Pinyon Jays in Grand Staircase-Escalante Map

A blue checkerboard closeup of a pinyon jay abundance map

The Bureau of Land Management is proposing to tear out thousands of acres of pinyon and juniper forests in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. One of the projects has been overturned, but this map shows the risk of the proposed actions to pinyon jays in the monument.

Map of Pinyon Jay abundance in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.

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