VEGETATION TREATMENT

Coonie Prairie Maintenance (Gila National Forest), SWG164.
This project on the Black Range Ranger District involved the
cutting and spot burning of pinon/juniper at arrest the invasion
of these species into the open meadow habitat.
Six-Mile
Canyon Prescribed Burn (Cibola National Forest), CF2.
Completed in 1992, this project in the Zuni Mountains, was completed
to improve vegetative conditions for wildlife. With the suppression
of natural fires, many areas have become less desirable to wildlife.
Fire rejuvenates and improves the nutritive condition of vegetation,
removes forest litter, and removes some trees creating beneficial
wildlife openings.