Marking Corral Site
| Location: | White Pine County, ~20 miles from Ely, NV |
| Land Management Agency: | Bureau of Land Management Ely Field Office |
| SageSTEP Site Manager: | Neil Frakes |
| Plots: | Three 40-acre core plots (Control, Burn, Mechanical) plus a 15-acre hydrology study plot |
| Elevation: | 7000-7400 ft |
| Topography: | 6-20% slopes of varying aspect |
| Common Vegetation: | Utah juniper, singleleaf pinyon pine, Wyoming big sagebrush, black sagebrush, green rabbitbrush, bitterbrush, bluebunch wheatgrass, Sandberg bluegrass, Indian ricegrass, needleandthread, Nevada needlegrass, long-leaf phlox, mat buckwheat, cushion buckwheat, yellow eyed cryptantha, speckle-pod milkvetch |
| Soils: | fine-loamy and loamy-skeletal, mixed, mesic |
| Fire Regime: | Historical fire return interval of 30-40 years. Woodland invasion and canopy closure have significantly increased the risk of less frequent, catastophic fire in these communities. |
| Representative Land Base: | Vast acreages in both the High Central and High Calcareous Provinces |
| Grazing: | Plots are located on an active grazing allotment, and have been fenced for the duration of the study to exclude livestock. |
| Treatments Implemented: | Fall 2006. For more information about treatments, click here. |
Click here to download the Marking Corral Site Fact Sheet (PDF, 336KB).
