Thank you for a great workshop!

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The UP Project, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, Colorado Division of Wildlife, BLM –Uncompahgre Field Office, US Forest Service – Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forest, and Colorado State University Extension co-sponsored this event. Over 100 participants joined us to learn more about contemporary restoration and post-disturbance landscape treatments. The workshop had both classroom presentations and field inspection of practices and procedures used to control plant competition, complete seedbed preparation, seeding operations to establish a diverse number of species, and measures to interseed and encourage natural recovery. We also went out in the field to a site on the Uncompahgre Plateau for an exciting equipment demonstration day to view the machines in action. Participants were be able to assess the effectiveness of various mechanical treatment methods including: modern anchor chains, cables, roller choppers, hydro ax, Lawson aerator, rangeland drills, the new Truax drills, seed dribblers, and pipe harrows.

Presentations at the Holiday Inn

Field tour to the CSU-Rogers Mesa Research Center

Viewing an anchor chain in action in pinyon-juniper and sagebrush

Viewing the effectiveness of equipment up-close.

A roller chopper moving...

...and at rest.

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