| Show 1 WELL ESTABLISHED grass and browse provides good feed for livestock and wildlife after being chained and Result of Chaining Rotation Grazing in Coal Mine Basin Told Before Defore August 1959 the Coal Mine Basin Ba Da sin area which is approximately 80 O percent percent per per- cent national resource land was coverd cov coy erd with a thick blanket of pinyon and juniper trees Because there was little vegetation growing in this area it was of little use for livestock production or big game winter range and contributed significantly to runoff and arid flooding in Ashley Valley IN 1965 1969 the Bureau Dureau of Land Management Manage m ment nt began improving this range land with the cooperation of Rulon C C. Hacking Hacking Hack Hack- ing who has the grazing privileges on this land The area was chained one way by pulling a pound per link link chain between two D 8 tractors Islands Islands Islands Is Is lands or trees were left left along draws for pr protective c cover ver for deer Cover is extremely important in any deer habl tat The land was then aerial seeded with witha a mixture of crested wheatgrass and nomad alfalfa then back chained to seed was planted hand-planted in pits In pits and other desirable locations by local Boy Scouts Hand planting planting plan plan- ting insures better establishment because because be be- cause browse seed is expensive it is important to get all seeds covered The intent of this range improvement project project project pro pro- was mainly to increase its productivity productivity productivity pro pro- for livestock wildlife deer and watershed purposes AFTER THE completion of the project project project pro pro- on January 11 1966 the area was rested three years years to allow the newly- newly seeded plants to too become established The allotment then divided into three pastures es and and a rest rotation grazing system was was set up This grazing system tem tern allows cattle to be rotated each year between two pastures while the third pasture is rested The range is ismore ismore ismore more uniformly used and plants are allowed to reproduce and regain vigor during the rest I period Since this grazing system was started in 1969 considerable improvement has been seen in the watershed and the productivity of the land for livestock and wildlife The soils have stabilized because of the increased ground cover reducing runoff by approximately ly 20 percent The production of crested wheatgrass alfalfa and salt salt- brush has increased and there is now more forage for cattle and deer MR HACKING has especially noticed th the effect of proper grazing manage manage- ment Since the improvements were completed completed com com- and the grazing system was implemented implemented im im- Rulon has received an increase increase in in- crease in the numbers of cattle he he is permitted to graze His original permit allowed him to graze cattle attle for 37 days Since the grazing system w was s implemented implemented im im- im Mr Hackings Hacking's permitted live Jive t f t d. d arch 4 TYPICAL type of vegetation found in the Coal Mine Basin area before it was chained and stock use has been increased d. d This is important winter range for deer and more animals are arc using the site since the project was completed Many local residents enjoy hunting the Coal Mine Basin area because it is close to town and can be hunted before and nd after work Range improvement programs and Intensive Intensive In In- grazing management systems are d ely helping to improve na national lonal resource lands and range users Ion lon C C. C Hacking are making significant contributions to this success |
