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Greater sage-grouse have experienced population declines across their range and the species has been subjected to multiple reviews under the Endangered Species Act.� Approximately 38 percent of the range-wide population occupies Wyoming. Greater sage-grouse is classified as a�Species of Greatest Conservation Need�in Wyoming.� Since 2000, two statewide and eight local citizen-based working groups have developed conservation plans and advised state policy. �The first statewide working group was formed in 2000 to develop a plan for the conservation of sage-grouse in Wyoming. This plan was formally adopted by the state in 2003.� Implementation of the plan established eight local sage-grouse working groups charged with developing and facilitating implementation of local sage-grouse conservation plans.� Plans were completed for all eight local planning areas in 2007 and 2008 and updated in 2014. The local working groups have implemented their plans by allocating over $6 million in legislative funding to conduct conservation projects across the state from 2005-2017.� In 2007, then Wyoming governor Dave Freudenthal appointed a statewide Sage-grouse Implementation Team. This team was codified by the Wyoming legislature in 2015 and advises current governor Matt Mead on issues related to the Wyoming Greater Sage-Grouse Core Area Protection Policy. This policy, established via Executive Order, provides a statewide mechanism to reduce human disturbance in areas with large greater sage-grouse populations. Federal land management agencies have incorporated most aspects of the Core Area Policy into their land use planning decisions. �Sage-Grouse have been the subject of much research since the mid-1990s in Wyoming, often with the funding support of both the local working groups and the Sage-grouse Implementation Team. Results of this research have informed local plans and the statewide Core Area Policy.