Aldos Silver City • Entered by Marcia Stout on June 11, 2021
Riparian – Grazing Monitoring
May 1, 2021 – May 31, 2021
Participants and Hours
| Pre Planning hours | 5.5 |
| Post Admin hours | 3 |
| Activity Hours | 13.5 |
| Participants | 4 |
| Total Hours | 62.5 |
Key Issue: Livestock Grazing Management
Activity Type: Stewardship (monitoring, sampling, planting, etc.)
Key Partners: Gila National Forest
Landscape/area: Gila National Forest (2658321 acres)
Measurable Outcomes
Outcome 1: Trail/land monitored (3 surveys)
Short Description of Activity
Aldo’s riparian grazing team participated in two monitoring activities. On May 3, we met with two Gila National Forest employees to train on our new computer monitoring program and the radio which the FS has asked us to carry. This was a 5-hour field trip long the Gila River. No cattle sign was observed. On May 18, we conducted two short transects in areas under litigation. These were along Saliz Creek and the San Francisco River. Much cattle sign was observed (and reported) on the first transect, and we plan to return for a longer one in the near future. No cattle sign was observed along the San Francisco River.
We also drove to Glenwood on May 31 for a field trip on June 1.
Reflection/Evaluation
The new computer program which the FS has installed on our phones allows us to tabulate and send reports more easily. Reports go to the FS, which sends them to the lawyers on both sides of the lawsuit brought by the SW Center for Biological Diversity (about trespass cattle in riparian areas).
Goals met, although we want to return to Saliz Canyon because we had to cut that monitoring short due to weather.
Photos/Uploads
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Photo Captions
Monitoring along the San Francisco River from the Alma bridge. This section of the river was dry.