South San Juan Broadband • Entered by Louise van Vonno on October 31, 2022
Grazing hike
October 30, 2022 – October 30, 2022
Participants and Hours
| Pre Planning hours | 0.75 |
| Post Admin hours | 1.5 |
| Activity Hours | 6 |
| Participants | 6 |
| Total Hours | 38.25 |
Key Issue: Livestock Grazing Management
Activity Type: Stewardship (monitoring, sampling, planting, etc.)
Key Partners: Forest Service
Landscape/area: San Juan National Forest (1864595 acres)
Measurable Outcomes
Outcome 1: Event Attendees (8 people)
Outcome 2: Hiked (5 miles)
Outcome 3: Clean-up (10 trash)[/if 1231]
Short Description of Activity
6 of us hiked up into lower dutch creek grazing area to witness the damage done by cattle since our last outing to the same area.
Reflection/Evaluation
Even with a grazing season that was quite wet the damage done by the cattle in the lower dutch creek area was extensive. We will follow up with a written report to the forest service regarding our findings.
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Photo Captions
1) 5 of the 6, Left to Right;, Rose Chilcoat, Deb Paulson, Laurie Parkinson, Louise van Vonno, Betsey Nord (Linda Dawkins photographer not shown)
2) Some damage inflicted on our public lands by too many grazing cows!
3) Thumbs down, a high altitude meadow should not look like this!
4) Lunch time