Bowler Chaining
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Project ID: 563
Status: Completed
Fiscal Year: 2007
Submitted By:
N/A
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Project Manager: Tyler Thompson
PM Agency: Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
PM Office: Salt Lake Office
Lead: Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
WRI Region: Southern
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Description:
1000 acre Two-way Chaining and Seeding on private land
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Location:
South end of Hamblin Valley
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Project Need
Need For Project:
Hamblin valley and the southwest desert Elk unit is in need of habitat improvement for both Elk and sagegrouse. This project would convert an area of little wildlife forage value to an area of greater value.
Objectives:
Project Location/Timing Justification (Why Here? Why Now?):
Relation To Management Plan:
Habitat for Elk unit objective increase. Sagegrouse habitat improvement
Fire / Fuels:
Water Quality/Quantity:
Compliance:
1 Archaeologist, Marnie Wilson at the NRCS is conducting the arch on this one. Confirmed 5-4-06 kad, Jul 15 2010 / 2 PMArchaeology, None entered in old database. -data entry tech, Jul 15 2010 / 6 NEPA, None entered in old database. -data entry tech, Jul 15 2010
Methods:
An anchor chain dragged between two D-9 bulldozers will be used to remove juniper and prepare the soil for seeding. Following the initial chaining grass and forb seed will be flown on with a fixed wing aircraft. The area will then be back-chained to cover seed and insure good removal of juniper. A second aerial seeding consisting of small seeded shrub species that require shallow or surface planting would then occur. The Landowner will purchase and install a boundary fence of about 8 miles in order to exclude cattle from the area for a period of at least two years.
Monitoring:
Range Trend sites could be installed to determine treatment effects
Partners:
Future Management:
No
Sustainable Uses of Natural Resources:
| Budget | WRI/DWR | Other | Budget Total | In-Kind | Grand Total |
| $55,000.00 | $50,500.00 | $105,500.00 | $20,000.00 | $125,500.00 |
| Item | Description | WRI | Other | In-Kind | Year |
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| Contractual Services | Two-Way Chaining | $5,000.00 | $39,000.00 | $0.00 | 2007 |
| Contractual Services | Aerial Seeding | $6,000.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 2007 |
| Seed (GBRC) | $40,000.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 2007 | |
| Materials and Supplies | $2,000.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 2007 | |
| Personal Services (seasonal employee) | Aerial Seeding | $1,000.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 2007 |
| Motor Pool | Seasonal vehicle | $1,000.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 2007 |
| Other | 8 Miles of fencing | $0.00 | $0.00 | $20,000.00 | 2007 |
| Archaeological Clearance | Survey for southern piece - NRCS | $0.00 | $11,500.00 | $0.00 | 2007 |
| Funding | WRI/DWR | Other | Funding Total | In-Kind | Grand Total |
| $55,000.00 | $5,000.00 | $60,000.00 | $20,000.00 | $80,000.00 |
| Source | Phase | Description | Amount | Other | In-Kind | Year |
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| DNR Watershed | 3540 | $30,000.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 2007 | |
| Private | $0.00 | $0.00 | $20,000.00 | 2007 | ||
| National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) | $0.00 | $5,000.00 | $0.00 | 2007 | ||
| DNR Watershed | 3478 | $25,000.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 2007 |
Species
| Species | "N" Rank | HIG/F Rank | ||||
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| Elk | R2 | |||||
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| Greater Sage-grouse | N3 | R1 | ||||
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| Mule Deer | R1 | |||||
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Habitats
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Project Comments
Completion
Start Date:
08/01/2006
End Date:
12/30/2006
FY Implemented:
2007
Final Methods:
An anchor chain dragged between two D-9 bulldozers will be used to remove juniper and prepare the soil for seeding. Following the initial chaining grass and forb seed will be flown on with a fixed wing aircraft. The area will then be back-chained to cover seed and insure good removal of juniper. The Landowner will purchase and install a boundary fence of about 8 miles in order to exclude cattle from the area for a period of at least two years.
Project Narrative:
Carling and Co. out of Fillmore was contracted to complete the two-way chaining. UDWR's new Ely chain was used to complete both passes of the chaining operation. This project was contracted along with Salt Cabin Reseed in the same general area. Therefore, the first pass was completed on this project from @ 10/10/06 to @10/20/06. We then moved the chain to the Salt Cabin Reseed where they begun the first pass of this project. Following completion of the first pass of both projects the aerial seeding was completed for both. Aero Eagle Aviation (Mike Thornton) was contracted to complete the aerial seeding for both projects. This seeding was completed on 11/02/06 flying off of the road north of Beryl junction. The seed may have been applied at a lower than planned rate as the pilot had a difficult time shutting off for the un-chained islands. In addition, we decided to include the Kochia in the main mix so only one seeding pass was completed and not the planned two passes. Following the seeding the second chaining pass was completed between @ 11/07/06 and 11/14/06. Fencing was installed by the landowner immediately following the completion of the chaining.
Future Management:
This area will be rested from grazing by fencing the area and excluding livestock for a minimum of two growing seasons.
Map Features
| ID | Feature Category | Action | Treatement/Type |
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| 3330 | Terrestrial Treatment Area | Anchor chain | Ely (2-way) |
| 3330 | Terrestrial Treatment Area | Seeding (primary) | Broadcast (aerial-fixed wing) |
Project Map
