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Water Hollow Fire Reseeding
Region: Northern
ID: 5508
Project Status: Completed
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Need for Project
The Water Hollow fire burned approximately 164 acres of private lands in Weber County. The fire burned an area of important low elevation winter habitat for elk and mule deer with much of the fire consisting of south and west facing slopes. Perennial grasses and shrubs were present in the area providing that valuable forage. Seeding will help keep these areas from being dominated by annual weeds and cheatgrass.
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
Establish perennial grasses to a cover value of 10% by the end of the 3rd growing season Establish perennial forbs to a cover value of 4% by the end of the 3rd growing season Reduce the establishment of noxious weeds.
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?)
Annual grasses and weeds will likely increase without perennial grass and forb competition.
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
Deer Unit Management Plan 4 Address loss of critical winter range Statewide Deer Management Plan -Loss of critical winter range habitat Utah Statewide Elk Management Plan -Increase forage production by annually treating a minimum of 40,000 acres of elk habitat. State of Utah - Resource Management Plan pg 236 Expand Wildlife Populations Protect existing habitat and improve 500,000 acres of habitat Produce and maintain the desired vegetation for wildlife and livestock.
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
Seeding will reduce the amount of annual grasses while increasing fire resistant perennial grasses and shrubs. Flashy fuels such as noxious weeds will be reduced with a successful seeding.
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
This project will improve water quality by reducing the potential for erosion and maintaining valuable perennial plants. The fire scar is in an important watershed for Causey Reservoir which services significant agriculture and secondary water for Weber County.
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
No ground disturbance is planned.
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
Seed will be purchased from GBRC and the landowner will contract for aerial seeding.
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
Photo points will be established and visited by FFSL to monitor seeding success.
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
Forestry, Fire and State Lands is assisting with the private landowner. DWR is assisting with reseeding efforts and proper seed mix for wildlife habitat. The private landowner will be responsible for aerial seeding.
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
The aerial seeding areas are private lands used mostly for recreation and some grazing. Grazing is entirely by sheep and will be rested for two years.
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
This project will improve the quality and quantity of livestock grazing and wildlife forage.
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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