The Red well has been in service with the same old grass hopper pump jack for over 50 years, this well during the grazing season pumps 24 hours a day and much wear and tear has taken it's tole on the water system. While the motor and leathers in the well have been replaced dozens of times over the years, yearly the well is pulled to replace the leathers, its time for a new system as this one is worn out. Currently the well has only a 4 inch casing, and with the depth of the well a submersible pump will not work effective enough to supply the demands of the water system. There are 4 different permittee's who share this well and the precious water it provides. Currently this project will affect over 3270 AUM's and a strong resident herd of mule deer and pronghorn antelope. There are multiple times a year that the well is our of commission and water has to be hauled to troughs on the system to supply the needed water.

To drill a new well next to the old one but this time the well will be drilled to allow a 6 inch casing and allow the submersible solar powered pumps to work effectively. Install a new solar system that will have the ability to pump approx. 12 gpm. while the sun shines during the day. There is currently 10,000 gallon storage at the well and an additional 15,000 gallon tank would be needed to be able to supply the current water system. There is some built in storage at each water facility as they are 10,000 gallon drinkers. The new system will include drilling a new well, install a new pump system and a 15,000 gallon storage tank. With having the system running effectively this will allow for proper livestock distribution and use of the allotment.

The biggest threat to this watering system is the old pump jack system going down and having zero water for wildlife and livestock. This has happened already this year, and luckily the majority of the livestock were not in the grazing pastures yet. The well on average is down for 20 days during peak demand of use. Risk is not getting a well that produces 10-15 gpm. If the system does fail then water has be hauled from approximately 20 miles to meet the demand.

Cedar Beaver Garfield Antimony Resource Management Plan Beaver and Iron County Weed Management Area Agreement USDI BLM. Utah Land Use Plan Amendment for Fire and Fuels Management. UT-USO-04-01. September 2005. Standards and Guidelines for Healthy Rangelands and Grazing Management (BLM-UT-GI-98-004-1020).

There has been multiple fire in the area over the last 15 years, grazing livestock can hlep reduce the fuels and help keep fire to a minimal.

Water quantity will be greatly increased by the development of a new water well and a reliable pump system. With a new well, new storage water would be more readily available for livestock and wildlife.

N/A This project will take place within the existing footprint and will be considered maintenance.

A new well will be drilled, a new pump system installed and a new storage facility added, this will take place ASAP if funds are approved. Permittee's will work with a well driller for the implementation of this project, the permittee's will install the storage tank. Livestock producers will set up photo point near watering locations within each pasture to monitor use and the trend of the allotment.

A substantial amount of vegetation monitoring data including nested frequency, use pattern mapping, Rangeland Health, etc... have been collected within the Minersville 3 and 5 Allotments. Monitoring data will continue to be collected to assess the affects of the proposed pipeline and trough. Continuing monitoring of sage grouse goes on each year. Mule deer and antelope counts are also being done to check the overall dynamics of the herds.

BLM, UDWR, SWARM, Slash U ranch, Horseshoe Ranch, Pearson Ranch and Jim and Dale Craw. Utah Grazing Improvement Program

Future management of this project will be completed by the permittee's to ensure their livelihood. The producers will maintain and keep the system in a functioning condition to keep available water for grazing livestock and wildlife. If work is to be completed in the future to keep the system running or maintained the permittee's can contact the UGIP and BLM for assistance.

With more available water and good water quality the livestock will have less distance of travel and will maintain health, have weight gain on calves and help the range by better livestock distribution. By having multiple watering sources the animals don't congregate and crowd at water sources. This is also better for livestock health. This will keep a healthy cow heard and better calves for sale or replacement each year.

07/01/2017

06/30/2018

2018

Pull the old well, install a new solar pump system, install a extra storage tank for water storage because of the demand of water. Clean a pad for the new storage tank and solar pump system.

The Red well water system provided water for grazing livestock and wildlife in the Black Mountains Southwest of Minersville. It is approximately 20 or so miles from town. The system water over 500 head of livestock, a resident mule deer herd, antelope and other wildlife. The system has 3 different permittee's that use the shared well. The Old system has been pumping water the same way for over 40 years, gone through dozens of motors, 10s of thousands of gallons of fuel, several pump jacks, all grass hopper style pumps, and has been pulled and the leathers replaced lots and lots of times. A new more efficient and less expensive and time consuming system has been needed for years. The old well was pulled and cleaned and determined that it would not have to be re-drilled and pumps could be staged at different depths to pull the water to the surface. Thus reducing the amount of the project cost by over $20,000 dollars, by eliminating a re-drill. The area was clean and prepped for the new system. 2 separate pumps were installed at different depths, wired into the solar panels and the system was back up to pumping. Pumping more water than it's pumped in years. It now pumps around 10 gpm as apposed to the 4-5 gpm it was previously doing. Two separate solar panels where installed to catch as much of the sun as possible, the water has to be pulled from a depth of over 600 feet. The extra panels give the necessary water to supply demands of livestock and wildlife. Pearson's have installed ring tanks for drinking and water storage, also with the new storage tank they will have around 70,000 gallons of water at one time in separate tanks across the allotment. The system should have the water capacity to water all livestock and wildlife even without pumping during the night. If needs are not being met the system is wired to hook a gas or diesel powered generator up to meet the demand of watering animals.

All future management will be done by the permittee's, it's there lively hood to keep the system up and running, as mentioned before there are 3 different permittee's to keep up and maintain the system for water demands..