Iron Peg

1963

2004

Description:

Plate 693X. Iron Peg 1963 – 2004 The Iron Peg, Parker Three-Step study site is composed of four transects and associated pellet group plots. Transects one and two are located outside the Iron Peg exclosure, while transect three is located inside the total exclusion part of the exclosure and transect four is located inside the part of the exclosure where wildlife, mostly mule deer, have access, but cattle do not. Iron Peg is about one-half mile north of Pinto Peak. Plate 693x is viewed southwest at the start of transect four. Woody vegetation has increased, including pinyon, juniper, bitterbrush, squaw apple, birchleaf mountain mahogany, and mountain big sage. The area is grazed by cattle and is important mule deer habitat.

Photo Information:

U.S. Forest Service photograph (unnumbered) taken by Ivan Thornton on August 19, 1963; retake by Darrell McMahon on June 13, 2004 - - Photo No. DM-22-7. Original photographs, negatives, and narrative reports held in the range files on the St. George Ranger District, Dixie National Forest, St. George, UT.

Vegetative Community:

Mountain Brush, Pinyon, Juniper, Sagebrush

Location:

South West: Section 36, Range 15 West, Township 37 South; UTM 280933 E, 4156751 N; elevation 6,729 ft.

January 2018