ERWP Woody Invasive Committee Update March 9, 2017
2016 2016 Wrap-up up • Primary Treatment: 310 acres • Secondary Retreatment: 1320 acres
USFS State Private Year NPS Primary BLM Primary Total Primary Primary Primary Primary Null 21 21 2000 47 47 2001 27 27 2002 23 23 2003 76 76 2004 230 230 2005 101 1 102 2006 1 75 343 419 2007 99 30 129 2008 77 274 351 2009 132 139 271 2010 1 55 137 8 33 234 2011 31 69 277 316 693 2012 6 25 107 243 381 2013 24 14 206 7 214 465 2014 11 57 129 2 62 261 2015 67 106 133 109 415 2016 59 187 60 306 TOTAL 141 1293 1963 17 977 4430
Cu Cumu mulative ERWP St Stats • Escalante Watershed is over 15,000 riparian acres • 7,953 have been selected for control • Currently 6,650 acres have been treated or inventoried • On the main stem, 78 of the 90 miles of river have been treated • Over 480 jobs have been created since 2010
2017 2017-2018 P 2018 Proposed Tr Treatment Areas Volunteer Groups: Vanderbilt University – Spring 2017 (GLCA) • Wilderness Volunteers – Spring 2017 (GLCA) • • Wilderness Volunteers – Fall 2017 (GSENM) Great Old Broads – Fall 2017 (GSENM) • Conservation Corps: Training Scheduled – Aug 21 – 31, 2017 • • Field Work – September 1 – November 30, 2017 471 acres
2017 2017-2018 2018 Proposed Treatme ments
2017 W 2017 Worki king Fu Funding P Plan Funding Opportunity Amount Requested Status WFF = Walton Family Foundation $ 655,806.00 Application Submitted - 2yr proposal, 2018 request = $628,951 TNC = The Nature Conservancy $ 21,250.00 Received, Hemmingway Foundation for Monitoring WFF/GSEP = Carryover funds $ 60,000.00 Carryover from 2016 WFF grant UPCD18 = Utah Partners for Conservation and Development $ 352,800.00 Application Submitted NFWF DNG 17 = Developing the Next Generation $ 70,400.00 Application Submitted NFWF - 5star 17 $ 25,600.00 Application Submitted NFWF - Resilient Communities $ 25,000.00 Proposal Pending - Due March 30 UDAF/ISM 17 = Utah Dept. of Ag and Food $ 25,000.00 Application Submitted NPS 17 = National Park Service $ 72,600.00 Funds received? BLM/BPS 17 = Budget Proposal System $ 25,000.00 Application Submitted? New Belgium 17 $ 10,000.00 Application Submitted/Grant Declined Coke-Cola 17 $ 25,000.00 Application Submitted/Grant Declined Patagonia $ 10,000.00 Application Submitted The North Face Explorer $ 10,000.00 Proposal Pending Keen 17 $ 10,000.00 Proposal Pending Total Project Costs Approx. $1.4 million
Lo Long Term rm Mo Monitori ring and Ma Maintenance Plan • Plan is being updated • Stillwater Sciences helping finalize per WFF request • Retreatment Schedule • Funding Subcommittee working on long-term funding plan • CC members met with GSENM, GLCA, and DNF managers to discuss long term maintenance plan • CC to meet with Federal Partners to follow-up on long term maintenance approach in Spring of 2017
Lo Long Term Monitoring and Maintenance Pl Plan Method(s)/ Monitoring Lead Partner & Estimated Action Type Protocol Area Measured What Measured Staffing Timeline Explanation Costs 0. Primary Hand tools, Initial treatment area at end of Acres of initial treatment, GSEP, BLM, Through Initial treatment of invasive woody species, primarily Russian Olive - Treatment area $1.1 Treatment chainsaws, field season relative canopy cover of RO NPS 2018 schedule in WICP. Prioritize criteria include landownership status, access, infestation Million herbicides (Each treatment area has a Staff: GSEP, density, and connections to previously treated areas. Annually unique polygon created at the Youth Corps, Rapid Monitoring end of the field season in the BLM, NPS Monitoring data is store in the Geodatabase. form completed Geodatabase, aka ‘treatment pre-treatment polygon’) 1. Hand and Watershed Management Acres of retreatment, GSEP, BLM, Annually Follow up on primary treatment and remove re-sprouts, missed plants, and new $80,000 - Retreatment mechanical Segments (See TableA1 and relative canopy cover, NPS (see Table starts. Retreatment schedule additionally includes and prioritizes areas that have not $120,000 /Maintenan treatments, MapA2-A3 for treatment areas amount of herbicide used A1 for been retreated in >4 years after all retreatment has occurred on RO cut in the annually ce herbicide and schedule) treatment previous season, utilizing information in database. Treatment timeline will be schedule) adjusted as needed, and if certain ‘triggers’ happen within the basin. (see below for more information on adaptive management and triggers) 2. Rapid ERWP Rapid Watershed Management relative canopy, recruitment, GSEP, BLM, Annually Quick field assessment of recruitment and effectiveness of primary and re- treatment Incorporat Monitoring Monitoring Segments (See TableA1 and photo points secondary NPS to assure goals are being met. This is often done in conjunction with retreatment. ed in Protocol MapA2-A3 for treatment areas weed species, need for One monitoring point, representative of the area, will be completed per management budget for and schedule) maintenance segment. retreatmen t 3. Long- Long-Term 10 selected sites and ERWP Long- Vegetation, recruitment, BLM, NPS Every five Collect quantitative data on species-specific vegetation and channel changes $10,000 Term Monitoring Term Monitoring Protocol pebble counts, years following Russian Olive control, more in-depth than Rapid Monitoring annually Monitoring Protocol geomorphology starting in 2010 4. Aerial NAIP imagery Entire Watershed randomly sample river USGS Once every Determine extent of post- treatment adjustment in geomorphology of channel such $15,000- Imagery corridor for signs of change, BLM, NPS 10 years as erosion and creation of new surfaces, aquatic structure. Baseline pre-treatment 25,000 per possibly combined with imagery has been added to ERWP database, and will be used in comparison with analysis LiDAR if available future data gather. NAIP is flown every 4 years – may be possible to add LiDAR to this to reduce costs. 5. Data Monitoring forms Data gathered from annual GSEP, BLM, Annually Every 3 years there will be a formal review with GSEP, GLCA, GSENM, & DNF Agency-led Analysis and long term monitoring NPS, specialists to assess status, need for adaptive management, or whether triggers are forms will be entered into Universities, prevalent. GIS database and analyzed ERWP WICR every year – providing Committee feedback to guide future treatments
Wha What’s s Happening Happening No Now? Returning Field Staff: • Tabitha Kelly and Alex Engel • Brad Jorgensen 2 New Hires (Start March 20): • Kristen Buck and Michellsey Benally • Citizen Science • Wilderness Volunteers • UCC Crew Leader Training • XWN Network Workshop – Gila Watershed
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