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Overview
Basics
Basics
This 640-acre project restores upland, riparian, aspen, and meadow habitat in Big Meadow Creek watershed and restores fire on the landscape. We thinned conifers from most of the project area and began burning slash piles. Future priorities include: burn remaining slash piles, thin areas with a lack of resilient forest conditions, and use prescribed fire to restore native meadow vegetation. There is an urgent need to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires, and massive tree die off from insects, by treating hazardous fuels that have accumulated in these forests. There is also a need to use prescribed fire to reintroduce natural disturbances as a means of improving resilient conditions.
Implementation
2009
2010
2027
$1,250,000
Brian Garrett (brian.garrett@usda.gov)
06/01/2014
01/10/2024
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01.02.01.0021 - Big Meadow Watershed Fire Regime Restoration
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This project is on the EIP 5-year list.
Performance Measures
Expected Performance Measures
Expected Performance Measures
| Acres of Habitat Restored or Enhanced | None | acres | |
| Acres of Forest Fuels Reduction Treatment | None | acres |
Reported Performance Measures
Reported Performance Measures
| Acres of Habitat Restored or Enhanced | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | Total | Units | ||
| Action Performed | Habitat Type | ||||||||||||
| Enhanced | Aspen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | acres | |||||||
| Enhanced | Forested Upland | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | acres | |||||||
| Enhanced | SEZ/Wetland | 0 | 0 | 0 | acres | ||||||||
| Enhanced | Wet Meadows | 5 | 5 | acres | |||||||||
| Restored | Aspen | 75 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 106 | acres | ||||||
| Restored | Forested Upland | 42 | 27 | 49 | 0 | 33 | 151 | acres | |||||
| Restored | SEZ/Wetland | 0 | 0 | acres | |||||||||
| Restored | Wet Meadows | 5 | 3 | 11 | 19 | acres | |||||||
| Total | 122 | 55 | 49 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 296 | acres | |
| No accomplishments to report for: | |
| Year(s) | 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 |
|---|---|
| Explanation | Only work remaining is to burn constructed piles. Awaiting workload availability to burn remaining piles. |
Funding
Expected Funding
Expected Funding
$1,250,000
$900,000
$350,000
($350,000 identified as )
| Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Tahoe Restoration Act (USFS - LTBMU) | $350,000 | $0 | $350,000 |
| Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (BLM) | $855,000 | $855,000 | $0 |
| U.S. Forest Service (USFS - LTBMU) | $45,000 | $45,000 | $0 |
| Grand Total | $1,250,000 | $900,000 | $350,000 |
Reported Expenditures
Reported Expenditures
| Total | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act | $771,600 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $40,000 | $119,000 | $114,000 | $47,000 | $42,000 | $47,000 | $147,000 | $151,600 | $64,000 |
| U.S. Forest Service | $45,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $5,000 | $8,000 | $32,000 | $0 |
| Grand Total | $816,600 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $40,000 | $119,000 | $114,000 | $47,000 | $42,000 | $52,000 | $155,000 | $183,600 | $64,000 |
Photos
Big Meadow aspen stand 2
(Timing: After) (~6,925 KB)
Big Meadow aspen stand 2
(Timing: Before) (~6,548 KB)
Big Meadow Forested Edge
(Timing: After) (~5,197 KB)
Big Meadow forested edge
(Timing: Before) (~6,582 KB)
Big Meadow project area riparian
(Timing: Before) (~6,033 KB)
Big Meadow project aspen stand
(Timing: After) (~6,819 KB)
Big Meadow project aspen stand
(Timing: Before) (~5,467 KB)
Big Meadow project riparian
(Timing: After) (~6,586 KB)
Big Meadow project upland forest
(Timing: After) (~6,673 KB)
Big Meadow project upland forest
(Timing: Before) (~5,596 KB)
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Notes
Notes
| 01/04/2018 2:24 PM | Stephanie Coppeto | Note regarding secured funding: we were fortunate to have been awarded more than $855,000 from SNPLMA over the years but have needed to return some funding during project closeouts because of delays in implementation. Implementation delays were often due to small burn windows to burn piles. Therefore, this "secured" estimate does not include those funds (a very small amount) that we have returned upon expiration. | ||
| 01/03/2018 10:34 AM | Stephanie Coppeto | 2016 was the first year we began burning conifer slash piles in the project area. These accomplishments are counted as "enhanced". |