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Fort
Valley Ecological Restoration Project Summary
Fort Valley Restoration Sites
The Nature Conservancy
Ecological
restoration activities include thinning (max. diameter
is 16 inches dbh), burning, road obliteration, meadow
and spring restoration, biological noxious weed control,
recreation management on the Freidlein Prairie Road,
and trail relocation/obliteration/construction.
There
are two phases to this project. Phase 1 implements a
number of research and demonstration approaches to restoration.
It also implements several restoration projects not
related to tree thinning. There is a multi-party monitoring
break between the two phases to last at least one growing
season. While the environmental assessment proposed
and analyzed specific treatments for Phase 2, the results
of the multi-party monitoring may alter proposed treatments,
and may require an amendment (and subsequent public
involvement) to the environmental assessment.
The
following table summarizes the projects by phase. See
map below for location and description of thinning and
burning treatments.
| Restoration
Activity |
Phase
1 |
Phase
2** |
| Restoration
Thinning: |
(1700
Acres) |
(2990
Acres) |
| Approaches
Study Block |
400
Acres |
| Dwarf
Mistletoe Approaches Study Block |
400
Acres |
| Full/Modified
Restoration Demo Block |
100
Acres |
1580
Acres |
| Full/Modified
Restoration With 20% Deferral Blocks |
200
Acres |
500
Acres |
| Goshawk
(Dense Canopy) Block |
200
Acres |
330
Acres |
| Blend
Block |
200
Acres |
| Minimal
Restoration Block (Noncommercial) |
200
Acres |
580
Acres |
| Restoration
Prescribed Fire: |
| Burning
Thinning Slash |
1700
Acres |
2990
Acres |
| Broadcast
Burn (After Thinning) |
4690
Acres |
| Broadcast
Burn (Without Thinning) |
500
Acres |
| Other
Restoration Activities: |
| Roads
Obliterated/Closed |
6
Miles |
12.5
Miles |
| Trails
Constructed |
2.5
Miles>/td>
| 2.5
Miles |
| Recreation
Site Restrictions |
X |
| Trailheads
Constructed |
1 |
2 |
| Meadow
Restoration |
X |
| Spring
Restoration |
X |
| Aspen
Restoration |
|
X |
| Biological
Noxious Weed Control |
X |
Note:
** Subject to change after completion of multiparty
monitoring.
Acres in the table are predicted acres from the
Environmental Assessment. Layout of units in progress
has noted changes (reducing actual treatment acres)
not reflected in this table. |
Click
an area of the map to learn more about treatment in
that area. Light grey areas will be treated during
Phase 2.
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