Completion Form

2020

The Parowan Front project area is dominated by stands of pinyon and juniper trees with a high percentage of young trees encroaching areas of remaining sagebrush, bitterbrush, cliffrose, and other deciduous shrubs causing a downward trend in herbaceous cover. The project area serves as an important winter and transition range for mule deer. The I-15 corridor severly diminishes the amount of winter range accessible to the Panguitch Lake deer herd (unit 28). This project will help address these limiting factors by improving and adding critical high quality transitional and winter range for mule deer and other sage brush steppe species. The Panguitch Lake (unit 28) deer herd is currently above objective. The main limiting factor being winter range (doe tags and expensive re-location projects are being used to address this problem). This treatment will help to expand critical high quality habitat, and in return will help bring mule deer populations within healthy carrying capacities for long term improvements in rangeland health. 
Project started on January 9, 2020 by aerially seeding grass, forbs, and shrubs with a fixed winged aircraft. Contractor took 1 day to complete the project and did a good job. Mulching contract started on November 21, 2019. Giles Construction was awarded the contract. Contractor began work  running a total of 4-8 machines (excavators with fecon head). Multiple problems were encontered on getting work done on time  Work was finally completed on June 9, 2020, two month late. We had problems with the archeological survey not being completed on time which delayed the start time of the contractor by no fault of theirs. Midway through the project snow levels become to deep to further work. Work resumed March 28,2020. Projected was completed June 9, 2020, the project looked great and all stips were met. Aerial and mulching contract was let through WRI contracting process.

Jeremy Cox

08/24/2020 09:05:32