Lyman North Grassland Restoration
Project Information
Year Awarded: Fiscal Year
USDA Funding: $1,000,000.00
Partner-Contributed Funding: $1,471,000.00
Project Timeline: Portions of Apache County
RCPP Conservation Activities: Land Management Contracts
Arizona Counties: Portions of Apache County
Lead Partner: Apache Natural Resource Conservation District
Collaborating Partners: Arizona Antelope Foundation, Bureau of Land Management, Arizona Association of Conservation Districts, and Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management.
Summary
The projects’ goal is to complete landscape scale rangeland improvements within the Apache Natural Resource Conservation District. Project funding will allow the partnership to extend its landscape scale work into the northern portion of the district, positively impacting rangelands, watersheds, and wildlife habitats. By utilizing brush management practices, the Apache NRCD expects to mitigate these resource concerns and achieve goals including restoring natural plant community balance, mitigating wildfire hazards, improving forage quality and quantity, enhancing wildlife habitat, and restoring desired vegetative cover.
Resource Concerns
Concentrated erosion, degraded plant condition, fire management, livestock production limitation, soil quality limitations
Conservation Practices Offered
- 314 - Brush Management
- 528 - Prescribed Grazing
- 614 - Watering Facility
- 382 - Fencing
- 516 - Livestock Pipeline
Project Map
