South San Juan Broadband • Entered by Anne Dal Vera on June 30, 2020
Hermosa Creek Hike
June 30, 2020
Participants and Hours
| Pre Planning hours | 4.0 |
| Post Admin hours | 1 |
| Activity Hours | 06 |
| Participants | 5 |
| Total Hours | 35 |
Key Issue: Livestock Grazing Management
Activity Type: Stewardship (monitoring, sampling, planting, etc.)
Key Partners: Mountain Studies Institute (MSI)
Landscape/area: San Juan National Forest (1864595 acres)
Measurable Outcomes
Outcome 1: Hiked (04.2 miles)
Outcome 2: Invasives removed (150 sq feet)
Outcome 3: Trail/land monitored (02.1 miles)[/if 1231]
Short Description of Activity
Inventoried weed patches using iNaturalist. Amanda Kuenzi spoke about invasive species of plants and how to identify them. Deb spoke about grazing impacts in the area and how to observe them. Rose spoke about other grazing issues.
Reflection/Evaluation
Good enthusiasm and very dry weather. We met Rick Hardesty on the trail. He had herded the 500 cow/calf pairs up the trail and they did not settle in the flat area as requested. He also told us later that our black bags of weeds we left on the trail spooked his horse. The horse was ok, but a younger one might have had an accident. We learned about many plants besides the weeds.
Photos/Uploads
Photo Captions
1. An SSJ Broad removing hounds tongue
2. SSJ Broads look at erosion at a riparian area with vegetation restored after the 416 fire.
3. SSJ Broads listen to a cowboy’s experiences herding cattle up the Hermosa Creek trail.