Barret and others, 2010). In response to these landscape changes, the BLM has partnered with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game (DFG) in an effort to grow and plant sagebrush [...]

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“Sagebrush Seedlings Growing in a Nursery Greenhouse”
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typeRestoration Type
valueSagebrush restoration
typeTotal Project Expenditures (2014 dollars)
value$1,475,000
typeJob-Years
value33.9 (23.0 per $1M)
typeLabor Income (2014 dollars)
value$1,808,000 ($1.2M per $1M)
typeValue Added (2014 dollars)
value$2,008,000 ($1.4M per $1M)
typeEconomic Output (2014 dollars)
value$3,772,000 ($2.6M per $1M)
typePercent of Expenditures Spent Locally
value54%
typeLocal Project Expenditures (2014 dollars)
value$792,000
typeLocal Job-Years
value19.1
typeLocal Labor Income (2014 dollars)
value$660,000
typeLocal Value Added (2014 dollars)
value$543,000
typeLocal Economic Output (2014 dollars)
value$1,172,000
typeEconomy Extent
valueWestern States Economic Impacts

Sagebrush Seedlings Growing in a Nursery Greenhouse
Sagebrush Seedlings Growing in a Nursery Greenhouse

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