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Greek Peak Fire Rehabilitation
Region: Southern
ID: 3189
Project Status: Completed
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Need for Project
Existing vegetation, consisting of grasses, shrubs, pinyon and juniper trees fueled a moderate to high intensity wildfire. The fire consumed both the pinyon and juniper canopy and understory vegetation. Soils within the burn are left exposed to wind and water erosion and are now susceptible to invasion by noxious weeds and to the spread of cheatgrass and other non-native annual species. The wildfire area contained important habitat for mule deer and livestock grazing lands.
Provide evidence about the nature of the problem and the need to address it. Identify the significance of the problem using a variety of data sources. For example, if a habitat restoration project is being proposed to benefit greater sage-grouse, describe the existing plant community characteristics that limit habitat value for greater sage-grouse and identify the changes needed for habitat improvement.
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Objectives
The Proposed Action is to implement the Greek Peak Fire Emergency Stabilization and Rehabilitation Plan on 761 acres of BLM administered land. The overall vegetation objective of the plan is to establish desirable vegetation in order to minimize the production and composition of invasive, non-native species, especially cheatgrass, minimize soil erosion, prevent the introduction and spread of noxious weeds. minimize the potential size and severity of future wildfires.
Provide an overall goal for the project and then provide clear, specific and measurable objectives (outcomes) to be accomplished by the proposed actions. If possible, tie to one or more of the public benefits UWRI is providing.
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Project Location/Timing Justification (Why Here? Why Now?)
Based on past experience, the best available science, and the importance of mule deer habitat within and surrounding the burned area, the proposed action is the most prudent and cost effective course of action.
LOCATION: Justify the proposed location of this project over other areas, include publicly scrutinized planning/recovery documents that list this area as a priority, remote sensing modeling that show this area is a good candidate for restoration, wildlife migration information and other data that help justify this project's location.
TIMING: Justify why this project should be implemented at this time. For example, Is the project area at risk of crossing an ecological or other threshold wherein future restoration would become more difficult, cost prohibitive, or even impossible.
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Relation to Management Plans
St. George (Dixie Resource Area) Field Office Record of Decision and Resource Management Plan (ROD/RMP) (March, 1999). Dixie Resource Area Draft Proposed Resource Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement (September, 1998). Vegetation Treatment on BLM Lands in Thirteen Western States/FEIS (May 1991) and associated ROD (July, 1991). Vegetation PEIS ROD (2007).
List management plans where this project will address an objective or strategy in the plan. Describe how the project area overlaps the objective or strategy in the plan and the relevance of the project to the successful implementation of those plans. It is best to provide this information in a list format with the description immediately following the plan objective or strategy.
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Fire/Fuels
If applicable, detail how the proposed project will significantly reduce the risk of fuel loading and/or continuity of hazardous fuels including the use of fire-wise species in re-seeding operations. Describe the value of any features being protected by reducing the risk of fire. Values may include; communities at risk, permanent infrastructure, municipal watersheds, campgrounds, critical wildlife habitat, etc. Include the size of the area where fuels are being reduced and the distance from the feature(s) at risk.
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Water Quality/Quantity
Describe how the project has the potential to improve water quality and/or increase water quantity, both over the short and long term. Address run-off, erosion, soil infiltration, and flooding, if applicable.
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Compliance
2 PMArchaeology, None needed, Aug 4 2014 / 6 NEPA, Completed, Aug 4 2014
Description of efforts, both completed and planned, to bring the proposed action into compliance with any and all cultural resource, NEPA, ESA, etc. requirements. If compliance is not required enter "not applicable" and explain why not it is not required.
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Methods
This project would be accomplished through aerially seeding 761 acres of BLM lands with a mixture of native grasses, forbs, and shrubs appropriate for the site. Aerial seeding of grasses and forbs would be conducted during the late fall/early winter months of 2014, when precipitation could be expected to ensure seed propagation and survival.
Describe the actions, activities, tasks to be implemented as part of the proposed project; how these activities will be carried out, equipment to be used, when, and by whom.
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Monitoring
Vegetation treatments would be monitored for three years. One frequency/cover site would be established in the burned area. Success will be determined by the sites having 25% or greater frequency of seeded perennials by fall of 2017. Photo plots will also be established in conjunction with the nested frequency. Data collected will be summarized each year and placed in the range files.
Describe plans to monitor for project success and achievement of stated objectives. Include details on type of monitoring (vegetation, wildlife, etc.), schedule, assignments and how the results of these monitoring efforts will be reported and/or uploaded to this project page. If needed, upload detailed plans in the "attachments" section.
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Partners
List any and all partners (agencies, organizations, NGO's, private landowners) that support the proposal and/or have been contacted and included in the planning and design of the proposed project. Describe efforts to gather input and include these agencies, landowners, permitees, sportsman groups, researchers, etc. that may be interested/affected by the proposed project. Partners do not have to provide funding or in-kind services to a project to be listed.
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Future Management
In accordance with the Standards for Rangeland Health, rangelands that have been burned, reseeded, or otherwise treated to alter vegetation composition would be closed to livestock grazing for a minimum of two complete growing seasons.
Detail future methods or techniques (including administrative actions) that will be implemented to help in accomplishing the stated objectives and to insure the long term success/stability of the proposed project. This may include: post-treatment grazing rest and/or management plans/changes, wildlife herd/species management plan changes, ranch plans, conservation easements or other permanent protection plans, resource management plans, forest plans, etc.
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Sustainable Uses of Natural Resources
Potential for the proposed action to improve quality or quantity of sustainable uses such as grazing, timber harvest, biomass utilization, recreation, etc. Grazing improvements may include actions to improve forage availability and/or distribution of livestock.
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