Title: "Pilot grazing" project at Asotin Widlife Area - Invited Lecture to show point of view of concerned citizens
1"Pilot grazing" project at Asotin Widlife Area-
Invited Lecture to show point of view of
concerned citizens
Viewpoint Presentation by Don Johnson
2Pintler Creek
- -Without cattle from 1990 to 2007
- -Purchased with BPA and U.S. Army Corp of
Engineers mitigation funding
Viewpoint Presentation by Don Johnson
3Smooth Iron Unit
- Without cattle from 2003 to 2007
- Purchased with BPA mitigation funding
Viewpoint Presentation by Don Johnson
4Pintler Canyon upland spring
Viewpoint Presentation by Don Johnson
5Bench above the spring
Viewpoint Presentation by Don Johnson
6Fence protecting Pintler Creek
Viewpoint Presentation by Don Johnson
7Owl Gulch/Pintler first cattle since 1990
Viewpoint Presentation by Don Johnson
8Smooth Iron Pasture 6 forbs for wildlife?
Viewpoint Presentation by Don Johnson
9Pasture 5 cattle improved winter elk forage?
Viewpoint Presentation by Don Johnson
10Pasture 5 cattle improved fescue for elk?
Viewpoint Presentation by Don Johnson
11Pasture 5 -- 2nd year of benefits 50
utilization? We finished in pasture 5 which was
better this year than the previous (Ledgerwood
Jan 2009)
Viewpoint Presentation by Don Johnson
12Pasture 5 Targeted grazing, suitable ground
cover?
Viewpoint Presentation by Don Johnson
13Pasture 1 gone to the South Fork of Asotin
Creek after targeted grazing on October 07
Viewpoint Presentation by Don Johnson
14Pasture 1 suitability? Permitee asked to
grazing in Oct 09 To help get grasses that have
gone to seed in pasture 1 to make contact with
the soil.
Viewpoint Presentation by Don Johnson
15Related Information
- Hardesty recommended 70 AUMs of Smoothing Iron in
2009 - Ledgerwood requested140 AUMs
- Subsequently WDFW draft 2009 Grazing Plan
schedules 150 pair with 113 to 200 AUMs after 50
utilization of bluebunch wheatgrass and Idaho
fescue - 2007 was 575 AUMs
- 2008 was 400 AUMs
Viewpoint Presentation by Don Johnson
16Rare Plants at smooth Iron
- Spaldings catchfly in pasture 4 (permitee
requested 60 utilization for 2009) survey of
other psatures not completed (Pastures 2 5
possible sites) - Stalk-leaved monkeyflower in pasture 1
- Sagebrush mariposa lily outside 6 fence
Viewpoint Presentation by Don Johnson
17Wildlife Biologist
- Conference with District Team Wildlife Biologist,
Pat Fowler, regarding elk should be scheduled.
Viewpoint Presentation by Don Johnson