Location: Jefferson County, ID
Land Management Agency: Bureau of Land Management, Upper Snake River Field Office
Elevation: 4800-4860 ft
Location: Jefferson County, ID
Topography: 0-10% slopes of all aspects
Common Vegetation:
Wyoming big sagebrush, Sandberg bluegrass, Indian ricegrass, bluebunch wheatgrass, and cheatgrass
Soils:
Fine- to coarse-loamy, mixed
Fire Regime:
Historically, several decades. Many of these communities experienced an increased fi re return interval with settlement and overgrazing. Cheatgrass invasion can cause larger fi res and reduce this interval to 10 years or less.
Representative Land Base:
Several million acres in western and central Utah, southern Idaho, northern Nevada, and eastern Oregon
Grazing:
Plots are located on an active grazing allotment, and will be fenced for the duration of the study to exclude livestock.
Wildfire Activity:
Three of the four plots burned completely or partially in July 2010, but site will continue to be monitored for wildfire effects.
