important bird areas
- IBA Program in Montana
- Featured Montana IBAs:
- Species of Special Concern
greater sage-grouse ibas
2008. We have identified and approved five new Important Bird Areas that focus on Greater Sage-Grouse and sagebrush-shrub steppe lands. For details of the nomination process and criteria used, download our report HERE >>
You can download a pdf map of each of these IBAS or link to the site description here;
- Beaverhead Sage-steppe map (761 KB)
Beaverhead site description - Bridger Sage-steppe (634 KB)
Bridger site description - Glaciated Prairie Sage-steppe (535 KB)
Glaciated Priaire site description
- Powder/Carter sage-steppe (518 KB)
Powder/Carter - Mussellshell Sage-steppe (735 KB)
Mussellshell site description
Download the shape file for these five IBAs here: Sagezip
Our key sagebrush-shrubsteppe areas are very similar to the "Core Areas" determined by Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks. You can download their Core Area Boundaries here: corezip
For more about the sagebrush-shrubsteppe habitat see the ISSUES - SAGE section of our website HERE >>
For information contact: Amy Cilimburg, Director of Bird Conservation, 406-465-1141