Completion Form

2019

Aerial seeding took place on 3,727 acres of the fire on DWR, USFS, BLM and Private lands.  Seeding took place on October 31st and finished on November 1st using a helicopter.  In addition, approximately 53 acres of bulldozed fire lines were also seeded.

Sagebrush seed at a rate of 1lb/acre was applied to specific areas totalling 500 acres.  These areas contained sagebrush prior to the fire.  Sagebrush seed was added to the primary seedmix for these areas, instead of requiring an additional flight.

A one-way chaining treatment was started on November 19th with the goal to chain 1,776 acres (1,328 acres DWR and 448 USFS & Private).  Due to early heavy snow, the project had to be halted on November 30th of 2018, with only 1,523 acres treated.  Most of the Dairy Fork WMA that was planned to chain was finished but only about half of the USFS/private land was chained.  A dribbler was mounted on each bulldozer and fourwing saltbush and bitterbrush were planted.  The fourwing saltbush was planted mostly on the north end of the Dairy Fork WMA at lower elevation.

BAER annual/grass seeding began 12/8 and was completed by 12/11. 994 acres of seed was flown on with a plane over the snow. The forest service installed monitoring plots to assess seeding establishment.

Robert Edgel

08/06/2019 07:37:16