FWPP Biannual Report: January – June 2018

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A report of FWPP activities over the past six months in now available. The project has been busy, and now with fire restrictions lifted, we are able to get into the woods to do work! The biggest development to report is the successful bid and takeover of the FWPP Phase 1 timber contract. Dakota Logging has moved his equipment into the area and is begging operations when monsoonal conditions allow. For more updates on what FWPP has been up to the last six months, please see the report: Biannual Report Jan-June 2018

Drones as a Tool for Modeling Wildfire Risk:Measuring the effectiveness of forest fuel reduction treatment in Flagstaff, AZ Poster

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According to the FWPP Monitoring Plan (2014), voters would like project monitoring to evaluate the following question: “Did the investment effectively reduce the risk of catastrophic fire?” This research aims to help answer the voter question using innovative remote sensing techniques via unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to measure changes in forest structure from forest fuel reduction treatment. The forest structure measurements will be used to model pre- and post-treatment crown fire potential and evaluate the fuel reduction treatment effects on potential fire behavior. For full poster see: P_Shinn_thesis_poster

The bids are in; timber harvest planned for spring in FWPP

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The bids are in; timber harvest planned for spring in FWPP  

Aug. 25, 2016
The US Forest Service and City of Flagstaff are pleased to provide an update on the progression of the Flagstaff Watershed Protection Project; a contractor has provided a bid to conduct tree thinning operations on 642 acres of National Forest along Schultz Creek and the base of Mt. Elden. For full press release, click here: coc-nr-08-26-2016-intrim-timber-for-fwpp