Harney soild and water conservation district will work on the oregon all counties candidate conservation agreements with assurances ccaas steering committee partnership, oacsc includes crook,…

Harney soild and water conservation district will work on the oregon all counties candidate conservation agreements with assurances ccaas steering committee partnership, oacsc includes crook, harney, lakeview, and malheur soil and water conservation districts swcds , baker county s powder basin watershed council pbwc , united states fish and wildlife service USFWS , and private landowners our primary goal is to strategically plan and implement conservation treatments on a landscape scale to restore the ecological health of oregon s privately owned sagebrush steppe rangelands and ultimately increase sage grouse populations we conduct our work through the framework of six programmatic ccaas established with USFWS in 2015 under the ccaas, we engage private landowners in voluntary conservation actions in exchange for certain assurances should sagegrouse be listed under the endangered species act ESA after seven years of implementation success, the partnership seeks BIL conservation delivery funds to achieve long term goals outlined in our oregon all counties steering committee strategic action plan SAP, oacsc updated 2021 we will implement actions to 1 reduce wildfire risk 2 treat invasive annual grasses iags noxious weeds and augment understory vegetation 3 address juniper conifer encroachment 4 improve grazing management strategies 5 connect fragmented habitat and 6 enhance mesic habitat