Eastern Nevada Landscape Coalition

ELY DISTRICT NEVADA EMERGENCY STABILIZATION AND REHABILITATION PROGRAM

ENLC PROPOSES TO WORK IN COOPERATION WITH THE ELKO BLM DISTRICT, IN THEIR MISSION TO DETECT, PREVENT, CONTROL, AND OR ERADICATE INVASIVE AND NOXIOUS WEED POPULATIONS BY: 1.ASSISTING WITH INVENTORYING AND DOCUMENTING LOCATIONS OF NOXIOUS WEEDS AND OTHER INVASIVE SPECIES.2.USING AN INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT PLAN (IPM) APPROACH TO DETERMINE THE MOST EFFECTIVE METHOD OF WEED CONTROL.3.ASSISTING WITH SELECTION AND APPLICATION OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE AND TARGETED CONTROL METHOD. 4.ASSISTING WITH MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF WEED CONTROL TREATMENTS.5.ASSISTING WITH THE PRIORITIZATION AND TREATMENT OF TARGET UNDESIRABLE PLANT SPECIES ON THE ELKO DISTRICT.6.ASSISTING WITH EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.

ELKO DISTRICT NEVADA EMERGENCY STABILIZATION AND REHABILITATION PROGRAM

BELDEN RESTORATION PROJECT

ELY DISTRICT NEVADA IMPLEMENTATION OF ELY RMP FOR NON RENEWABLE RESOURCES

ENLC PROPOSES TO ENGAGE IN RESTORATION AND REHABILITATION PROJECT DEVELOPMENT, IMPLEMENTATION, MONITORING AND REPORTING PROVIDE EXPERTISE ON GREAT BASIN AND MOJAVE PLANT MATERIALS, RESTORATION TECHNIQUES AND NATIVE PLANT MATERIALS ACQUISITION FACILITATE AND COORDINATE EFFORTS TO DEVELOP, INCREASE AND ACQUIRE MORE LOCALLY COLLECTED AND ADAPTED, NATIVE PLANT MATERIALS AND, FACILITATE RESEARCH ON THE EFFICACY OF IMPLEMENTED RESTORATION AND REHABILITATION METHODS AND MATERIALS, AND THE DEVELOPMENT AND SHARING OF REGIONALLY ADAPTED RESTORATION METHODS.

EMERGENCY STABLIZATION AND REHABILITATION PROGRAM

VEGETATION MANAGEMENT AND RESTORATION COLLABORATION

ENLC WILL PARTNER WITH BLM TO CONDUCT CHEMICAL CONTROL (AND OTHER CONTROL METHODS AS NEEDED) FOR SIX PRIORITY TARGET INVASIVE AND NOXIOUS SPECIES (DYERS WOAD ISATIS TINCTORIA, RUSSIAN KNAPWEED ACROPTILON REPENS, SPOTTED KNAPWEED CENTAUREA STOEBE, HOARY CRESS SHORT WHITE TOP LEPIDIUM DRABA, CANADA THISTLE CIRSIUM ARVENSE, AND LEAFY SPURGE EUPHORBIA ESULA). IN ADDITION TO THE PREVIOUSLY OUTLINED SPECIES, AN INFESTATION OF SQUARROSE KNAPWEED (CENTAUREA VIRGATA VAR. SQUARROSA) HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED IN THE GOSHUTE RANGE THAT IS ADJACENT TO THE ELY BLM DISTRICT BOUNDARY. ENLC WILL ASSIST THE BLM IN INVENTORYING, TREATING AND MONITORING (IF NECESSARY) THE SQUARROSE KNAPWEED INFESTATIONS IF THEY MOVE INTO THE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES, AS WELL AS OTHER NOXIOUS AND NON-NATIVE NUISANCE SPECIES AS NEEDED.

AWARD PURPOSE: THIS PROJECT RESTORES AND PROTECTS NATURAL HABITATS IN EASTERN NEVADA BY REDUCING INVASIVE PLANTS, IMPROVING NATIVE VEGETATION, AND STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS. ITS PURPOSE IS TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF SAGEBRUSH, RIPARIAN, AND POSTFIRE LANDSCAPES ACROSS SNAKE AND SPRING VALLEYS BY COMPLETING COORDINATED INVASIVE PLANT CONTROL, ANNUAL GRASS TREATMENTS, AND REVEGETATION. THE PROJECT ALSO SUPPORTS LONGTERM COOPERATION AMONG LANDOWNERS, TRIBES, CONSERVATION GROUPS, AND FEDERAL AND STATE LAND MANAGERS WHO WORK TOGETHER TO CARE FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LANDS.ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: THE PROJECT COMPLETES SURVEYS, TREATMENTS, AND MONITORING ON THOUSANDS OF ACRES EACH YEAR TO CONTROL HARMFUL WEEDS AND INVASIVE ANNUAL GRASSES THAT THREATEN WILDLIFE HABITAT, WATER RESOURCES, AND WORKING LANDS. IT RESTORES VEGETATION THROUGH SEEDING AND PLANTING, MAINTAINS BIOLOGICAL CONTROL SITES, AND SUPPORTS RESEARCH THAT TESTS WAYS TO IMPROVE RESTORATION RESULTS. IT ALSO DELIVERS COMMUNITY-FOCUSED ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING PUBLIC EDUCATION, VOLUNTEER EVENTS, TRAINING FOR PARTNERS, AND COORDINATION ACROSS LOCAL WEED MANAGEMENT GROUPS. THESE ACTIONS TAKE PLACE ON BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LANDS AND EMPHASIZE SHARED RESPONSIBILITY FOR LONGTERM LAND STEWARDSHIP.EXPECTED DELIVERABLES OR OUTCOMES: THE PROJECT PRODUCES MEASURABLE ECOLOGICAL AND COMMUNITY OUTCOMES. IT REDUCES INFESTATIONS OF INVASIVE PLANTS, LOWERS FIRE RISK BY LIMITING FINE FUELS, AND IMPROVES HABITAT NEEDED BY WILDLIFE. IT RESTORES NATIVE VEGETATION ON LANDS THAT HAVE BURNED, BEEN DISTURBED, OR ARE VULNERABLE TO FUTURE DEGRADATION. THE PROJECT PRODUCES OUTREACH MATERIALS, EDUCATIONAL EVENTS, VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS, AND LOCAL TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES. IT ALSO DEVELOPS NEW REPORTING TOOLS FOR LOCAL PARTNERS, INSTALLS INTERPRETIVE SIGNS AND TRAIL FEATURES, AND SUPPORTS SCIENTIFIC STUDIES THAT STRENGTHEN FUTURE RESTORATION WORK. THESE OUTCOMES COLLECTIVELY INCREASE THE RESILIENCE OF THE REGIONS LANDSCAPES AND HELP ENSURE THAT RESTORATION INVESTMENTS CONTINUE TO SUCCEED OVER TIME.INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: THE PROJECT BENEFITS A WIDE RANGE OF PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES. LOCAL LANDOWNERS GAIN SUPPORT TO MANAGE INVASIVE SPECIES AND IMPROVE THEIR LANDS. RESIDENTS AND VISITORS BENEFIT FROM HEALTHIER LANDSCAPES, SAFER CONDITIONS, AND IMPROVED OPPORTUNITIES FOR RECREATION AND WILDLIFE VIEWING. TRIBAL COMMUNITIES, LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND VOLUNTEERS GAIN TRAINING, EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES, AND OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN RESTORATION. FEDERAL AND STATE LAND MANAGERS BENEFIT FROM SHARED DATA, IMPROVED COORDINATION, AND RESEARCH THAT ADVANCES LAND STEWARDSHIP. ULTIMATELY, THE PROJECT STRENGTHENS THE ECOLOGICAL HEALTH AND ECONOMIC WELLBEING OF RURAL COMMUNITIES IN EASTERN NEVADA BY IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LANDS THAT SUPPORT WILDLIFE, LIVELIHOODS, AND OUTDOOR EXPERIENCES.

ENLC'S ELKO NEVADA NOXIOUS AND INVASIVE PLANT MANAGEMENT PROJECT

KERN MOUNTAIN LANDSCAPE RESTORATION STEWARDSHIP PROJECT

NV ENLC'S CARSON CITY DISTRICT OFFICE NOXIOUS AND INVASIVE PLANT MANAGEMENT PROJECT

BLM NV PLANT CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

BASIN AND RANGE NATIONAL MONUMENT BARNM IS AN AREA THAT SPANS THE TRANSITION BETWEEN THE MOJAVE DESERT AND THE SAGEBRUSH STEPPE OF THE GREAT BASIN REGION IT IS ONE OF THE LARGEST, MOST ECOLOGICALLY DIVERSE LANDSCAPES IN THE GREAT BASIN REGION, ENCOMPASSING APPROXIMATELY 704,000 ACRES AND PROVIDING HABITAT CONNECTIVITY AND MIGRATION CORRIDORS FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF ANIMAL SPECIES AND AFFORDING RESEARCHERS THE ABILITY TO CONDUCT STUDIES OVER BROAD SPATIAL SCALES THE 2015 PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION FOR BARNM STATES THAT MANY BAT SPECIES RESIDE IN THE BASIN AND RANGE AREA S CAVES AND USE ITS LOWLANDS FOR FORAGING HOWEVER, THERE HAVE BEEN NO BAT STUDIES CONDUCTED IN THIS AREA TO DATE UTILIZING A ROBUST SAMPLING DESIGN, THIS PROJECT PROPOSES TO NOT ONLY IDENTIFY ALL BAT SPECIES USING BARNM LANDS, DURING THE 5 YEAR EFFORT, BUT ALSO OFFER SUBSTANTIAL INSIGHT INTO HABITATS USED BY BAT SPECIES AND POTENTIALLY INSIGHT INTO RECREATION IMPACTS ON BATS USING BARNM ONCE THE DATA HAS BEEN COLLECTED AND ANALYZED, PUBLIC OUTREACH EFFORTS WILL FOLLOW, INCLUDING CREATING PRINTED EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS FOR THE CALIENTE FIELD OFFICE OUTLINING BAT SPECIES PRESENT IN BARNM, AS WELL AS HOSTING BOOTHS AT VARIOUS PUBLIC EVENTS IN ALAMO, NV AND CALIENTE, NV SHOWCASING BARNM BAT SPECIES, THEIR NATURAL HISTORIES AND PROVIDING EFFORTS TO DISPEL MYTHS ASSOCIATED WITH BATS THE PROPOSED PROJECT IS INTENDED TO BENEFIT THE ELY DISTRICT BLM OFFICE AND NDOW, AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC DUE TO THE FACT THAT THIS PROJECT WILL ENRICH THE CURRENT DATA WE HAVE ON BAT SPECIES AND ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND WILL ASSIST IN DISPELLING NEGATIVE MYTHS AND STEREOTYPES ABOUT BATS PROPOSED SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES INCLUDE ANALYSIS OF STATIONARY ACOUSTIC DATA COLLECTED WITHIN BARNM AS PART OF PROPOSED ACTIVITIES, AS WELL AS OUTREACH EFFORTS ON BEHALF OF ENLC

ELY DISTRICT NEVADA IMPLEMENTATION OF ELY RMP FOR RENEWABLE RESOURCES

WATERSHED ANALYSIS OF LINCOLN AND WHITE PINE COUNTIES

STA -- FRASERA POSTFIRE MONITORING

FISH, WILDLIFE, & PLANT CONSV. RES. MGMT, 2005

WATERSHED ANALYSES OF LINCOLN AND WHITE PINE COUNTIES AND OTHER LANDS OF THE GREAT BASIN

SNPLMA CHARACTERIZIATION OF SAGE GROUSE HABITAT IN PRIORITY WATERSHEDS

HOT SPRINGS GRASS CREEK ROAD MAINTENANCE

WOOD INNOVATION GRANT

SOUTHERN NV DISTRICT COOPERATIVE WEED ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT

RAC PINYON AND JUNIP

EMERGENCY STABILIZATION AND REHABILITATION PROGRAM 2009

NV BOTANICAL PROGRAM, ENLC

ENLC CARSON CITY DISTRICT OFFICE MULTIPLE RESOURCE MONITORING AND HABITAT RESTORATION PROGRAM

VEGETATIVE DATA COLLECTION S CLOVER NORTH AND SOUTH MEADOW VALLEY WASH WATERSHEDS

NOXIOUS WEED CONTROL IN VALLEY COUNTY

WHITE PINE COUNTY VEG PLOT WORK

STEPTOE VALLEY NOXIOUS & INVASIVE WEED ED AND RESEARCH SNPLMA ROUND 8 PROJECT

SPRUCE MTN JOINT FIRE SCIENCES RESEARCH PROJECT

BIOMASS PARTNERSHIP

GREAT BASIN RESTORATION ACTIVITIES

BARNM BOTANICAL INVENTORY AND MONITORING

COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS WITH EASTERN NEVADA LANDSCAPE COALITION FOR RESTORATION PROJECTS IN NEVADA

ACCOMPLISH THE GOALS OF THE BLM PLANT CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM (PCRMP) BY SUPPORTING NV STATE OFFICE EFFORTS TO DEVELOP REGIONALLY ADAPTED NATIVE PLANT MATERIALS BY ASSISTING IN THE GREAT BASIN FORB COMMON GARDEN PROJECT [TO] CONDUCT PLANT PHENOLOGY, GROWTH, AND REPRODUCTION MONITORING AT THE PAIN GULCH PROJECT SITE LOCATED IN THE ELY DISTRICT BLM AND BY REPLICATING THE MARTIN FIRE'S ROB SWAN SONG STUDY COMPARING ESTABLISHMENT AND GROWTH OF LOCAL AND COMMERCIAL SEED ON AN ANTICIPATED FIRE IN THE ELY DISTRICT BLM, THEREBY PROVIDING A DIRECT PUBLIC BENEFIT IN TERMS OF CONSERVATION STEWARDSHIP, PROTECTING RECREATION, FISHING, AND HUNTING OPPORTUNITIES, AND IMPROVING ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE TO FIRE AND EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS, FURTHERING PUBLIC SAFETY AND ECONOMIC PROSPERITY.

RESPONSIBLE GREAT BASIN GRAZING

WHITE PINE COUNTY WILDERNESS ROAD REHABILITATION PROJECT

ELKO NV EMERGENCY STABLIZATION AND REHABILITATION PROJECT

WHITE PINE SAGEBRUSH RESTORATION PROJECT

NV ENLC RESTORATION SEED MIX DEVELOPMENT

NORTH SCHELL RESTORATION PROJECT

NORTH SCHELL RESTORATION PROJECT

ENLC CCDO RECREATION PROJECTS

WARD MOUNTAIN RARE PLANT SURVEY

GREAT BASIN RESTORATION ACTIVITIES

DEOBLIGATE AND CLOSE

EASTERN NV LANDSCAPE COALITION RESTORING DYNAMIC LANDSCAPES OF THE GREAT BASIN

WHITE RIVER VALLEY INVASIVE WEEDS PROJECT, SNPLMA

WATERSHED ANALYSES OF LINCOLN AND WHITE PINE COUNTIES AND OTHER LANDS OF THE GREAT BASIN

EASTERN NV LANDSCAPE COALITION LANDSCAPE RESTORATION EFFORTS

EASTERN NEVADA LANDSCAPE COALITION LANDSCAPE RESTORATION EFFORTS

EASTERN NV LANDSCAPE COALTION LANDSCAPE RESTORATION EFFORTS

SPRUCE MTN JFSP PROJ

CONSERVATION INITIATIVE NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY WATERSHED DATA PROJECT BL54, PRIORITY 6-30