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Oct. 2007 NRCS and SCCD Nominate the Pape Ranch for
the Leopold
Conservation Award presented by the
Wyoming Stock
Growers Association and the
Sand County
Foundation.
As part of the Wyoming
Environmental Stewardship Award Program with the Wyoming
Stock Growers Association, each year the Leopold Conservation Award
will be given to an outstanding
Wyoming rancher.
Leopold
Conservation Awards recognize extraordinary
achievement in voluntary conservation,
inspire other landowners through their
example, and help the general public
understand the vital role private landowners
can and do play in conservation success.
Download a pdf version of
the Pape Ranch Application, it is filled
with informative history, recent projects
and photos:
click here for the Pape Nomination.
In 2003, Eastfork Livestock,
the Bousman family cow-calf/yearling
operation in Sublette County, was honored
with the Environmental Stewardship Award.
Download a pdf to read about their projects
and see their pictures:
click here
for the Bousman Nomination.
Oct. 2007 Living Snow Fence Update
(Pictured
above: Coyote willows thriving in late fall of 2007)
Late
season rains brought a big growth spurt to all surviving
living snow fence seedlings located north of Pinedale. The
snow fence was planted along highway 191 between Pinedale
and Cora earlier this year. Those seedlings that managed to
adapt to our rather harsh environment are alive and thriving
well.
The large
2-3 year old transplanted Colorado Blue Spruces require
extra precaution during early adaptation and the Golden
Currants have done well in both the dry areas & the
extremely wet areas. While the willows received a harsh bite
in the spring the very night they were planted they managed
to comeback with a vengeance.
A
man-made snow fence was placed along the prevailing wind
side as an added protector during windy winter months until
the trees themselves have established strong enough roots to
withstand mother nature. Another possibility would have been
to install some tree protectors (2-sided black screen tents)
placed on the prevailing windward side, these have also
proven to be very effective in other instances and to
provide shade as well.
Before
the living snow fence is put to rest for the winter we’ll go
in and give those Colorado Blue Spruces one large gulp of
water that they will store in their roots to keep the
needles from turning red and falling off. It’s important to
remember the tree will do everything it can to survive the
winter before actually dieing and if it lacks proper water
stored in the root system it’s first defense will be to drop
those needles to save energy.
(Above: Colorado Blue Spruces alternated with Golden
Currants.)
(Below: Golden Currants alternated with Coyote
Willows.)
