Description
Start Date-End Date: 05/20/2015-05/20/2015
Land Manager Office: City and County of Denver - Parks and Recreation
Land Manager Contact: Andy Perri
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Summary: Take part in critical fire mitigation and resource protection in a beautiful open space park near Evergreen.
Description: ABOUT THE STEWARDSHIP SITE
O'Fallon Mountain Park is part of the Denver Mountain Park network, whichcomprises one of the most expansive and unique park systems in the West! O'Fallon Mountain Parkprovides Front Range residents with superb hiking and biking opportunities only 25 minutes from downtown. The area's rolling hills, flower-filled meadows, ponderosa pines, and great views reward users with a gorgeous mountain escape from city life.
ABOUT THE VOLUNTEER WORK
Volunteers are needed for important fire mitigation and resource protection. The fuels within parts of O'Fallon Park have built up over the years and must be reduced. Volunteers will cut and limb smaller trees within the park to reduce these fuel levels, increase overall forest health, and mitigate the potential harm from hazardous wildfire. This project will also help to maintain critical wildlife habitat and reduce impacts from erosion. Volunteers will use hand tools to remove small diameter pine trees that grow in thick clumps in the park. Work will be off trail, moving over moderate and uneven terrain.
PARTNERS
Denver Parks and Recreation - Denver Mountain Parks
Latitude/Longitude: 39.635243, -105.279048
Additional Information:
Camping Available: No
Physical Difficulty: Moderate
High Altitude Project: No
Desired Number of Volunteers: 30
Total Adult Volunteers Attended: 25
Total Youth Volunteers Attended: 1
Total Volunteer Days: 26
Total Unique Volunteers: 26
Total Volunteer Hours: 156
Staff Hours: 24.5
Stipend Hours: 0
Project Summary: 26 volunteers from the Bureau of Land Management Offices in Denver spent the day of May 20th volunteering at Pence and O'fallon parks, part of the Denver Mountain Parks system. Volunteers thinned 2 acres of Ponderosa Pine and Douglas Fir forest.Their efforts will help mitigate fire risk by reducing fuel levels.Restoring forests to historic densities also leads to healthier trees, which helps to slow the advance of mountain pine beetle.
Successes and Challenges: I think we found out that people actually enjoy this work. There was some concern initially that volunteers would find it tedious, but combined with good information about the importance of their efforts, vols had fun chopping down trees all day!
Lessons Learned: We need more 13" pruning saws.
Special Notes:
Stewardship Education: Andy Perri, Forester for Denver Mt. Parks, offered information on the impacts of the proejct at the start of the day and at lunch.
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