2016-CANCELLED: Post-Fire Restoration Skills Training

Start Date-End Date: 05/14/2016-05/14/2016 Land Manager Office: Flying W Ranch Land Manager Contact: Funding Partner: Rocky Mountain Field Institute Programmatic Partner: Coalition for the Upper South Platte Summary: Gain a wealth of knowledge and experience in critical fire restoration work. Description: Due to several large-scale wildfires in recent years, the demand for skilled post-fire restoration volunteers has increased dramatically. This is an action-packed training to help you develop situational leadership skills, proper tool usage, crew management, and hands-on practice with erosion control, seeding, and mulching.A light breakfast and lunch will be provided. Please note: This training has limited space, so register early! Prior volunteer history with VOC is required. Latitude/Longitude: Additional Information: Due to the high demand for this training and the limited space, prior volunteer history with Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado is required. Camping Available: No Physical Difficulty: High Altitude Project: Desired Number of Volunteers: 10 Total Adult Volunteers Attended: Total Youth Volunteers Attended: Total Volunteer Days: Total Unique Volunteers: Total Volunteer Hours: 0 Staff Hours: 0 Stipend Hours: 0 Project Summary: Dear Trainee, Thank you for your interest in this year's Post-Fire Restoration Skills Training. Unfortunately, together with our partners at the Rocky Mountain Field Institute, Coalition for the Upper South Platte and the Flying W Ranch, we have determined to cancel this training for 2016. Thanks in part to successful trainings over the past two years, there has been a great amount of work done by volunteers to restore the areas burned by multiple forest fires in Colorado. However, this success also means that there is much less work to accomplish, and shifting priorities for all the organizations involved in the training. Therefore, we've determined not to hold the training this year. If you're interested in learning more about post-fire restoration through a volunteer project, VOC will be hosting a volunteer day in the Black Forest burn at Pineries Open Space in Colorado Springs on August 27th. Please let me know if you would like to register. You can also view additional training opportunities at http://www.voc.org/leadership-training-calendar Please don't hesitate to contact me with any questions, Dan Williams Senior Projects and Training Manager Successes and Challenges: Lessons Learned: Special Notes: Stewardship Education: Key Concerns or Comments from Staff or Volunteers: Description of Accidents/Incidents: Description of Work Completed: