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    Sagebrush Steppe - National Wildlife Federation

    Sagebrush steppe is a widespread but fragile ecosystem in western North America, home to many wildlife species and important for water and ranching. Learn how climate change, drought, and invasive species are threatening this habitat and what can be done to conserve it.

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    The headwaters of several great river systems—the Columbia, Colorado, and Missouri—originate in sagebrush steppe and provide important ecological services such as retaining nutrients and sediments, and capturing scarce snow and rainfall which flow downstream to provide critical water needs for agriculture and cities. Sagebrush steppe is important t...

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    Nearly 60 percent of all sagebrush habitats could be lost if climate change pollution continues on a path of "business as usual," with carbon dioxide concentrations reaching double historic levels. The combination of climate change with other human-associated impacts, such as overgrazing, make these areas especially vulnerable. More severe droughts...

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    Maintenance of grazing land productivity for both wildlife and livestock as the climate warms will necessitate range-wide programs to limit the spread of cheat grass and other harmful invasive species, and to restore already degraded areas so that they have greater resilience to climate change. Erosion control measures will likely become necessary ...

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    How is climate change affecting sagebrush steppe and grassland habitat? The National Wildlife Federation teamed with Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife to assess the impacts of climate change to these important areas. Compiling research from the scientific literature, we found that higher temperatures, drier summers, and other impacts...

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