Northern San Juan • Entered by NSJBB Leader (Blank Account) Peggy Lyon on September 25, 2022
Rare plant updates
September 8, 2022 – September 25, 2022
Participants and Hours
| Pre Planning hours | 6 |
| Post Admin hours | 16 |
| Activity Hours | 13 |
| Participants | 2 |
| Total Hours | 48 |
Key Issue: Multiple apply
Activity Type: Stewardship (monitoring, sampling, planting, etc.)
Key Partners: Colorado Natural Heritage Program, CSU
Landscape/area: Uncompahgre National Forest (951767 acres)
Measurable Outcomes
Outcome 1: 3 rare plant and 1 rare plant community occurrences found and documented (4 plants)
Outcome 2: Event Attendees (8 people)
Outcome 3: Element occurrences documents prepared (23 documents prepared)[/if 1231]
Short Description of Activity
Field work for ongoing project begun in May was continued through September, Broads hike to historic locations of rare plants, confirmed present or not, documented population size, location, condition, landscape context, threats, etc. Updated records on iron fen, rare community and mosses. Held field trip to fen with 8 people attending. Documented findings in element occurrence reports (EORs).
Reflection/Evaluation
Although things are winding down for this season, we have 8 enthusiastic volunteers waiting to continue this work in the spring. Eight people attended the field trip to the iron fen, including some new potential members.
Photos/Uploads
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Photo Captions
Broads and guests get their feet wet in a rare iron fen