Plot 10 Prescribed Burn on 10/15/2010

The fuels came into condition quickly, so the Forest Service was able to burn plot 10 yesterday. Jeff & I went up to take a look.

10/14/2010 Stakeholder Meeting

Here are the preliminary notes from the 10-14-10 meeting.

Downloads:

• Get meeting notes as PDF [24K].
• Meeting Guidelines [PDF-9.4K]
• PowerPoint presentation from meeting [54M]. 
• Working prescription [PDF-2MB] - link updated 11/4/10.
• Pine Martin research references and presentations.

Next meeting...

We hope you can join us for the next stakeholder meeting:

Thursday
October 14, 2010
10:00am – 3:00 pm
We will start and end promptly!
RSVP to: Lisa Wallace at lwallace@truckeeriverwc.org

Meeting Locations:
USFS Truckee Ranger District office, front conference room
10811 Stockrest Springs Road
Truckee, CA 96161

Sagehen Creek Field Station (directions and carpooling will be sorted out at the meeting)

Conference Calling:
If you will be calling-in for the first part of the meeting, please RSVP as such and you will be emailed the phone number and confirmation code.

Logistics:

The meeting will take place no matter the weather. Sun, rain or snow – the meeting will not be cancelled.

The first part of the meeting will be held indoors at the Truckee Ranger District. Please RSVP to Lisa Wallace at lwallace@truckeeriverwc.org so we can plan seating and copies accordingly.

Lunch and the second part of the meeting will be on-site at Sagehen Creek Field Station. Please be sure to bring:

Your own lunch. We’re not providing lunch and there is not a convenient place to buy lunch;
Water bottles ~ we will have water for re-fills, but we are not providing bottled water;
Clothing for cool to very cold weather;
Clothing that can get dirty – we’ll be walking in and amongst the Test Plots;
Very sturdy footwear – we will be walking on uneven ground in the Test Plots;
Hats, sunblock and whatever else you need to be comfortable to be outside in fairly rough conditions for 2.5 hours.

Please RSVP so we can plan seating and copies.

Thanks!
/lisa
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Lisa Wallace
Executive Director
Truckee River Watershed Council
P.O. Box 8568
Truckee, CA 96162
(530) 550-8760 (Phone)
(530) 725-4407 (fax)
www.truckeeriverwc.org
lwallace@truckeeriverwc.org

Truckee Talks segment

The Sagehen Forest Project from F. Felix on Vimeo.
Jeff Brown, Malcolm North & Scott Conway talk to Maia Schneider about the Sagehen Forest Project underway in the Sagehen Experimental Forest.

More information on the project blog at http://sagehenforest.blogspot.com/