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The Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) is a Nevada state agency that focuses on the preservation and management of Nevada’s natural, cultural, and recreational resources. [1] The current director is James Settelmeyer. [2] The agency is headquartered in Carson City, Nevada. [3]
The Sagebrush Sea, also called the sagebrush steppe, is an ecosystem of the Great Basin that is primarily centered on the 27 species of sagebrush that grow from sea level to about 12,000 feet. This ecosystem is home to hundreds of species of both fauna and flora.
Artemisia filifolia, known by common names including sand sagebrush, sand sage and sandhill sage, is a species of flowering plant in the aster family. [2] It is native to North America , where it occurs from Nevada east to South Dakota and from there south to Arizona , Chihuahua , and Texas .
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland on Thursday announced $9 million for 40 projects in Idaho and seven other Western states for sagebrush ecosystems to combat invasive species and wildfire, reduce the ...
The restoration project removed dams to restore the flow of the river. [17] [full citation needed] [18] The Cooperative Sagebrush Initiative began in 2006 and concluded in 2013. [19] The project united western land users to conserve and restore the sagebrush ecosystem across portions of 11 western states.
Major threats to the ecosystem include overgrazing, fires, invasion by nonnative species, development (since much of it is at lower elevations), conversion to cropland, and energy development. Less than 50% of the state of Washington's historic shrub-steppe remains; [ 2 ] according to some estimates, only 12 to 15% remains.
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