Cow Valley fire

[Mark Reynolds]

@Travlr, how big of an area are we talking that you now have a cheatgrass monoculture? It MAY be possible to do something about it before it gets beyond a management level.

 

[Travlr]

@Travlr, how big of an area are we talking that you now have a cheatgrass monoculture? It MAY be possible to do something about it before it gets beyond a management level.

It's not my property. It's in the foothills of a National Forest.

We call the valley "Two mile" because it's two miles long, and it's maybe half a mile wide.

 

[Mark Reynolds]

It's not my property. It's in the foothills of a National Forest.

We call the valley "Two mile" because it's two miles long, and it's maybe half a mile wide.

Might be doable. Anyone ever check with the NF to see if there is a plan? And is there someone specific who has an allotment there? With the one-time run of the sheep, I'm guessing there is not a specific allotment owner/user.

 

[Travlr]

Might be doable. Anyone ever check with the NF to see if there is a plan? And is there someone specific who has an allotment there? With the one-time run of the sheep, I'm guessing there is not a specific allotment owner/user.

No idea. It's a pretty little valley and would make a nice, small hobby type grazing area if It could be acquired. My brother has tried buying from the government and it's a nightmare.

 

[Mark Reynolds]

No idea. It's a pretty little valley and would make a nice, small hobby type grazing area if It could be acquired. My brother has tried buying from the government and it's a nightmare.

I'm surprised you didn't get told no outright about buying the property, or were you meaning the allotment? The allotment would be much easier, although you have to find the correct employee to talk to.

 

[GoWyo]

I'm surprised you didn't get told no outright about buying the property, or were you meaning the allotment? The allotment would be much easier, although you have to find the correct employee to talk to.

BLM, Forest Service or any other federal agency seldom sells land or even trades land. Every square inch is precious. And the powers that be think the feds need even more land.

 

[kenny thomas]

BLM, Forest Service or any other federal agency seldom sells land or even trades land. Every square inch is precious. And the powers that be think the feds need even more land.

Same way here. Only possibility is if you have a piece of private that is in the middle of their property and they have a property that doesn't join the main part, sometimes they do a land swap.

 

[RockinRB]

These photos were taken Thursday afternoon. It started early Thursday morning. It made within 1/4 mile of the fence line, but it had to fight the wind to get this direction. There were a lot of planes and helicopters that were really working hard to get it stopped on this side.

I know of several ranches that lost 90% or better of their grass. It has burned up over 133,000 acres.

A lot of this ground already had a lot of cheat grass, so no doubt it will come back awfully abundant. Most of where it burned is sagebrush country, but it did get into some steeper, higher elevation areas that had some juniper.

 

[Mark Reynolds]

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These photos were taken Thursday afternoon. It started early Thursday morning. It made within 1/4 mile of the fence line, but it had to fight the wind to get this direction. There were a lot of planes and helicopters that were really working hard to get it stopped on this side.

I know of several ranches that lost 90% or better of their grass. It has burned up over 133,000 acres.

A lot of this ground already had a lot of cheat grass, so no doubt it will come back awfully abundant. Most of where it burned is sagebrush country, but it did get into some steeper, higher elevation areas that had some juniper.

What I'm wondering is how much native grasses are/were there to respond. I can't remember what all is prevalent there other than bluebunch wheatgrass and Idaho fescue. It's been too long since I've been there.

 

[GoWyo]

Now it's Wyoming's turn. Huge fires in northern Wyoming after lightning strikes on Wednesday. This is a mess.

Northern Wyoming Wildfire Explodes To Nearly 200,000 Acres, Others…

A wildfire burning out of control in northern Wyoming east of Buffalo has exploded and is pushing 200,000 acres. Ranchers are scrambling to help fight…

cowboystatedaily.com

 

[CowboyRam]

We had smoke from the Fish Creek Fire up on Togwotee pass yesterday.

Fish Creek Fire shuts down Togwotee Pass

JACKSON, Wyo. — Togwotee Pass closed to traffic shortly after 5 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 22 due to the encroaching Fish Creek Fire. US 26/287 was closed to through traffic between Dubois and Moran Junction after the fire reached within 1.5 miles of the highway and smoke on the road caused “near...

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