BLM-ID Selects GeomorphIS to Conduct 2021 ESR Treatment Monitoring Task Order

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Idaho, Twin Falls District (TFD) has tasked the GeomorphIS-Pyramid Botanical Consultants team with collecting data at 120 pre-determined plots during the 2021 season. The distributed plots are on BLM administered lands throughout the TFD BLM (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 conduct the monitoring in accordance with the TFD Fuels monitoring program guidelines and with the most recent versions of information posted on the aim.landscapetoolbox.org website.