Transcript Diane Taliaferro - New Mexico Association of Counties

CAMERON CREEK PRESCRIBED (RX) BURN
A Collaborative Effort
Presented For:
Wildland Urban Interface Summit 2016
Thursday, March 31, 2016 - Saturday, April 02,
2016
Piñon/Juniper encroachment on grasslands
Browse primarily consist
of decadent Mountain
Mahogany and Oak
species
Browse primarily consist
of decadent Mountain
Mahogany and Oak
species
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Provide for firefighter and public
safety
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Control invasion of woody shrubs
and tree species into natural
openings, grasslands and
meadows
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Improve wildlife habitat
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Improve Cameron Creek
watershed
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Reintroduce fire into the
ecosystem
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Reduce risk of extreme wildfire
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Protect riparian areas and other
natural and cultural resources
View from Castle Knob-Overview of Cameron
Creek Prescribed Burn Project Area
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The Silver City Ranger
District will be burning
2,010 acres within the
Fort Bayard
Management Area.
Improve habitat for
wildlife including
~200 Elk, Coues and
Mule Deer.
Funding from NMGF
and USFS
Collaboration with
adjacent land owners,
range permitees, local
communities such as
Bayard, Santa Clara.
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NEPA (National
Environmental Policy
Act)
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Burn Plan
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Unit Preparation
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Agreement with Grant
County
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Closure Order
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Public Notificationmeetings, LRA, press
releases, VFDs, flyers
Silver City Hotshot, Mike Burnham, thinning
Vegetation around the Cameron Creek Rx
Burn perimeter.
Forest Service Construction and Maintenance Crew helping to
Improve the road that represents the edge of the prescribed
burn boundary so that the Type 3 Engine could traverse around
the burn boundary.
AIR QUALITY/SMOKE
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Registered with New
Mexico Air Quality
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No burning with North or
North East winds
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Smoke monitors will be
located at Fort Bayard
hospital and in the
Mimbres Valley
INTERNAL COOPERATION
EXTERNAL COOPERATION
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NEPA Interdisciplinary Team (ID
Team) Created and a Proposed
Action is identified
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The Cameron Creek RX is funded
through both the US Forest Service
and the NM Game and Fish
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District and Gila Forest Staff write
specialist reports
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District and Gila Forest Staff
(heritage, recreation, wildlife,
hydrology, etc.) work with ID Team
Lead and Burn Boss to ensure
resource protection where
necessary
Grant County and the local
Volunteer Fire Departments will be
helping with prescribed fire
operations
PROTECTION OF HERITAGE RESOURCES
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The Fort Bayard Area has a high
density of prehistoric and
historic cultural resources.
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District Heritage Staff worked
with the Burn Boss to identify
fire sensitive sites and
developed mitigations for
protection
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Fire sensitive sites such as rock
art sites, historic sites with
wooden elements will be
avoided.
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For other sites, reduction of fuel
loading within the sites is
appropriate. This included
thinning ladder fuels, removing
dead and down fuels, and
standing dead fuels from within
features.
A. Marcus Cornwell of the Silver City HotShots helps to reduce fuels around historic pipeline; B. Billy Trujillo and Javier Kirker help take
down large dead and down juniper on top of prehistoric roomblock, and C. Silver City HotShots Wayne Oglesby and Ty Oliver cut down and
remove ladder fuels, dead standing fuels, and dead and down from prehistoric site.
The District plans on using aerial ignition (Helitorch)
on the Northern Portion of the Cameron Creek RX
Law Enforcement and Public affairs
press releases, webpage, posters,
flyers, newspaper, public meetings,
Dragon fly parking area
Mountain bikers, Community Hiking Groups
Backcountry Horseman
Local Businesses
Youth
Hospital
• Monitoring:
• Photo plots
• Vegetation
• Trails
• Fences
• Partnerships
Trail Monitoring
Checking Fences
Archaeologists set up monitoring
plots to inspect after the prescribed
burn
• Results of the Avalanche Burn
in 2003
• The Avalanche Burn is located
just north of the Cameron
Creek Rx Project Area