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Figure 10. VEGETATION MANAGEMENT Camp Ripley Prescribed Fire 2009 Conservation Program Report Page 20 The evaluation of forest metric estimates has not yet been conducted. Results will be used to identify a confidence level for the forest metric data. In the event results are unsatisfactory the baseline data will be used to refine statistical models which the estimates were based upon. Camp Ripley uses prescribed fire as a management tool to enhance the military training environment (also known as mission-scape) and for ecological purposes. Prescribed fire target areas include native prairie grass enhancement, woody encroachment, seed production, brush control, fuelhazard reduction, forest management, and to improve habitat for threatened and endangered species. The management strategy for prescribed fire on Camp Ripley is provided within the wildland fire management plan. Two types of prescribed burns are conducted at Camp Ripley; hazard reduction and ecological. Two of the largest training areas on Camp Ripley are designated as impact areas. These areas are burned every spring along with eight other firing ranges to reduce fuel build up and minimize wildfires due to military training exercises. A large wetland complex is also burned annually on the basis of fire hazard reduction due to its location adjacent to a firing range. These are categorized as hazard reduction burns. The total acreage of fire hazard reduction burns is approximately 10,000 to 12,000 acres a year. Camp Ripley consists of 11 maneuver areas divided into 80 training areas of which 70 contain designated burn units. These burn units are dynamic in respect to size and shape but are directly related to a military land use. Burn plans are carefully written for each burn unit and reviewed by FMO-DPW and local MNDNR Forestry personnel prior to execution of the burn. Camp Ripley Department of Public Works (DPW) partnered with the environmental staff and The Nature Conservancy to implement prescribed fire on these units.
Potential prescribed fire units for 2009 consisted of 19 units that totaled 2,072 acres (Table 6 and Figure 11). Measurable objectives for all units were described in the plans, they are: 1) burn and consume 90 percent of fine dead grassy fuels, and 2) reduce the influx of hazel in the unit by 50 percent. Objective one is measured by visual inspection of available fuels left on the site immediately after completion of the burn. Objective two is measured after sufficient green up is attained to quantify percent kill on hazel. All goals and objectives were achieved on all burn units which Table 6. Planned prescribed burn units, Camp Ripley, 2009. Burn Unit Permit Issued Date Burned Acres I-64-74 No 118 I-64-79 No 159 I-64-80 Yes 11/18/2009 53 I-64-85 Yes 8/10/2009 22 F-45-54 Yes 5/8/2009 6 F-44-55 Yes 5/22/2009 10 F-44-56 Yes 5/22/2009 23 F-44-57 Yes 5 F-50-1 Yes 5/21/2009 14 K1-54-63 Yes 4/24/2009 445 K1-70-81 Yes 5/21/2009 11 B-4-21 No 144 B-11-1 Yes 5/6/2009 99 C-12-1 No 93 C-28-4 Yes 4/29/2009 19 D-20-18 No 525 D-23-14 Yes 4/22/2009 208 D-23-17 Yes 5/4/2009 99 D-25-13 Yes 4/17/2009 19 Acres Completed demonstrates the effectiveness of phenological timing of the burn events. The ecological burns were completed by The Nature Conservancy prescribed fire crew under the direction of the RxB2 burn boss Tom Rothleutner, DPW Supervisor. Page 21 1,028 2009 Conservation Program Report
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Page 9 and 10: Program Overview ..................
Page 11 and 12: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This Conservation
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Page 20 and 21: land use activities between militar
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Figure 45. Bear #2081‟s home rang
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Scent Post Survey The MNDNR has con
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Cougar (Puma concolor) and Canada L
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Ground and aerial tracking were use
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Figure 51. Calculated 90% minimum c
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Many problem areas can be addressed
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Figure 54. Locations of ANABAT surv
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Table 16. Summary of Blanding‟s t
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Figure 56. Observations and nest lo
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Figure 59. Precipitation (inches) a
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Figure 62. Anuran survey routes at
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Table 17. Anuran survey index data
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Grassland plots (n=7) contained 20
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Average Number of Species per Plot
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Henslow’s sparrow (Ammodramus hen
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Table 22. Small mammal live trappin
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and was completed by 3:30 PM. Surve
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Table 24. Bird species observed at
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Lake Allot is managed for a wide di
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Complete details regarding the ACUB
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Figure 72. Camp Ripley ACUB fiscal
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Range and Training Land Assessment
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Figure 73. Farmstead mitigation sit
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A natural resource damage assessmen
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UTILIZATION Derived Digital Terrain
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HUNTING PROGRAMS Camp Ripley has ha
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Table 32. Deployed soldier‟s arch
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Table 34. General public archery wh
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AHATS Volunteer Archery Deer Hunt T
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2009 Conservation Program Report RE
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Koper, N. and R. J. Brooks. 2000. E
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Section INRMP Goal INRMP Ensure ade
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Section INRMP Goal 2009 Conservatio
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Section INRMP Goal Forestry Emphasi
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Section INRMP Goal Forestry Monitor
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Section INRMP Goal Goal Created Sec
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Section INRMP Goal Land Use Minimiz
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Section INRMP Goal Wildlife Monitor
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Listed below is a summery table tha
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