Rio Grande Valley Broadband • Entered by Susan Ostlie on September 9, 2020
SUWA – Vegetation Removal Training
August 4, 2020
Participants and Hours
| Pre Planning hours | |
| Post Admin hours | 1 |
| Activity Hours | 1 |
| Participants | 1 |
| Total Hours | 2 |
Key Issue: Livestock Grazing Management
Activity Type: Education & Outreach (tabling, films & lectures, regional B-walks/works)
Key Partners: Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
Short Description of Activity
This training covered pros and cons of different kinds of vegetation management models.
Reflection/Evaluation
The way this is being done on Grand Staircase/Escalante mixed pinyon/juniper habitat will destroy that ecosystem, and also the cryptobiotic soils, to describe just a couple of negative effects. It’s unconscionable. It gave me information to use in discussing the 3 forest riparian restoration EIS in northern NM, and also the wrecking of the same habitat in the Gila NF for their Forest Plan and EIS.