Completion Form

2017

Following a similar plan that the DWR has been using in northern Utah and which has been used for the past several years on Utah Lake, we have developed a plan to control and contain phragmites, other invasive plants, and to reestablish desirable vegetation in appropriate locations. The plan involves a three-year, four-step process, with monitoring and a management strategy to prevent spread and re-invasion. Each year new sites will begin the process and previous years' treatment sites will fall along the process spectrum as identified in our long-term removal plan.

Methods for Treatment:
Year 1
1) Fuel breaks will be constructed and treated with AquaNeat where needed. 
2) A contracted helicopter will be used to treat the project area with AquaNeat in late summer. 
3) Contractors will be used to remove and treat stumps with AquaNeat of tamarisk and Russian olive from strategic areas in the Fall/Winter.
4) Utah County crews will smash or contract the smashing for much of the biomass in the treated area during the winter.
5) Utah County weed crew will spot treat regrowth of phragmites in the project area with AquaNeat in accessible areas in the spring.

Year 2
1) Regrowth of phragmites will be spot treated with AquaNeat by Utah County crews in the fall (10-20% regrowth is expected). 
2) Tree stumps of tamarisk and Russian olive will be retreated with AquaNeat in summer.
3) Regrowth will be smashed mechanically during the winter.
4) Continual monitoring of regrowth and treatment as needed will be done during the year.
5) Revegetation of strategic areas are considered based on the public use, need, and expected success rate of the project.

Year 3, 4, 5...
1) Continual maintenance will occur
2) Spot treatment of any regrowth along the shoreline will continue.
3) Smashing will occur if the lake is low enough and is needed.

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