Stakeholder Meeting

Field Visit: Walker Hill Treatments

Field Visit Goals

• Review and understand:
  • 4FRI shared vision for landscape-scale restoration and desired conditions
  • Site-specific and finer-scale objectives and variability
  • Designation by prescription (D X P, D X P +)
  • Processes and roles during contract implementation and inspection
• Assess D X P/D x P+ benefits, challenges, lessons learned, and opportunities for improvement in the context of Walker Hill
• Discuss opportunities for 4FRI SHG roles in implementation including appropriate processes for providing SHG feedback

Materials

• Background: 4FRI Shared Vision, Desired Conditions, Landscape-Scale Approach
  • 4FRI Strategic Plan
  • 4FRI EIS Implementation Plan
  • Stakeholder Group Charter
• D x P Background
  • Fact Sheets: ERI and TNC
  • Presentation
• Walker Hill Background
  • Georeferenced map of treatment area
  • Cut card/prescription for Walker Hill timber sale Unit 20
  • Cut card/prescription for Walker Hill timber sale Unit 21
  • Detailed implementation guide for all group selection prescriptions on Walker Hill project
• Walker Hill Demo Background
  • Walker Hill Demo Prescription

Field Visit Agenda

8:45     Arrive at Coconino Forest Supervisor’s Office PARKING LOT to Carpool (1824 S Thompson St,                 Flagstaff, AZ 86001)

8:50     Introductions, Agenda Review, and Working Agreements for the day- Southwest Decision                     Resources (15 min)

9:05     Carpool to D x P Site 1 at Walker Hill (link – 35°16’31.27″N, 111°50’3.19″W)

• Safety briefing – RFOR and FS

9:15     Grounding in 4FRI Shared Vision, Desired Conditions, and Landscape-Scale Approach  – Amy                  Waltz (ERI) and Mark Nabel (USFS) (20 min)

9:35     Designation by Prescription (85 min)

• Prescriptions to achieve desired conditions: Walker Hill D X P/D X P+ – Mark Nabel (USFS) and Kevin Ordean (RFOR) (15 min)
• D X P/D X P+: What is it, why is it used? – Amber Dorsch (USFS) (10 min)
  • Differences/similarities with D X Description
• D X P/D X P+: Benefits and Challenges (50 min)
  • Operator perspective – Kevin Ordean (RFOR), Jay Smith (Coconino County) (15 min)
  • FS perspective: Fuels perspective, Contract Management perspective, 4FRI Shared Vision perspective – Scot Rogers, Amber Dorsch, Marshall Randol (USFS)  (15 min)
  • Stakeholder Group perspective – Discussion (20 min)

10:50    Contracting Assurance – Marshall Randol and Amber Dorsch (USFS)  (25 min)

• Oversight and inspection: process, roles, timing
• Training of operators: requirements, materials, etc.
  • TNC training, hardware, and software – Joel Jurgens and Travis Woolley (TNC)
• Forest Service implementation monitoring

11:15    Drive to Walker Hill Demo Site (link – 35°16’3.67″N, 111°50’18.20″W)

11:25    Walker Hill Demo – Joel Jurgens (TNC), Tabi Bolton (Campbell Global), Mark Nabel (USFS) (20                  min)

• SHG Q&A and discussion

11:45    D X P  Lessons Learned –  Kevin Ordean (RFOR) and others (20 min)

• SHG Q&A and discussion

12:05    Stakeholder Involvement in Implementation – Melanie Colavito (ERI) and SHG (30 min)

• Opportunities and Next Steps: Communication? Training? Monitoring?

12:35    Field Visit Wrap-Up

12:40    Update: Long Valley Categorical Exclusion – Mike Dechter (USFS) (20 min)

1:00     Adjourn or OPTIONAL: RFOR Mill Tour (30 min)

• RSVP Only, email carrie@swdresources.com and jarchibald@swdresources.com to reserve your spot