2009-09-03_REPORT - C1981041 (2)

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a re?la?e' area fall eve ? irrle? e?ie fad reree?? reader ?ar? 7?f r+ela?iv?e aver v?i?#? ?f? exc?fi?r? of ar?r???? rye. ?Ih? ?r?rr?aa! ras ?c?mp?nenf sail r?o? e.?c?ec? ?'t?% r?elatwe ???er ?rn?e?? the annual gra?? cc?rn?c?nerr? i? ??e cc?rre?r?r??dir? refe?err?e area a??o xee?f 7?/. err u ?+e, ?? r?ll?r+? ?v?r ?? #?e ??r?u? gr?? ??vent ?f' tie +??i++? are ?t1? ?? exc?? ter ??l?lv? ??vr ?? lie ?r?ul ras c?ponent ire tie reerer?ce ??? y ?rc?re ate ?. The reason the diversity standard pro?risan was rev{sad in a?? was to address the vet concern raised in QA's recommendation. Althauh the approach that was taken to address the concern differs from that recommended in the OaB report, there was concurrence amend DR?1 nowcapa and in as that the revised pravisien was acceptable. Plea let u? kn?avwr and ?revi?e exp?lanati?n and j?atificatiwn i? ?? believe the ??p???v?e p??vii?n i n? Ic?ner ap?pre?riate. ,e?tian 4.[? +eneralized recammenda?ions included in this section address the heavy heatgrass presence in many of the reclaimed locations, and lack of adepuate representation of parkicular life farm categories in numerous gees. The report Hates that in many caeca, the locations deficient in one ar mare catec?aries, such as warm ar cool season grasses or perennial fc?rbs?half shrubs, arc often characterized by high cheatc?rass cover, and that in order to achieve improvement in these locations, chcat?rass suppression efi?orts followed by ?nterseedin? would he warranted The Section includes general recamrnendatic?r?s cancernin cheatrass control and intereedin strategies, and also includes ? su?ested seedrni? Ito be ordered separately key species to tailor interseedin ??fnc a?rrr?inr? to t?,c? ?af?r?i?n?i? re??nt??# i? r???tlr? ?Ir r?a?? V ? Y v f 4J Ll +,..? L 1 t.l i i 4 ? 4 V 4 ? ? '4x M b+ ? t'4r l V i f 11 I '4J p ? u yr+ ? ? L'4' 4d i ? M r./ S.-? 4 '? ?+ ? ? ? 4J i+? V In order to be implemented, the proposal would need to he forr?alized and sub?r?itted in the farm of a technical revision application. e da concurwith the general conclusion that management measures including cheatc?rass suppression and interseedin? will likely he necessary in numerous locations, in arder far reclaimed areas to meet life farm diversity standards within reasonable time frames. e ffar the following comments: any plan far further cheatc?ras suppression and interseedinc? should include assessment and evaluation of the previous effort undertaken at the ?lorth Decline area, which apparently rasa{tad in only temporary suppression of cheatgrass, with no significant establishment of seeded perennials. It may ?e of benefit to request the assistance of area weed district supervisors Vie.. Mesa and Barfield aunty'?Jeed ontral?, state agriculture Department staff, and ether authorities with cheatgras central experience, in developing any plans far further cheatgrass suppression and interseeding far reseeding} efforts. because ??rF product ??lateau herbicides was Bused at the l?arth Decline with pear success, it may be prudent to request th+e input of BASF technical staff reardin? passible reasons why the pra?ect was Hat successful. In general, a thorough effort should he made to learn from the experience at the hlrth Decline and minimize the chances of future failures.