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Restoring ecosystems on southern Utah's three national forests
Southwest Utah's Fishlake, Dixie, and Manti-La Sal National Forests have been and are being impacted by a multitude of permitted human activities. These national forests are ideal areas for restoring critical wildlife habitats and corridors. We are actively working with the Forest Service and conservation organizations to implement new management strategies that emphasize plant and animal diversity and health. Visit the Trust's Utah Forests Program webpage for more information about these issues and sign up as a volunteer to make a difference.
Beaver Restoration
In January 2010, the state of Utah adopted its first statewide beaver management plan, and it's a good one. In four volunteer trips we will be assessing the condition of cottonwood, aspen, and willow in beaver habitat on Boulder Mountain and Aquarius Plateau, the headwaters of the famed Escalante River of southern Utah. Boulder Mountain once was home to many beavers, and could be again.
Reference Area Characterization
The Dixie, Fishlake, and Manti-La Sal National Forests are entering into welcome agreements with the Trust to protect and utilize healthy examples of important habitats ("reference areas") for comparison with similar, but impacted sites elsewhere on the Forests. We are seeking people who are able to identify plant species of southern Utah for three reference area volunteer trips and one trip on Boulder Mountain, where we are doing extensive beaver habitat assessment. Click on the link below to see more information about this trips and sign up to volunteer. Please note this work requires previous plant identification knowledge or experience.
Britt's Meadow/Three Creeks: July 7-10, 2010
Boulder Mountain Plant Mapping: July 22-25, 2010
Tasha Spring: August 5-8, 2010
Cottonwood, Aspen and Willow Assessment
We are planning one volunteer trip the first week in October to assess riparian habitat condition at the end of the livestock grazing season, in three key creeks in the vicinity of Fish Lake: UM, Sevenmile, and Tasha. This is critical information to gather to help these keystone riparian plant species flourish in Utah streams.
