Manual Release Contracting: Production Rates, Costs, and Future

1990 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 83-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary O. Fiddler ◽  
Philip M. McDonald

Abstract Manual release, primarily accomplished through the use of service contracts, is increasingly used by silviculturists for controlling competing vegetation in the West, particularly in California. Over 60 recent manual release contracts on four National Forests and one Bureau of Land Management Resource Area in California were analyzed for production rate and cost relationships. Mean number of acres completed per workday was 0.11-0.50 and the average cost of release was $174-$310 per acre. Grubbing or cutting costs were $0.44-$0.86 per seedling regardless of radius treated. Cutting and grubbing combined cost $0.63-$0.71 per seedling for 3-5 ft radii, and $1.19 for a 6-ft radius. The increased costs resulting from more realistic bidding and the projected unavailability of crews to do the work mean that many acres needing manual release will go untreated. West. J. Appl. For. 5(3):83-85, July 1990.

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grace A. Wang

A heavily armed militia occupied the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge from January 2 through February 21, 2016. The standoff began as a protest against the prosecution and incarceration of two local ranchers, although there has been a long-standing animus among some ranchers in the western United States. A brief history of the Bureau of Land Management lands is presented, with a focus on the management of grazing in the West. Some ranchers, such as Cliven Bundy of Nevada, have refused to pay grazing fees because of their profound hostility toward the federal government, and an earlier 2014 standoff in Bunkerville, Nevada, set the stage for the occupation at Malheur.


2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
John Harner ◽  
Lee Cerveny ◽  
Rebecca Gronewold

Natural resource managers need up-to-date information about how people interact with public lands and the meanings these places hold for use in planning and decision-making. This case study explains the use of public participatory Geographic Information System (GIS) to generate and analyze spatial patterns of the uses and values people hold for the Browns Canyon National Monument in Colorado. Participants drew on maps and answered questions at both live community meetings and online sessions to develop a series of maps showing detailed responses to different types of resource uses and landscape values. Results can be disaggregated by interaction types, different meaningful values, respondent characteristics, seasonality, or frequency of visit. The study was a test for the Bureau of Land Management and US Forest Service, who jointly manage the monument as they prepare their land management plan. If the information generated is as helpful throughout the entire planning process as initial responses seem, this protocol could become a component of the Bureau’s planning tool kit.


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