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Show n r wrt 14 Mifngr-Entrpri(- , Thursday, March 17, 1983 Pag B6 DWR, Forest Service rehabilitate deer winter ranges Each year many deer die on critical winter ranges in Sanpete In our area deer are County. primarily restricted during the winter to the lower foothills and benches in the sagebrush, pinyon-junipand oakbrush zones. These vegetative types provide the primary winter forage on critical winter range for deer. Dense stands of pinyon-junipe- r greatly reduce the amount of forage available for deer because they create competition for the limited amount of soil moisture available. of The Utah State Division Wildlife Resources in cooperation with the Sanpete Ranger District on National Forest the Manti-LaSidentified approximately 700 acres of woodland habitat last pinyon-junipe- r Herbicide pellets combat shrubs on Utah rangelands Use a new weapon to combat invading woody plants that rob nutrients moisture and desirable from plants and rangeland crowd them out. Extension range specialists with Utah State University advise Utah stockmen and others concerned with range management that a new herbicide called tebuthiuron, prepared in pellet form, has recently been licensed in Utah. Used properly, the pellets can effectively suppress Utah juniper, big sagebrush, several oak species and some other woody plant species on rangelands. Gene Gade, extension range management technician with the Range Science Department, USU. explained that tebuthiuron is a powerful chemical. It acts slow but sure. Only a few pellets will kill a tree, though juniper full-siz- e complete kills may take two years or more in dry regions. The chemical is a compound. The producer, Elanco Range Products Division of Eli Lilly and Company of Indianapolis, Indiana, has formulated it in the y small clay pellets urea-base- d high-densit- marketed under the trade name Graslan. Precipitation breaks down the pellets spread on the soil surface and carries the active chemical into the soil. Plant roots absorb it. As it translocates to the leaves, it inhibits the photosynthesis process and starves the plant. The company guarantees 80 percent total root kill of controlled species alive at the time of application." However, if not applied properly, tebuthiuron w ill kill valuable grasses and shrubs and other species. For that reason, the distributors insist on applying the chemical themselves. Cost varies with different situations. Gade says tebuthiuron applied in the early stage of woody plant invasion and followed by good range management can be a highly effective brush control tool. He does caution, however, that it is not a shrub-relatepanacea for all For problems. example, some rabbitbrush species seem not to absorb the chemical well and are therefore resistant to it. Also, in areas where woody plants are extremely dominant and there is very little grass understory, killing the trees and shrubs with the chemical would leave the necessity of difficult, expensive reseeding with grass among the remaining skeletons" of the woody species. non-targ- d year that could be rehabilitated to provide more winter forage for deer. Last fall approximately 90 acres on the Manti-LaSNational Forest and 600 acres on DWR lands in the Kane Valley and Black Hill area were chained and aerial seeded. This procedure involved dragging a large t long anchor chain between two D-crawler tractors. This chaining was done under contract with the Olsen Construction Company in Ephraim. The chaining serves the dual purpose of uprooting the trees and preparing a seed bed. The entire area was aerial seeded with a mixture of grasses, forbs and shrubs after being chained in one direction. The area was then chained in the opposite direction to complete uprooting trees and cover the seed. Two Hansen browse seeders, which were invented by Walter Hansen of Ephraim, were used to plant bitterbrush, fourwing saltbush, Mormon tea, and winter fat. These unique browse seeders were mounted on the tractors allowing seed to be dropped onto the track and planted in the depressions made by the track of the tractors as they pulled the chain. The majority of the project area was seeded by a special fixed-winairplane, specifically designed for aerial seeding and crop dusting, etc. A helicopter was used to aerial seed the steeper slopes at higher elevations. Flagmen were positioned on the ground to direct the aircraft in order to achieve uniform coverage throughout the seeding process. Several seed mixtures were applied to different portions of the chaining project in order to evaluate the effects of different seeding rates of grasses, forbs and browse. This study is being conducted by the Great Basin Experiment Station to improve the effectiveness of deer habitat rehabilitation programs. it is Through this project anticipated that forage production and composition along with ground cover and soil watershed conditions will be greatly enhanced. The additional forage provided by this chaining and reseeding project will permit the area to carry more deer through the stressful winter period, greatly benefitting mule deer. As a result of this improvement deer will concentrate on these areas and spend less time on adjacent agricultural lands. This cooperative approach in rehabilitating range lands both for wildlife and livestock has proved very successful when project areas can be expanded to involve public 200-foo- 8 g and private lands. There is still much opportunity in Sanpete County for similar cooperative deer winter range rehabilitation projects. 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According to Utah Lake State Park superintendent Allan Clayburn, "The level of the lake has made it impossible for us to continue to admit visitors into the park. Because of sewer and power problems brought on by the flooding and our inability to provide visitors with support facilities which could create potential health hazards, our only option is to close the park to all Lake, use. Park personnel have blocked the entrance to the park and posted the area to trespass. Boaters are warned to stay out of the harbor area for their own safety. Rangers will be patrolling the park around the clock and anyone violating the closure will be subject to arrest. 0 rJlSiBep' 5 DoEiGcy E"ioyaT y anytime at - K 11 The tough measures are necessary to insure the safety of rccrcationists. I know this is a hard pill to sw allow, but for the good of all concerned we must take strong measures," said Gayburn. The park could be closed until the lake level drops sometime in June. 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