In 2009 the North American Grouse Partnership along with it’s conservation partners - Mule Deer Foundation, Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, Pheasants Forever/Quail Forever, American Bird Conservancy, and the Ecosystem Management Research Institute formed the Prairie Grouse Partners (PGP). This coalition was formed to promote the conservation of the four species of prairie grouse and to implement the Grassland Plan for Prairie Grouse, which had just formally been approved by the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies.