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TARGETED GRAZING FUEL BREAKS
Author
Mitchell, Chris J.
Holman, Hanes
Publisher
Society for Range Management
Publication Year
2018
Body

Targeted grazing and minimal mechanical treatment will be used to strategically reduce fuel loads on degraded sagebrush steppe now dominated by annual invasive grasses. Treatment areas have been identified within four allotments in the Tuscarora Field Office: the Hadley, Carlin Field, T Lazy S, and Blue Basin Treatment Areas. �Current permittees would be asked to implement fuel treatment actions as part of a strategic, landscape effort to protect and conserve sagebrush-steppe habitats. Priority Habitat Management Areas (PHMAs) exist on the leeward side of the grazing treatments, and would be at reduced risk of wildland fire spread when objectives are met in the proposed treatment areas. Free Use Permits would be issued to the current permittees on Hadley, Carlin Field, T Lazy S, and Blue Basin for periodic biologic treatment of annual fine fuels.

Language
English
Resource Type
Text
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
Conference Name
SRM Reno, NV