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3.9.6.1 PROTECTION OF NEWLY SEEDED AND PLANTED AREAS <br />3-34 <br />To protect planted areas from damage by domestic livestock a three strand barbed wire, <br />one strand smooth wire fence will be constructed around the reclaimed areas of the lower <br />portion of the road and around the topsoil stockpile. The fence will be constructed to BLM <br />standards. Wire spacing from the ground up shall be smooth wire at 10 inches, the first barbed <br />wire 8 inches from the smooth wire, the second barbed at 8 inches from the first, and the third <br />barbed 12 inches from the second. This will put the top wire at 38 inches from the ground. <br />This fence will exclude cattle from the revegetated areas until the vegetation is deemed <br />capable of supporting grazing but will not prevent livestock from accessing the canyon bottoms. <br />Minor amounts of grazing by native ungulates can be expected during the late fall and winter buk <br />should not be excessive. This limited grazing may also reduce the density of overwintering <br />graminoid cover and enhance the establishment of woody species. The fence will be maintained <br />in a livestock tight condition and stretched tight to prevent injury to big game wildlife. <br />The fence will be installed in the locations shown on Fgures 3.1.5 and 3.1.10. Specific <br />areas of reclamation to be protected by the fence are: <br />• 1. The upper portion of the road will be protected by installing the fence from the cliff on the <br />south the road to the cliff to the north edge of the road. This fence will not physically <br />exclude livestock from all areas of the upper portion of the road ,but will limit access to <br />only those areas where the steeper slopes will naturally y discourage livestock access <br />2. The topsoil stockpile area will be protected by encircling the revegetated area with the <br />fence. <br />3. The reclaimed area along the sides; of the road will not be fenced since fencing will <br />prevent livestock traversing the road and accessing areas in the canyon bottoms. This <br />would be in direct opposition to Stipulation 5 requested by the BLM Area Manager in the <br />letter of December 3, 1996. <br />4. The reconstructed drainages will not be fenced since the reclamation of these areas will <br />include mostly road surface where fencing would restrict access. The revegetation along <br />the sides of the fords to be created will be minor. The revegetation mix to be used along <br />the road sides will be for Big Sagebrush Shrubland. The revegetation should not be <br />effected by limited livestock grazing which will occur mainly during the winter and spring. <br /> <br />M~ Volume I 12 - 18 - 96 <br />