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Alison Whittaker

Aug 27, 2024, 4:25:12 PM

Thank you for submitting your completion form on time. 1. Please give some more details in the Completion Form about this project so anyone reading the report can understand the who, what, when, why, how, etc. of the project without needing to read the entire proposal. 2. I see another bullhog/seeding polygon on private and TLA that is not included in the completion report. Thanks to Clint for uploading during and after pics of this project. Please click the "Finalize" button on the completion form to let me know it is ready to be reviewed. Thanks.

Daniel Eddington

Sep 11, 2024, 2:52:20 PM

Thank you for submitting your completion form on time. A few follow- up items: 1. The final methods says that 1,619 acres were masticated, and then gives the breakout, which doesn't equal 1,619. It equals 1,831 acres. Please correct. 2. In the Project Narrative Section, it says the bullhog was completed on March 16, 2024. The next sentence says the bullhog on private near Koosharem was completed as well, eluting that the BLM/State (possible some private) lands were contracted separately from the Koosharem private lands? If this is correct, then please add start and end dates for both bullhog contractors (maybe even list the contractor names). If it was done all together, then please adjust the language to resolve any confusion. When you have completed that, please go back to the Completion Form and finalize your report again so I know that it has been completed and ready for review. Thanks.

Clare Poulsen

Jan 19, 2023, 3:25:52 PM

I really like the project and how it is looking at the landscape scale. It was hard to read because of the wordiness and it spent a lot of time talking about the larger area that this is part of. I feel it would have been easier to evaluate if you would have focused on the acres being treated in this proposal.

Clint Wirick

Jan 20, 2023, 11:29:36 AM

Thanks Claire, I'm one of many partners and yes we are trying to have landscape impacts across multiple ownerships.

David Dodds

Jan 26, 2023, 11:44:23 AM

Really good project and obviously a lot of time was spent planning it out and putting together the partners. I agree with Clare in that the proposal almost has too much info but otherwise a very impressive project.

Kendall Bagley

Feb 6, 2023, 6:54:16 PM

Kelly, Awesome project, lots of valuable acres to have Habitat work implemented on. Great Partnerships and working across boundary lines is critical in getting this project completed. The phase I Lost Creek Project looks great, looking forward to phase II. Keep up the good work.

Jacob Benson

Feb 7, 2023, 12:19:26 PM

This is a good project, very much needed & will have large benefits. Is there any possibility of securing funding with the NRCS to ease the financial strain of WRI funds ? Keep up the good work.!

Clint Wirick

Feb 7, 2023, 1:16:30 PM

Yes and no. We are actually meeting in a few days at the NRCS office. There is actually some planned work with grazing management and NRCS being done on the property we didn't capture in the proposal. This is on the private.

Scott Chamberlain

Feb 9, 2023, 4:49:09 PM

Just want to say thank you to the other partners on this project for doing it right.

Kaya McAlister

Jan 5, 2024, 4:31:48 PM

Thank you for such a detailed project page. I appreciate the collaborative effort to support wildlife and ecosystem processes. I do have a few questions. 1) Are there any size specifications for the PJ being treated/slated for removal (i.e. inches at DRC or DBH; retaining Pinyon trees etc)? Any effort to retain old-growth PJ? 2) Have any surveys been done for Pinyon Jays specifically? 3) Has Phase II begun? I know there was a mastication contract for approx. 545 acres slated for Fall of 2023. Has that been completed? Thank you in advance!

Clint Wirick

Jan 5, 2024, 9:16:22 PM

Hey Kaya, I actually like seeing a comment on a project after projects have begun, thanks. I can speak to the private part, which you can see is a small part of the overall project, but still an important component in working at meaningful scales and collaboratively. We are pretty much done with both private pieces. We did have a DBH and told the contractors when they found trees meeting DBH specs to not leave just single trees but leave a handful of trees around it creating a clump or small island or trees. We also had quite a bit of rock that dictated the actual on the ground design. There were lots of "rocky islands" we'll call them where it wasn't safe for machines to masticate trees. Those those areas create a lot of tree'd islands as well. It actually turned out really cool and diverse with lots of varying age class of trees left but opened up where it was suitable. We've had lots of great comments from people saying they love the layout of the treatment done working with these private landowners. Now that's the private land, I can't speak much to the other landownerships. What I can say is this group of partners is great and very collaborative and one of my favorite to work with.

Kaya McAlister

Jan 8, 2024, 1:25:30 PM

Hi, Clint. Thank you for sharing some insight on the private lands portion of the project! Sounds like you guys did a great job. I'm happy to hear that tree islands were left in areas where DBH was met. Do you happen to remember the DBH offhand? I wonder if the public lands portions of the project will choose a similar approach. If any folks working in those areas are willing to share insight here, I'd be really grateful. Thanks, all!

Clint Wirick

Jan 12, 2024, 11:06:19 AM

Hey sorry Kaya my bad for being slow. On the private land(s) we didn't specify a DBH really, we did work with the landowner and pointed out a bunch of trees about 15" to 16" and tell them leave the big trees that size, while also leaving a clump of trees around it. They did a good job of doing so as we went out a lot to inspect. Additionally, we didn't feel like we needed a DBH because the rock dictated leave areas, which inherently were older larger trees. I do a lot of time when working across boundary with public lands work with them so the treatment is consistent and usually have a DBH of around 15 or 16 when we work together. Then when I'm on site I work with the contractor to do the same as previously stated not to leave single large trees but leave a few around them so it looks like a more natural clump of trees and leaves a little bit of age diversity as well. This is the approach on another nearby private lands project underway right now nearby.