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<br />i;li~~~ <br /> <br />o <br />~ <br />o <br />'-J1 <br /> <br />{i:i~:~(j;, <br />."_.-.;._;;:~;.,y <br /> <br />NAME: <br />ACRES: <br />COST/SHARE: <br />WILDLIFE COST/SHARE: <br />SALT SAVINGS: <br /> <br />Merritt Farms <br />499.6 <br />$113,108.00 <br />o <br />891 tons <br /> <br />IRR. PASTURE: <br />IRR. CROPLAND: <br />WETLAND/WILDLIFE: <br />UPLAND/WILDLIFE: <br /> <br />o <br />450.6 <br />42 <br />7 <br /> <br />PARTICIPANTS OBJECTIVES: Improve the irrigation system on <br />the farm and to increase yields. The following practices <br />are being planned: <br />5600 ft of gated pipe, <br />21,700 ft of underground pipeline, <br />140.7 ac of sideroll sprinkler, <br />450.6 ac. of conserva~ion cropping sequence <br />450.6 ac.of irrigation water management. <br />7 ac of wildlife upland habitat management <br />42 ac of wildlife wetland habitat management <br /> <br />PROGRESS IN APPLYING PLAN: Most of the structural practices <br />are installed. Merritt Farms has reached their $100,000 <br />maximum for cost/share assistance. The management practices <br />are in the process of being applied. <br /> <br />This was one of the first contracts completed in the McElmo <br />Creek salinity unit. At that time landowners were aware of <br />the fact that if they signed up for the program they could <br />gain higher priority if they said they would improve or <br />develop wildlife or wetland habitat. Many did so with the <br />, intention of declining to develop or improve habitat during <br />the planning process. No provisions were in place at the <br />time to re-prioritize these cooperators if they declined, so <br />planning continued and the contracts were approved. Such is <br />the case with this contract. Since structural practices <br />were not acceptable to the producer we attempted to use <br />management aS,a way to replace wetland values lost. <br /> <br />This particular property contained extensive wetland <br />resources already either supported by canal seepage or <br />irrigation. It was our goal to develop a management scheme <br />to optimize the nesting value of as many of these wetlands <br />as possible. Our primary effort was to defer grazing these <br />areas during the nesting season (April 1 and July 15). This <br />has only been partially achieved. We are also seeing a slow <br />drying of some of these wetlands due to the Lone Pine Canal <br />rehabilitation and re-alignment. <br />