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Pole Creek/Bald Mountain Fire Rehabilitation
Region: Central
ID: 4773
Project Status: Completed
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2019
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Final Methods
We flew forb and grass seed on 31,481 acres of burned areas on the Pole Creek and Bald Mountain fires. We also seeded 3,106 of these same acres with a secondary seeding of shrub seed. See seed mixes on seed page. We did the first seeding in November of 2018. We did not have sagebrush seed available at the first seeding so we did a secondary seeding in January. Once this was complete we had some members of local communities like Payson City, Elkridge, Woodland Hills, and Covered Bridge and the Payson Grazing Association request that we do some more seeding. We had a good price on our seed and flights and were able to do some more seeding in February of 2019.
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Project Narrative
Cheatgrass and noxious weeds are a problem in the area and seeding additional perennial grasses and forbs will help control these problem plants and improve wildlife habitat. Soil on the burned area is easily eroded. Seeding and chaining will help control erosion and excessive runoff from the burned area. We seeded 31,481 acres of lower elevation sites that were at greatest risk of cheatgrass and higher elevation sites that were at highest risk of erosion.
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Future Management
We will conitnue to work with local governments to identify areas of concern for erosion and flooding and do additional seeding if needed. We will also work with the aquatics section to do projects to help stream ecosystems, that have been damaged by the fire, recover more quickly.
Submitted By
Robert Edgel
Submitted Time
10/04/2019 09:49:11
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