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Newfoundland Mountains Water Development FY22
Region: Northern
ID: 5653
Project Status: Completed
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2022
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Final Methods
This project was designed to create additional water sources for the bighorn sheep on the Newfoundland Mountain range. After the sites were selected using collar data and finding suitable topography the DWR archaeologist and biologist hiked into the sites to perform the required clearance. Guzzlers and materials were purchased through appropriate state best value contracts. UHP was hired to fly the guzzlers and materials in to the locations. DWR habitat staff transported all the required materials to the staging site where UHP pilot Luke Bowman meet us. Volunteers from the dedicated hunter program and Utah Wild Sheep Foundation joined for the day to help place the guzzlers and construct the aprons. Once the tanks, materials, staff and volunteers were on site the tanks were leveled and aprons constructed. Each big game guzzler had a camera placed on it.
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Due to the remote location and restricted airspace the logistics of pulling this off were complicated but because we had worked with Hill Airforce Base on other phases of this project we knew how to work through any problems. We flew in with helicopter and dropped off two guzzlers and apron materials. Finally, DWR staff and volunteers from the Utah Wild Sheep Foundation and Dedicated Hunters were flown into one of the site to contructed the apron. Volunteers hiked into the other guzzler site and placed the guzzler and constructed the apron on a later day.
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Future Management
To monitor the cameras and collars to document sheep using the new guzzlers. Maintain these and other guzzlers as needed. To continue to install guzzlers in the "water voids" of the mountain range to distribute sheep and reduce stress on the habitat. If these guzzlers prove to not hold water throughout the summer we will fly in additional apron materials and expand the apron size.
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Shane Hill
Submitted Time
08/30/2022 16:03:26
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