Anonymous
06-17-2004, 04:47 PM
From: Cindy cindyburrascano@cox.net
Date: 11/29/03
Time: 08:09 PM
Both the Forest Service and BLM are planning on doing some large scale mulching; FS on Viejas Mountain and BLM on Viejas Mountain. Mulch does not seem like a good idea for allowing a natural process to occur with fire followers. I have only seen one paper on the subject and it only covered a 6 month period and did show inhibition of natives. Since Viejas Mountain has a list 4 orchid species which has winter leaves, this seems like a really bad idea. Any suggestions or references I should read?
Date: 11/29/03
Time: 08:09 PM
Both the Forest Service and BLM are planning on doing some large scale mulching; FS on Viejas Mountain and BLM on Viejas Mountain. Mulch does not seem like a good idea for allowing a natural process to occur with fire followers. I have only seen one paper on the subject and it only covered a 6 month period and did show inhibition of natives. Since Viejas Mountain has a list 4 orchid species which has winter leaves, this seems like a really bad idea. Any suggestions or references I should read?