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apparent. From this visit it was apparent that current grazing bas allowed recovery of the
stream. A long term monitoring site should be established on this stream.
In 1998 there were 14 acres of lentic wetland assessed as PFC in this allotment.
Allotment 0415 Briggs Garden:
Standard 2 is being met in tbis allotment. There are no perennial or major inlennittent
streams or wetlands on BLM in this allotment.
Allotment 0423 Hill Field:
Standard 2 is Dot being met in tbis allotment but conditions are not the result of current
grazing management.
The lower end of Worlow Creek in this allotment was rated as functional at risk with no
apparent trend due to channel incision. This condition is not the result of, or maintained by
ClUTenl grazing management, so while the standard in not being met due to this reach it is
not a result of current grazing management. The rest of the stream channel was rated as
PFC.
There is one spring that is functiona1 at risk in the NW comer ofSectioD 19. The springs
have reduced vegetation conditions due to hummocking caused by grazing during moisture
conditions that promote soil distw'bance. The current grazing plan should aHow recovery
of the riparian area, but unauthorized grazing late in the season is causing the degraded
conditions. To correct the problem the allotment boundary fence wi)) be maintained and
the permittee will monitor the area for stray stock outside of the grazing season. The
riparian system will be monitored again in three years to detennine if grazing management
alone has improVed conditions. If conditions do not improve other solutions will be
investigated.
STANDARD 3- Healtby, pToductive, and diverse plant and animal poplllations and
commuDities appropriate to SOil, climate, aDd landform are supported by ecological processes
of Dutrient cycling, energy flow and the hydrologic cycle.
Meets standard.
Tim Long Creek #410
No ESI data is available for allotment #410. During the allotment tour in October of 2005 it was
noted that plant communities are generally in tack. The one resource issue that was apparent to
everyone was the advanced juniper expansion into the sage/steppe communities and the decadent
stands oftimber needing some type of fuels reduction/stand thinning/prescribed fire treatments.
Ecological processes are in tack and functioning but nqt at potential as many of the plant
communities are stagnated due to overcrowding and reduced on site nutrient cycling.
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There is no known fish habitat on BLM in the Tim Long Creek, Jones Canyon, Briggs Garden, nor
Hill Field Allotments.
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Wildlife report:
Special status wildlife species or their habitats that are present within these allotments include the
bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), ferruginous hawk (Buteo regalis), peregrine falcon (Falco
peregrinus). burrowing owl (Speoty/o cunicuJaria). sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus), and
PY~:mY rabbit (Brachylagus idahoensis). There are also three species with high public interest.
Th.e.""are mule deer (Odocoi/eus hemionus). California bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) and
onghOln antelope (Antilocapra americana).
marginal nesting and roosting habitat exists within these allotments for the bald eagle.
Roosting does occur in the riparian corridor along the Chewaucan river and on U.S. Forest Service
lands to the south. It is suspected that they are occasional visitors to the area. Bald eagle foraging
does occur within the allotment; however it is probably restricted mostJy to road killed deer
adjacent to the major roadways and occasional carrion scattered through the allotments.
No nesting habitat is available for peregrine falcons. No incidental sightings of peregrines exist
within the allotment, but occasional sighting occur within the vicinity of Cbewaucan marsh.
Chewaucan marsh also provides some foraging areas for peregrine falcons. There is some
potential nesting habitat for fenuginous hawks on scattered junipers within these allotments. No
sUlVeys have been conducted for ferruginous hawk. Ferruginous hawk foraging habitat exists
through portions of the aBotment. There are no resource conflicts for peregrine falcons,
ferruginous hawks or bald eagles.
No observations of burrowing owls exist within the vicinity of the allotment. They may
occasionally occur within the allotment. There are no resource contlicts for this species.
Bighorn sheep inhabit the most of the northern portion of these allonnents. There is some overlap
in range between bighorns and cattle, however bighorn sheep use is light at this time and is mostly
restricted to the steeper hill slopes and ridges. No major conflicts exist between bighorn sheep and
canle grazing within these allotments.
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