The USDA-NRCS Working Lands for Wildlife and the Intermountain West Joint Venture are proud to announce the launch of ConiferEncroachment.com—a new educational website designed to empower land managers with proven strategies to tackle one of the most pressing threats to sagebrush rangelands: conifer encroachment.

Driven by the latest science and shaped by on-the-ground experience, the Conifer Encroachment Education Project provides practical, management-focused resources to help land managers defend and restore core sagebrush areas.

According to the Sagebrush Conservation Design, conifer encroachment is the second-leading cause of sagebrush loss across the American West, where each year 350,000 acres of high-quality sagebrush range are overtaken by encroaching trees like pinyon pine, juniper, Douglas fir, and ponderosa pine.