Sage-grouse Conservation Forecasting for Barrick's Bank Study Area and Deep South Expanstion Project Plan of Operations Study Areas
This is the Report and Appendices for sage-grouse conservation forecasting for Barrick Gold Corporation's Bank study area and Deep South Expansion Project Plan of Operations study areas in Nevada. The report details the methodological steps to create vegetation maps, build spatially defined state-and-transition simulaion models, and estimate habitat gains and losses for Greater Sage Grouse on the study areas.
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Subject Tags
- Land management
- Conservation Planning
- Ecosystem management
Description
Landscape Conservation Forecasting and the Greater sage-grouse (GSG) habitat suitability model were the scientific underpinnings of the Barrick Bank Enabling Agreement (BEA), a mitigation mechanism that seeks to achieve a net conservation gain for GSG while providing increased regulatory certainty for future mining growth. This report details the methodological steps to create vegetation maps, build spatially defined state-and-transition simulation models and their components, and estimate habitat gains and losses for GSG for a specific set of simulations on the Bank and Plan of Operations study areas. Results can be used by the Department of the Interior and Barrick to help achieve BEA objectives. The report can be found at the above right and appendices are here.
Citation
Provencher L, Badik K, Anderson T, Munn L, Cameron M. 2017. Sage-grouse Conservation Forecasting for Barrick's Bank Study Area and Deep South Expansion Projects Plan of Operations Study Area Study Areas. Final report by The Nature Conservancy to Barrick Gold Corp., Elko, NV. Reno: The Nature Conservancy.
TNC Authors
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Louis Provencher
Nevada Director of Science
The Nature Conservancy -
Kevin Badik
Nevada Rangeland Ecologist
The Nature Conservancy
Email: kevin.badik@tnc.org -
Tanya Anderson
Nevada Project Manager
The Nature Conservancy
Email: tanderson@tnc.org -
Liz Munn
Nevada Strategy Director - Public Lands
The Nature Conservancy
Email: liz.munn@tnc.org