Description
Start Date-End Date: 06/14/2014-06/14/2014
Land Manager Office: El Paso County Parks
Land Manager Contact: Jason Meyer
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Summary: Help Black Forest Regional Park recover from the state's most destructive fire on record.
Description: 30th ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATIVE PROJECT
This year Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado turns 30! This project is one of nine 30th Anniversary Commemorative Projects we are hosting to highlight VOC's long-standing history caring for Colorado's outdoors.
STEWARDSHIP SITE
Black Forest Regional Park is located in the Black Forest area of El Paso County, just north of Colorado Springs. The park's moderately rolling hills, open pine forests, and foothill prairie make it a popular family-friendly destination for hikers, bikers, equestrians, and picnickers.
VOLUNTEER PROJECT - WHAT & WHY
In 2013, the state's most destructive fire on recordburned 14,000 acres, destroyed 486 homes, and caused $85 million in damages.Black Forest Regional Park was not spared from the destruction and the fireshut down a VOC trail construction project, forcing the Park to shift gears from planning new trails to fire restoration after post-fire rains washed away significant amounts of sediment, sending it downhill towards the athletic fields, playground, and other structures. This effort demonstrates VOC's commitment to not only our long-time partners, but also to ongoing restorative work.VOC volunteers will help the park recover by installing log erosion barriers and other erosion control structures to slow water and erosion flows, protecting the park assets downhill of the burn site.
PARTNERS & SPONSORS
El Paso County
Xcel Energy
REI
The Boeing Company
Oracle
Pikes Peak Community Foundation
The Anschutz Foundation
Roundup Riders Foundation
Clif Bar & Company
Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwiches
OTHER FUN STUFF
Meals: A light breakfast and lunch will be provided.
Latitude/Longitude: 39.017000, -104.737022
Additional Information:
Camping Available: No
Physical Difficulty: Moderate
High Altitude Project: No
Desired Number of Volunteers: 75
Total Adult Volunteers Attended: 76
Total Youth Volunteers Attended: 9
Total Volunteer Days: 85
Total Unique Volunteers: 85
Total Volunteer Hours: 698
Staff Hours: 86
Stipend Hours: 0
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Description of Work Completed: 85 volunteers attended VOCs fire restoration at project at Black Forest Regional Park. This was one of the 9 commemorative 30th anniversary projects. The park assets downhill from the burn scare remain susceptible to flooding and erosion. Volunteers installed 44 check dams, 67 Log Erosion Barriers (LEBs), 8 Grade Stabilizers, and seeded .75 acres of land in the burn scare. At lunch a volunteer fire fighter, Al Glock, came and spoke to volunteers and his experience fighting the fire.
Details
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