BLM Awards Task Order for 2022 TFD ESR Vegetation Monitoring to GeomorphIS

The BLM Twin Falls District has awarded a task order to GeomorphIS and team partner Pyramid Botanical Consultants to conduct Emergency Stabilization and Burned Area Rehabilitation (ESR) monitoring on 96 pre-determine plots in southern Idaho. The distributed plots are on BLM administered lands throughout the TFD (Burley, Jarbidge, and Shoshone Field Offices). These plots will be in their second and third post-treatment monitoring years. In recent years, large wildfires have affected sage-grouse habitat throughout the TFD. Areas burned by these fires were seeded with native cultivar seed mixtures or sagebrush plantings in existing vegetation. BLM policy is to monitor seeded/planted vegetation over a ten-year period to determine if the treatment(s) have met resource objectives and will aid in determining the success or failure of establishing native vegetation into disturbed areas. The GeomorphIS team will provide support in terms of coordination, pre-season support, data collection, electronic data management, and reporting. All processes will occur in accordance with the TFD Fuels monitoring program guidelines and with the most recent versions of information posted on the aim.landscapetoolbox.org website.