Comments Sought on Sage-Grouse Habitat Enhancement Project
Release Date: Apr 13, 2011 Bishop, CA
Contact(s): Nancy Upham
The Inyo National Forest is proposing to implement a sage-grouse habitat enhancement project in the vicinity of Sagehen Summit. In the absence of a natural fire regime, Jeffrey pine trees are gradually moving out into historically pure stands of sagebrush. Sage-grouse tend to avoid areas with overhead cover, likely because trees provide perches for predators such as hawks which feed on grouse. The project would entail removing trees within a 300-acre area immediately south of Sagehen Summit and Big Sand Flat. The small diameter young trees would be felled and limbed using chainsaws and allowed to naturally decompose on site. If the branches create an unacceptable increase in fuel loading, they would be either chipped or piled and burned when adequate snow was present. For more information regarding this project or if you wish to comment on this proposal, please call Richard Perloff , 760-924-5508 or contact him via e-mail at rperloff@fs.fed.us. Comments on this proposal would be most useful if received by May 15, 2011.
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Comments Sought on Sage-Grouse Habitat Enhancement Project
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