The key to sage grouse management is habitat.
Food needs change seasonally, but sagebrush leaves are consumed throughout the year.
Figure 1 . The goal of the plan is to double the current Idaho sage grouse population within the next 10 years. One objective of the plan is to form local working groups to develop area-specific management programs to maintain, improve or restore local sage grouse populations. A working group was formed for the Shoshone Basin area in 1994 prior to the implementation of the Idaho Sage Grouse management plan. Such broad-scale data and map coverage is essential for the assessment of current habitat condition, modeling of habitat improvements, and determination of cumulative effects of current and future management actions.