jake li: the species is a focus of unprecedented, range-wide conservation efforts, and to prevent itrom enlisted under the u.s. endangered species act within the next three years. for example, the usda's conservation arm has spent over $100 million to conserve the species. rhonda beadell: you need to establish some core habitat zones, and that is the problem with that, is finding the money to do it. we have the nature conservancy and they have rehabilitation projects that would be basically be designed to prevent wildfires, to restore areas that have been burned, and then to protect some areas, especially areas where nothing is really going on there anyway, there's no mining, no grazing, to protect those areas. dr. tamzen stringham: a number one problem we have with these systems is they are surrounded by the pinion and juniper trees that have encroached on sagebrush ecosystems, i believe we could have a large impact on improving habitat weekly by treating the uplands and and removing the trees that surround these wet meadow systems, and reducing the impact predators would have and i