2012 WBP Sow & Grow for Purdy Fire

Project:  WBP Sow and Grow for Purdy Fire Area

Agency/Forest or Park/District:  Purdy Fire Area, Shoshone National Forest, Wind River Ranger District

Project coordinator:  Ellen Jungck

Contact:  Ellen Jungck, Shoshone NF; SZ Silviculturist/TMA, PO Box 186, Dubois, WY  82513  307-455-4164  ejungck@fs.fed.us

Cooperators

Arbor Day Foundation

Source of funding /amount

FHP: $9,600

Supplemental funding: none

Dates of restoration efforts

June 2013

Objectives

Sow and grow approximately 13,600 seedlings for outplanting in FY2014 (Purdy Unit 16).  The original funding request was to sow and grow for FY2014; the nursery used $9600 from FHP for FY2013 whitebark sow and grow bill for planting part of unit 3e instead of unit 16, as originally planned.

Acres/ha treated

31 acres

Methods

Summer 2011: Conduct pre-planting surveys to determine unplantable ground

September 2011:

1- Calculate percent unplantable ground,

2- Calculate number of trees needed based on unplantable ground

3- Order seedlings from nursery.

Winter 2011-2012: Obligate funds to nursery

Outplanting 7300 trees in unit 3e in FY2013.

Planting? If so, source of seedlings? Resistance?

Yes; UNIONPASS09; seed was collected from an area of known resistance according to Mahalovich 110-seed source study.  Seed orchard for the GYA is not yet producing rust-resistant seed.

Outcome

The project is complete.  A timeline for the project is listed below:

 

Date Activity/Methods
Summer, 2011 Conduct pre-planting surveys to determine unplantable ground
September 30, 2011
  • Calculate percent unplantable ground
  • Calculate number of trees needed based on unplantable ground
November 2011 Order seedlings from nursery
February 2012 Obligate funds to nursery
August, 2012 SNF to prepare budget request for remaining funds to cover planting costs via regional funds and/or national MOUs for reforestation.
February-March, 2013
  • Prepare task/delivery order for planting contract
  • Rent cooler for seedlings
  • Prepare/Award plowing task order
June, 2013
  • Plant seedlings

Monitoring since completion of the project

            Dates August/September 2013 1st year survival surveys  – 92%

            Plans for future monitoring?  Additional survival surveys to be conducted in FY2015 and FY2017.

Will outcome meet goals? 

Yes

Future actions/follow up? 

Additional survival surveys to be conducted in FY2015 and FY2017.