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Show Fisher Valley Erosion Control Now Underway The Bureau of Land Management Man-agement reported that an erosion control project is now under way in Fisher Valley. Val-ley. The contractor for this job is Sevier Excavating Company from Richfield. .. According to Area Manager, Man-ager, Doug Wood, the project pro-ject calls for strip chaining and seeding 1100 acres ot sagebrush land. Alternate 100 foot wide strips will ba cleared by dragging a large ship anchor chain between two cats. These strips ill then be seeded to crested .wheatgrass. The purpose of this treatment is to help stabilize sta-bilize the soil and to produce additional feed for deer ajjd livestock. Mr. Wood explained that the reason for strip clearing is to leave enough undisturbed undis-turbed sagebrush for the deer, since it is their primary pri-mary source of food during the cold winter months. |