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  2. Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

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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]

  3. Sand County Foundation - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Artemisia tridentata - Wikipedia

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    Big sagebrush is a coarse, many-branched, pale-grey shrub with yellow flowers and silvery-grey foliage, which is generally 0.5–3 metres (1 + 1 ⁄ 2 –10 feet) tall. [3] A deep taproot 1–4 m (3 + 1 ⁄ 2 –13 ft) in length, coupled with laterally spreading roots near the surface, allows sagebrush to gather water from both surface precipitation and the water table several meters beneath.

  5. US to spend $9 million to bolster sagebrush ecosystems

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    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 ...

  6. List of ecoregions in the United States (EPA) - Wikipedia

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    The Commission's 1997 report, Ecological Regions of North America, provides a framework that may be used by government agencies, non-governmental organizations, and academic researchers as a basis for risk analysis, resource management, and environmental study of the continent's ecosystems. [1]

  7. Dunes sagebrush lizard now an endangered species - AOL

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    The dunes sagebrush lizard was listed as endangered under the federal Endangered Species Act, per a decision issued May 17 by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

  8. Shrub–steppe - Wikipedia

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    Sagebrush. Shrub-steppe is a type of low-rainfall natural grassland. While arid, shrub-steppes have sufficient moisture to support a cover of perennial grasses or shrubs, a feature which distinguishes them from deserts. The primary ecological processes historically at work in shrub-steppe ecosystems are drought and fire. Shrub-steppe plant ...

  9. Artemisia filifolia - Wikipedia

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    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 .