Focal species assessment
In 2011, the National Audubon Society helped to broker an important conservation win in Wyoming. In order to prevent the listing of the Greater Sage-Grouse by the Endangered Species Act, which would be costly to the state and to industry, the state agreed to protect millions of acres of Greater Sage-Grouse habitat. Following on the heels of this win, CEA conducted a systematic, analytically rigorous, countrywide mapping of energy development trends, threatened birds, and political context to identify potential focal species that could generate comparable conservation wins.