Spiva Butte Story

The Chelan-Douglas Land Trust is pleased to share the Spiva Butte story, which is now featured on the Cornell Lab Land Trust Conservation Initiative website. 

Story Snip: 

Why Bird Conservation?

When devastating wildfires swept through Washington in September of 2020, they burned much of the remaining Greater Sage-Grouse and Sharp-tailed Grouse shrubsteppe habitats in the region. Prior to the 2020 fires, Greater Sage-Grouse and Sharp-tailed Grouse occupied only 8% and 3%, respectively, of their historic range within the state of Washington—so the habitat was extremely limited even before the fires.....

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