Chimney Springs Restoration:

A key riparian habitat- Chimney Springs- exists within the Fort Valley Project area. Chimney Springs is one of only four springs on the southwest flank of the San Francisco Peaks, and provides a unique and rare riparian habitat within the Fort Valley Restoration Project. The spring has undergone significant alteration in time, including the installation of a diversion pipe and an earthen tank downstream of the water source. Livestock and elk grazing have further altered the character of the habitat. The net result of these alterations has diminished the riparian qualities of the habitat. Proposed restoration treatments will reestablish in-stream flow and remove the earthen dam thus enhancing habitat values for a host of obligate and non-obligate riparian plant, vertebrate and invertebrate species.

Meadow Restoration:

A crucial component to restoring key wildlife habitats is retaining and enhancing the quality of rare and valuable foraging habitats -meadows- and reducing the negative impacts of vehicular disturbance on wildlife species.

One significant meadow occurs in the Fort Valley area. We plan to restore this meadow in order to maximize the wildlife values of the meadow by managing recreation pressures in and adjacent to the meadow. Activities include closing the meadow to vehiclular traffic, obliterating and re-seeding non-system roads in the meadow, and constructing a pole fence around the meadow perimeter to manage recreation pressures.

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