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3-16 <br />3.4.8 Protection of Newly Seeded and Planted Areas <br />The Operator will rehabilitate fences to the North and South of the reclaimed <br />areas to protect planted areas from damage by domestic livestock. These fences in will <br />be used in conjunction with East Salt Creek to exclude cattle from the revegetated <br />areas. <br />The BLM's drift fence .will be moved and reconstructed with new construction, <br />south of the sediment pond; from the steep rock cliffs to the east, and tie into the deeply <br />incised bank of McClane Canyon Creek for a total fence length of approximately 600 <br />feet. The location of this fence will become permanent. <br />The fences will be constructed to BLM standards. Wire spacing from the ground <br />up shall be smooth wire at 10 inches, the first barbed wire 8 inches from the smooth <br />wire, the second barbed at 8 inches from the first, and the third barbed wire 12 inches <br />from the second. This will put the top wire at 38 inches from the ground. <br />The fences 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 locations are shown on Figure 3.1-1. <br />M`Clane Volume 1 (Rev 07/08) <br />