Site evaluation | Species adaptation | Equipment | Site preparation and seeding
Equipment Schedule

Habitat improvement

The goal at the Great Basin Research Center is to ensure that research is applicable to the enhancement of wildlife habitat through rangeland restoration. Project personnel sponsor and conduct workshops, field trips, symposiums and answer questions to assist and train private landowners, UDWR and other agency's personnel in site evaluation, plant species adaptation, and equipment for site preparation and seeding.

Seed mixes, site preparation and seeding techniques are developed and approved by project personnel for all Division and Division/Co-op projects. Up to one fourth of the project time is spent developing seed mixes, instructing, advising, recommending, and assisting interested parties.

Extension personnel at the Great Basin Research Center are available for field inspection and to respond to calls and written requests from individuals with range management and wildlife habitat questions. Consultation is common with UDWR biologists, state and federal land managers, private landowners, and private industry.

Principles and Procedures of Successful Range Restoration

Successful planting of range areas depends upon recognizing certain principles and following tested procedures. This has been demonstrated forcefully and conclusively on many areas in Utah. Ten cardinal principles for successful range restoration are presented here with some explanation and with recommendations for procedure. Since recommendations necessarily must be made for extensive areas, they frequently must be modified somewhat in accord with local conditions, availability of seed, and facilities for doing the actual work. However, such modifications will be satisfactory if they meet the conditions discussed below under each of the ten principles. (A. Perry Plummer, Donald R. Christensen, and Stephen Monsen, Restoring Big Game Ranges, 1968, 183 p.)