utah’s watershed restoration initiative — dec. 2010 board meeting
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Utah’s Watershed Utah’s Watershed Restoration InitiativeRestoration Initiative
Mule DeerMule Deer
Statewide Mule Deer PlanStatewide Mule Deer Plan
• Habitat Objective 1: Maintain mule deer Habitat Objective 1: Maintain mule deer habitat throughout the state by protecting and habitat throughout the state by protecting and enhancing existing crucial habitats and enhancing existing crucial habitats and mitigating for losses due to natural and human mitigating for losses due to natural and human impacts.impacts.
•Habitat Objective 2: Improve the quality and Habitat Objective 2: Improve the quality and quantity of vegetation for mule deer on a quantity of vegetation for mule deer on a minimum of 500,000 acres of crucial range by minimum of 500,000 acres of crucial range by 2013.2013.
What is Mule Deer HabitatWhat is Mule Deer HabitatFood - What do Mule Deer Eat?Food - What do Mule Deer Eat?
Summer Range/Transitional Range - Summer Range/Transitional Range - Succulent Grasses and Flowering Plants for Fawn Production, Growth and Survival
Winter Range - Winter Range - Shrubs, Particularly Sagebrush for Winter Survival
Water – Mule Deer Rarely Travel far from WaterWater – Mule Deer Rarely Travel far from Water
Cover - Ideal Mule Deer Habitat also Includes Cover - Ideal Mule Deer Habitat also Includes Thermal and Escape Cover with openings providing Thermal and Escape Cover with openings providing forage and feeding areas.forage and feeding areas.
Mule Deer Habitat - Mule Deer Habitat - ThreatsThreats• Loss and Degradation of Habitat Due to - Loss and Degradation of Habitat Due to -
• Human Population Human Population Expansion/DevelopmentExpansion/Development
• Pinyon-Juniper Woodland ExpansionPinyon-Juniper Woodland Expansion
• DroughtDrought
• Catastrophic WildfireCatastrophic Wildfire
• Invasive SpeciesInvasive Species
• Conifer Expansion into AspenConifer Expansion into Aspen
UWRI BackgroundUWRI BackgroundA Partnership Driven Effort to Conserve, Restore and A Partnership Driven Effort to Conserve, Restore and Manage Ecosystems in Priority Areas Across the StateManage Ecosystems in Priority Areas Across the State
• Locally Led Teams Develop and Implement Locally Led Teams Develop and Implement Projects Designed to Enhance Utah’sProjects Designed to Enhance Utah’s
•Wildlife and Biological DiversityWildlife and Biological Diversity
•Water Quality and Yield for all UsesWater Quality and Yield for all Uses
•Opportunities for Sustainable UsesOpportunities for Sustainable Uses
• Partners Include:Partners Include: USFS, BLM, SITLA, USFWS, USFS, BLM, SITLA, USFWS, NRCS, NPS, UDAF, Farm Services Agency, Private NRCS, NPS, UDAF, Farm Services Agency, Private Landowners, Sportsman Groups, Academia, Local Landowners, Sportsman Groups, Academia, Local Governments, Industry, Etc.Governments, Industry, Etc.
UWRI UWRI Focus Focus AreasAreas
Mule Deer Habitat Mule Deer Habitat Restoration TechniquesRestoration Techniques
Slow and/or Reverse Habitat ThreatsSlow and/or Reverse Habitat Threats
Dixie Harrow
Chain Harrow
Dixie Harrow
Lop and Scatter
Lop and Scatter
Lop and Scatter
Ely Chaining
Bullhog
Bullhog
Bullhog
Water Development
Fire Rehabilitation
NortheasterNortheastern Regionn Region
Mule Deer Mule Deer ProjectsProjects
’’05-’1005-’1085,967 85,967 Total Total AcresAcres
11,379
3,445
19,752
28,387
1,615
2,060
1,850
10,029
7,450
Central RegionCentral Region
Mule Deer Mule Deer ProjectsProjects
46,265 46,265 Total Total AcresAcres
4,972
7,518
10,595
1,384
20
1,178
10,173
1213,857
4,283
2,164
’’05-’1005-’10
SoutheasteSoutheastern Regionrn Region
Mule Deer Mule Deer ProjectsProjects
‘‘05-’1005-’1038,208 38,208 Total Total AcresAcres
7,805
94
10,577
654
500
2,516
8,227
2,279
5,556
Northern RegionNorthern Region
Mule Deer Mule Deer ProjectsProjects
‘‘05-’1005-’10
66,874 66,874 Total Total AcresAcres
58,296
85
6,794
199
1,140
230 75
55
Southern Southern RegionRegion
Mule Mule Deer Deer ProjectsProjects
‘‘05-’1005-’10161,95161,953 Total 3 Total AcresAcres
14,701
27,02911,478
40,621
3,107
2,075
7,688
2,345
8,955
1,8226,321
13,990
2,73518,802
75
82
127
Results – 2005-2010Results – 2005-2010
• $63 Million Dollars Spent Statewide for $63 Million Dollars Spent Statewide for Mule DeerMule Deer
• 400,000+ Acres Treated Statewide for 400,000+ Acres Treated Statewide for Mule DeerMule Deer
• 70+ Water Development Projects70+ Water Development Projects
• It’s Not Just About Dollars and AcresIt’s Not Just About Dollars and Acres
• DWR Has Taken a Leadership Role in DWR Has Taken a Leadership Role in UWRIUWRI
• Resulting in Wildlife BenefitResulting in Wildlife Benefit
UWRI MonitoringUWRI MonitoringWildlife Monitoring CrewWildlife Monitoring Crew
Big Game ResponseBig Game ResponsePasserine BirdsPasserine BirdsSmall Mammal TrappingSmall Mammal TrappingThreatened and Endangered Species Threatened and Endangered Species
ResponseResponseVegetation Monitoring CrewVegetation Monitoring Crew
Measures Vegetative CompositionMeasures Vegetative CompositionSeeding SuccessSeeding SuccessBrowse CharacteristicsBrowse Characteristics
Both Crews Compare Treated w/ Untreated Both Crews Compare Treated w/ Untreated SitesSites
http://wildlife.utah.gov/watersheds
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