Walker Butte Site

Location: Lake County, ~ 25 miles from Christmas Valley, OR
Land Management Agency: Bureau of Land Management Lakeview Resource Area
SageSTEP Site Manager: Jaime Ratchford
Plots: Three 45-acre core plots (Control, Burn, Mechanical)
Elevation: 4500-4700 ft.
Topography: 3% slope and ESE aspect
Common Vegetation: Western Juniper, mountain big sagebrush, Idaho fescue
Soils: fine loamy, mixed
Fire Regime: Historically frequent to moderately frequent (10-70 years), low intensity to mixed severity fires. Woodland invasion suggests that the majority of these communities have not burned since the late 1800’s. As woodlands gain dominance, the fire regime shifts to infrequent, high-intensity fires.
Representative Land Base: Several million acres in eastern OR, northeastern CA, southwestern ID, and northwestern NV.
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, click here.

Click here to download the Walker Butte Site Fact Sheet (PDF, 934KB).