Protect Wetlands in the La Sal Mountains

U.S. Forest Service

State:

Utah

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Stream Name:

La Sal Creek

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Watershed:

Upper Colorado River Basin

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Implementation Date:

Jun. 01, 2023

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Treatment Length (m):

15

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LT-PBR Structures:

13

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Project Goals and Objectives

Working alongside the Forest Service in the La Sal Mountains, volunteers built an 800-foot log fence and a 1,425-foot barbed wire fence to protect a wetland from further degradation by cows. We also constructed 13 human-made beaver dams to raise the water table of the wetland. We had 7 volunteers for 140 hours for these volunteers to get this project done.

Structure Construction Elements

BDAs, non-treated posts, trimmings from forest thinning projects, lots of local sediment.

Project Photos

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Project Location