Manera Wash

1954

2004

Description:

Plate 751X. Manera Wash 1954 – 2004 In 1954, the Forest Service established three Parker Three-Step Transects at Manera Wash to monitor range conditions on the Dixie National Forest. In 1963, the agency added pellet group and utilization transects to the previously established Parker Three-Steps. Plate 751x is viewed southwest to the reference point for the Parker Three-Step Transects. Pinyon and juniper have increased. Shrubs include cliff rose, bitterbrush, mountain big sage, snakeweed, and green rabbitbrush. Cheatgrass is abundant.

Photo Information:

U.S. Forest Service photograph (unnumbered) taken on May 11, 1954; retake by Darrell McMahon on August 10, 2004 - - Photo No. DM-49-8A. 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:

Sagebrush, Pinyon, Juniper

Location:

South West: Section 16, Range 17 West, Township 39 South; UTM 256392 E, 4141834 N; elevation 4,932 ft.

January 2018