Description
Start Date-End Date: 10/19/2012-10/19/2012
Land Manager Office: Coalition for the Upper South Platte
Land Manager Contact: Lisa Patton
Funding Partner: AmeriCorps NCCC Southwest Campus
Programmatic Partner:
Summary: Help with fire restoration. Help protect the water supply in the area burned by the Waldo fire this summer by seeding, mulching, and stabilizing slopes.
Description:
Project Description:
In response to the Waldo Canyon fire, volunteers and will help mitigate flooding and repair fire damage at the Flying W Ranch. This area of the burn is now subject to erosion and mud slides which threaten Colorado Springs' municipal water supply. Work will involve removal and chipping of burned hazard trees, re-shaping the ground surface, re-seeding, mulching and building erosion control structures to stabilize drainages prone to flood events.
Latitude/Longitude: 38.917279, -104.8855
Additional Information:
Camping Available: No
Physical Difficulty: Moderate
High Altitude Project: No
Desired Number of Volunteers: 150
Total Adult Volunteers Attended: 146
Total Youth Volunteers Attended: 0
Total Volunteer Days: 146
Total Unique Volunteers: 146
Total Volunteer Hours: 1515.5
Staff Hours: 67
Stipend Hours: 0
Project Summary:
Successes and Challenges:
Lessons Learned:
Special Notes:
Stewardship Education:
CUSP had educational discussions and Q&A with volunteers on their crews and at lunch.
Key Concerns or Comments from Staff or Volunteers:
Slight need to juggle logistics with 3 sites that were not close in proximity. We were able adjust and adapt to the need.
Project evaluation in project folder.
Description of Accidents/Incidents:
None
Description of Work Completed:
On October 19, over 140 volunteers (mostly AmeriCorps NCCC members) worked with VOC and the Coalition for the Upper South Platte 3 project sites impacted by the Waldo fire.At the Flying W Ranch, 70 AmeriCorp NCCC members raked, seeded and mulched 2.5 acres and collected 255 linear feet of slash piles. They also placed 54 felled logs and put trenched 14 contour logs to prevent further soil erosion. At Northfield Gulch within the Pike National Forest, 50 AmeriCorps members seeded and raked 6-8 acres of hill slope and set 15 erosion control wattles. Near Woodland Park, 23 AmeriCorps NCCC members installed a sandbag wall to protect a neighborhood of homes from hydrophobic soil runoff and mudslides. 950 sandbags, weighing 15-25 lbs were filled, tied, carried, and placed as part of the wall. This important fire restoration work will help ensure that the water, plant and wildlife in surrounding areas will be protected. Thanks to all our hardworking volunteers!
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