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Project to map Greater Sage Grouse begins

RBC I Associated Governments of Northwest Colorado (AGNC), Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW), Olsson and Associates and project funding partners came together in Rifle on Monday to launch the AGNC Greater Sage Grouse Habitat Mapping Project.

AGNC was awarded a $380,000 grant from the Colorado Department of Local Affairs (DOLA) in late 2015 for the purpose of engaging in local scale mapping of the Greater Sage Grouse in Northwest Colorado. The CPW, seven counties in…