Completion Form

2024

This project is improving winter habitat and trails on the Timpanogos WMA.  Shrub seed and seedlings were planted in areas burned by the 2020 Range fire.  We used the Mad Max scalper bulldozer to scalp 10.2 acres of open areas perpendicular to slope.  Bitterbrush seed was planted in the scalp rows at a depth of about 2 inches.  Forb, sagebrush and fourwing saltbush seed was broadcast on the top of the scalp rows.   A contractor started growing 1,400 containerized shrub seedlings in a green house in February of 2023. These plants were  planted in scalp rows on October 28th of 2023 with a contractor and volunteers.

An approved trail system was adopted in 2019 on the WMA.  All of these trails were user created and many need improvements to make them sustainable. A professional trail builder was hired to improve, reroute and close trails with heavy equipment.
The contractor improved 4,665 linear feet of approved trails by adding reverse grades and rolling dips to get water off the trails.  The contractor rerouted 2,131 linear feet of trails to make them more sustainable.
Contractor closed 1,847 linear feet of trails.  
Volunteers consisting of Dedicated hunters and high school mountain bike team members  provided about 400 hours of in-kind labor doing trail maintenance.

Mark Farmer

08/29/2024 09:28:51