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Blue Mountain Miner's Draw Bullhog (Mastication)
Region: Northeastern
ID: 4721
Project Status: Completed
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2020
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Final Methods
Tractor and skid steer with a mower were used to mow the green strips along existing roadways. Track-hoe with mastication head was used for the Miner's Mastication areas. Mowing was started Sept 10 and finished Oct 28. Mastication started Oct 15 - Jan 30.
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Three years ago the BLM had a 2,000 acre fire near Highway 40 east of Vernal. After the fire, BLM Fuels staff designed fuel breaks around the original fire area and existing roadways which includes Highway 40. These areas contain a high percentage of cheat grass and will more likely continue to burn more often because of the conversion to cheatgrass. Following the fire the treatment areas were treated with herbicide. In the fall of 2019, the MM166 burn area and the mow strips (green strips) were all aerially seeded. The mastication area was designed as a fuel break at the base of Blue Mtn. Blue Mtn is an important Priority Habitat area for Greater Sage-grouse. The mastication fuel break utilized areas that still contained an healthy understory of sagebrush.
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Future Management
Future treatments would include more herbicide and potentially more seeding depending on the success of the original treatments.
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Dixie Sadlier
Submitted Time
08/20/2020 12:47:10
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