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Field
Accomplishments of the
Grand Canyon Forests Partnership: A Monitoring Report
September 20, 2001
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The
Grand Canyon Forests Partnership was formed in 1996.
Data collection and project planning for the Partnership
began in 1998; project work began in November 1998.
Due to administrative appeals and litigation, the Partnership
was delayed in implementing ecological restoration work
on one of its major projects from May 5, 1999 to January
3, 2001.
In
addition to the following accomplishments on the ground,
the Partnership has numerous research, monitoring, educational,
and small business stimulation efforts ongoing.
Five
environmental analyses reports have been completed:
Fort Valley Demo, Fort Valley Ecosystem Restoration
Project, Elden, Arboretum, and Airport. Environmental
analyses completed or to be completed by spring 2002
(but not yet implemented on the ground) represent approximately
11,000 acres of additional potential ecological restoration
treatment.
Thinning
treatments consist of 11 different prescriptions (less
than half with the "presettlement" model); 25% without
heavy equipment and without the sale of timber; and
24% with a 12 inch or less diameter limit (80% of the
area with a 16 inch or less diameter limit).
Highlights
Include:
Completed
Work-
- Completed
thinning and initial burning treatments on 334 acres.
- Completed
thinning treatments on an additional 516 acres.
- Closure
of 1.0 mile of roads within Chimney Springs meadow.
- Obliteration
of 2.8 additional miles of unneeded roads.
- Restoration
of stream flow channel at Chimney Springs.
- Prescribed
fire on 39 additional acres.
- Restoration
of Chimney Springs meadow.
- Rehabilitation
of Chimney Springs.
Pending
Work- (Within 1 month)
- Thinning
contracts for an additional 1,043 acres of thinning.
- Designation
of camping activities along Freidlein Prairie Road.
Projects
accomplished on the ground as of July 2001, currently
under contract, or within three months of being under
contract are listed in the following narratives and
displayed in the following charts and tables.
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| Grand
Canyon Forests Partnership Thinning Project Accomplishments
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(Projects shown in red
are complete; all others are under contract or
final preparation prior to contract.) |
| Project
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Hand
Thin |
Mech
Thin |
Fire
Thin |
Treatment Prescription |
DBH
Limit |
Slash
Trt |
Bburn |
Nw Tmp
Rd |
Clsd
Tmp |
Clsd
Oth |
Fort
Valley Research
and Demonstration |
|
Units 1, 6, 10 |
|
108
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|
1.5/3 Replacement Rate |
24 |
108
|
108
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1.0 |
0.5 |
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Units 2, 7, 12 |
|
115
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2/4 Replacement Rate |
24 |
115
|
115
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1.0 |
0.5 |
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Units 4,5,11 |
|
111
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3/6 Replacement Rate |
24 |
111
|
111
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0.8 |
0.8 |
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Fort
Valley Ecosystem
Restoration |
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|
2.0 miles |
|
Unit 13 |
|
83 |
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Presettlement / Forests Forever Blend |
16 |
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|
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Units 14 and 20 |
|
92 |
|
Forests Forever |
16 |
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|
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Units 15 and 21 |
|
120 |
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Uneven-Aged |
16 |
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|
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Unit 16 |
|
85
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Presettlement 1.5/3 |
16 |
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Unit 17 |
|
31 |
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Dwarf Mistletoe Reduction |
16 |
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Unit 18 |
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39 |
Fire Thinning in Dwarf Mistletoe |
16 |
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Units 22, 23, 27, 29 |
261 |
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Presettlement 2/4 w/Area Deferrals |
16 |
|
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Units 25, 26 |
|
121 |
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Presettlement 2/4 |
16 |
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Unit 27 |
15 |
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Presettlement 2/4 w/Area Deferrals |
8 |
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Unit 27 |
3 |
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Presettlement 2/4 w/Area Deferrals |
16 |
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Units 24, 28, 38 |
|
245 |
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Retaining Goshwak Habitat |
16 |
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Unnumbered |
200
|
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Minimal Restoration |
9 |
|
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| Elden
Project |
193
|
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Fuels Reduction |
12 |
|
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| Arboretum
Project |
|
62 |
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Uneven-Age |
16 |
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| |
38
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Fuels Reduction |
9 |
|
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| Total
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449
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1434
|
39
|
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334
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334
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2.8
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1.8
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2.0
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Note: The term Full Restoration is equivalent
to "Presettlement 1.5/3"; the term Full/modified
restoration is equivalent to "Presettlement 2/4".
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Hand Thin = in acres; crews with chainsaws; stack
wood and tops for burning and/or firewood use.
Mechanical Thin = in acres; heavy equipment; hand
falling or mechanical cutting/delimbing; whole
tree yarding or forwarding from woods.
Fire Thin = in acres; thinning with fire only
without any hand or mechanical thinning.
DBH Limit = in inches; largest diameter tree cut.
Slash Trt = removal of thinning/treatment slash
by burning piles of slash or removal by firewood
gatherers.
Bburn = broadcast burn following slash treatment;
prescribed fire to restore low intensity ground
fire to site.
Nw Tmp Rd = miles of temporary road built for
thinning activity.
Clsd Tmp = miles of temporary (new or existing
nonsystem road) closed by project.
Clsd Oth = miles of unnecessary system roads closed
(per EA). |
Wood
Raw Material From
Partnership Restoration Projects |
| Project
|
Acres
|
Number
of Trees (By DBH Groups) |
Cubic
Volume (CF) |
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0-4.9
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5-8.9
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9-11.9
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12-15.9
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16+
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0-4.9
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5-8.9
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9-11.9
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12-15.9
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16+
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Fort Valley
Demo Units
1, 2, 4 |
100 |
3238 |
11639 |
7616 |
2389 |
820 |
nd |
33723 |
58194 |
41863 |
29485 |
Fort Valley
Demo Units
5, 6, 7 |
113 |
37652 |
6170 |
6159 |
4452 |
2723 |
nd |
21018 |
49381 |
82038 |
101700 |
Fort Valley
Demo Units
10, 11, 12 |
122 |
69067 |
19947 |
7529 |
3306 |
0 |
nd |
35267 |
17620 |
19093 |
0 |
Fort Valley
Units
14, 15, 16 |
227 |
29846 |
25827 |
11487 |
5817 |
0 |
nd |
86817 |
113028 |
129614 |
0 |
Arboretum
Noncommercial |
38 |
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0 |
0 |
nd |
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|
0 |
0 |
Arboretum
Commercial |
62 |
nd |
2085 |
1633 |
1445 |
266 |
nd |
37758 |
32617 |
0 |
0 |
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Elden Project |
193 |
18432 |
11001 |
3764 |
0 |
0 |
nd |
37758 |
32617 |
0 |
0 |
Fort Valley
Minimal
Restoration |
200 |
|
|
|
0 |
0 |
nd |
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|
0 |
0 |
Fort Valley
Stewardship
Pilot |
793 |
23790 |
54474 |
25011 |
12080 |
0 |
nd |
192883 |
216733 |
216909 |
0 |
Total
to Date
(see pie charts) |
1848
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182,025
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131,143
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63,199
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29,489
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3,809
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415,039
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498,379
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510,165
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138,989
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Data Sources:
Fort Valley 14,15,16:
Preliminary Report on Fort Valley-NAU (volume
for 0-4 not determined)
Fort Valley Demo: Mirth and Larsen (1998)
Arboretum: USFS Timber Cruise (no data taken
for 0-4² dbh)
Fort Valley Stewardship: USFS Timber Cruise
(no data taken for 0-4² dbh)
Elden Project: Monitoring Data (GCFP)
Fort Valley Minimal Restoration (not yet available)
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