Arizona Issues
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Our purchase of the Kane & Two Mile Ranches has been an important step in restoration efforts.
Research efforts to establish baseline characteristics
We have worked over the past 4 years to build a rigorous science foundation for restoration-based forest management by partnering with the Forest Ecosystem Restoration Analysis project at Northern Arizona University. Through our partnership, we have developed maps linking ground-plot data (collected by Trust volunteers in 2005 and 2006) with satellite imagery to describe current forest, fire, wildlife habitat, and invasive non-native species conditions across the Plateau. Using these maps and working with Forest Service staff and other stakeholders, we hope to assist in building a collective and ambitious vision for science-based restoration across the Plateau.
On the ground
Recognizing the critically important role science plays in forest restoration across the Kaibab Plateau, we have initiated and/or are supporting several research to develop forest restoration and management strategies.
Challenging existing management strategies
Despite a strong working relationship with the North Kaibab Ranger District, we stand in opposition to the large-scale effort by the Kaibab National Forest to salvage log nearly 10,000 acres within the Warm Fire area. While we appreciate the complexity of post-fire management rehabilitation, we feel strongly that the best available science suggests that large-scale, post-fire logging incurs more ecological (and economic) cost than benefit. We oppose the Warm Fire Recovery project as it currently stands, and will continue to oppose it as it moves through final planning. At the same time we oppose such efforts, however, we are working collaboratively with the Forest Service and Northern Arizona University to monitor the ecological effects of the Warm Fire, to monitor cheatgrass spread into the area, and to identify ecologically appropriate rehabilitation activities.
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