Management considerations for sagebrush (Artemisia) in the western United States

"These management considerations for sagebrush were prepared in response to concerns regarding the long-term loss, degradation, and fragmentation of sagebrush vegetation throughout the West and attendant declines in populations of plant and animal species that depend on sagebrush habitats for part or all of their respective life cycles. This document is intended to be a supplemental reference to assist BLM field office staff and managers when authorizing activities that may affect sagebrush communities, and during the revision of land use and activity plans relevant to sagebrush community management. It is not issued as either management direction or agency policy. Instead, it presents a selective summary of current information about the ecology and biology of woody North American sagebrush (Artemisia) taxa and describes how sagebrush plant communities and certain species and sub-species respond to management treatments and disturbances, including fire, livestock grazing and mechanized and chemical restoration practices. The management considerations themselves are recommendations that are more analogous to 'best management practices'"--Page 3.