Douglas Core Area Sage Grouse Habitat​​

Douglas Core Area Restoration Team / Chesapeake Energy – Douglas, WY
The DCA Restoration Team, a collaboration of agency partners, habitat consultants, and university staff - formed to focus on post-fire re-establishment of sagebrush communities across 5000 + acres in the Douglas Core Area. In eastern Wyoming, perennial species recover quickly after wildfire, but sagebrush re-introduction is slow. Thus, the DCA Team awarded Watershed Restoration Group to be the contracting partner to outplant sagebrush in these fire-impacted landscapes. We were originally awarded this contract based on our RFP proposal and then because of our continued quality of work and collaboration, the DCA Team continuesd to contract all habitat revegetation planting efforts for their active 7-year period.

Our primary objective was to maintain the sage-grouse population and the habitat surrounding their leks on private ranch lands in the area. Our efforts have included planting over 100,000 sagebrush seedlings; constructing (and then removal of) 4½-miles of fence exclosures, installing over 35,000 mulch mats, mowing, and maintenance.