Federal alternative of Governor C.L. "Butch" Otter for greater sage-grouse management in Idaho. September 5, 2012, Version

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As Governor of the State of Idaho, I hereby submit to the U.S. Secretary of the Interior and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture (collectively, “the Secretary”) the State of Idaho’s Alternative (“Idaho’s Alternative”) for incorporation into the National Greater Sage-Grouse Land Use Planning Strategy (“Strategy”) of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”) and U.S. Forest Service (“USFS”) (see BLM/USFS 2012). The Strategy aims to incorporate objectives, desired habitat conditions and management actions into land use plans for Federal lands – for the BLM, the Resource Management Plans (“RMPs”) required by the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (“FLPMA”) and for the USFS, the land management plans (“LMPs”) required by the National Forest Management Act (“NFMA”)—by September 30, 2014. The ultimate outcome for the Strategy is to conserve the Greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) (“sagegrouse”) and its habitat and potentially avoid a listing under the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”) (see BLM 2011a).

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SWAP (2/19/2016) citation (but with repetition and capitalization removed):
Otter CL. 2012. Federal alternative of Governor C.L. "Butch" Otter for greater sage-grouse management in Idaho. Version September 5, 2012. Boise (ID): State of Idaho