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• 3.6 PROTECTION OF NEWLY SEEDED AND PLANTED AREAS <br />If required to protect planted areas from damage by domestic livestock, a three <br />strand barbed wire, one strand smooth wire fence will be constructed around the <br />reclaimed areas of the lower portion of the road and around the topsoil stockpile. The <br />fence will be constructed to BLM standards. Wire spacing from the ground up shall be <br />smooth wire at 10 inches, the first barbed wire 8 inches from the smooth wire, the <br />second barbed at 8 inches from the first, and the third barbed 12 inches from the <br />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 <br />deemed capable of supporting grazing but will not prevent livestock from accessing the <br />canyon bottoms. Minor amounts of grazing by native ungulates can be expected during <br />the late fall and winter but should not be excessive. This limited grazing may also <br />reduce the density of overwintering graminoid cover and enhance the establishment of <br />woody species. The fence will be maintained in a livestock tight condition and stretched <br />tight to prevent injury to big game wildlife. <br />• The fence will be installed in the locations shown on Figures 3.1-5 and 3.1-10 . <br />Specific areas of reclamation to be protected by the fence are: <br />a. The upper portion of the road will be protected by installing the fence from <br />the cliff on the south the road to the cliff to the north edge of the road. <br />This fence will not physically exclude livestock from all areas of the upper <br />portion of the road ,but will limit access to only those areas where the <br />steeper slopes will naturally y discourage livestock access <br />b. The topsoil stockpile area will be protected by encircling the revegetated <br />area with the fence. <br />c. The reclaimed area along the sides of the road will not be fenced since <br />fencing will prevent livestock traversing the road and accessing areas in <br />the canyon bottoms. This would be in direct opposition to Stipulation 5 <br />requested by the BLM Area Manager in the letter of December 3,1996. <br />d. The reconstructed drainages will not be fenced since the reclamation of <br />these areas will include mostly road surface where fencing would restrict <br />• <br />Permit Renewal 3-19 08/03 <br />