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2019

We sprayed the oakbrush re-sprouts at the Santaquin WMA with Garlon 3 in the Spring of 2018. We got pretty good kill and then sprayed it again in the summer of 2019. Following the herbicide application we planted 3 thousand shrubs on the Santaquin Wildlife Management Area. We planted 1,000 shrubs on the spring of 2018. There were 500 wyoming sagebrush and 500 bitterbrush. These plants were only 1 year old and we placed vexar mesh protectors around them at the time of planting. We also scalped a 2' wide trench with the dozer to clear away the grass competition. Following planting we watered the plants everyday for two weeks and then twice a week for the remainder of the summer. We also placed a handful of slow release fertilizer at the base of each plant. The survival was impressive at about 90 percent survival.  In the spring of 2019 we planted 2,000 more shrubs that we grew for two growing seasons in a D-40 pot with a vexar protector built into it. The shrub species we planted were serviceberry, bitterbrush, and wyoming sagebrush.

Robert Edgel

08/05/2019 12:16:35