Black Forest Together Forest Recovery Symposium

Black Forest Area

Overview

•Opening Remarks – Chris Bailey •Keynote Address – Lyle Laverty, Colorado Governor’s Wildfire Insurance and Forest Health Task Force•Judy Ahlefeldt•Robb Willes•Break•Panel Discussion – Lyle Laverty, Len Lankford, Dan Casey

Black Forest Recovery Challenges

Black Forest Area

1. Revitalize 15,000-acre area burn area—remove dead trees when/where appropriate and replant trees and grasses

2. Mitigate/fire adapt the 45,000-acre Black Forest area to prevent future destructive fires and recreate healthy forest

3. Current costs for tree removal and mitigation: $2,500-$14,000/acre. Most community members cannot afford these costs

4. Failure to reduce costs associated with forest recovery will jeopardize the community’s recovery

Challenge. Create a recovery process that will be a model in the west; drive recovery and revitalization of the forest by reducing costs and efforts associated with forest mitigation, dead tree removal, and replanting.

Specific Erosion Control—Later

Forest Recovery Strategy

Black Forest Area

• Bring together all landscape recovery stakeholders to identify community/landowner needs and develop recovery solutions

• Incorporate 501.C3 volunteer organization to focus community resources and consolidate effort

• Host 4-6-meeting symposium series to develop solution sets

• Leverage expertise from corporate, government, citizen sources

• Drive recovery and revitalization of the forest by reducing costs and efforts associated with forest mitigation, dead tree removal, and replanting

• Emphasize public-private and/or commercial partnerships and volunteerism

• Inform landowners of best management practices—they decide how to recover their property

Forest Recovery Governing Principles

Black Forest Area

• Serve the needs of the Black Forest community • Operate transparently• Uphold community values and respect private property rights• Consider, respect, and incorporate all viewpoints into decision

making processes• Provide opportunities and information; let landowners, operators,

and the market do the rest

Stakeholders—we need you!

Black Forest Area

• Citizen: Private Landowners, Land Managers, Homeowner Association Representatives• Commercial Contractors: Arborists/Tree & Debris Removal, Forest Products, Builders, other...• Insurance Companies: State Insurance Agency, United Policyholders• Government/Legislators: County, State, Federal Agencies. State Congressional Members

Forest Recovery Success--Keys

Black Forest Area

• Community Participation - $$, Bandwagon Effect• Ownership and Leadership• Commitment from those with influence and resources

How we get the above• Identify and quantify needs • Develop quantifiable objectives ($ per acre?, acres per year?)• Develop solutions that drive down costs and effort for landowners• Create specific proposals for businesses and government• Merge proposals into concise (business?) plan

• Plans gain commitment• Plans guide efforts• Plans organize• Plans = success

Symposium Participation Rules

• THE SYMPOSIUM SERIES WILL BE:• An organization of working groups that will develop solutions to forest recovery challenges • A TEAM of community and regional problem solvers• A forum for providing productive, respectful inputs that inform recovery solutions• Composed of people who get things done

• THE SYMPOSIUM SERIES WILL NOT BE:• A forum for people with agendas that do not match symposium agenda • A forum characterized by negativity or close-minded viewpoints• A place for self actualization—be prepared to contribute• A Black Forest business stimulus program

Presentations

Panel Discussion

Lyle Laverty: The Laverty GroupLen Lankford: Greenleaf ForestryDan Casey: Casey’s LumberChuck Dennis: West Range Reclamation

Considerations for Reducing Forest Recovery Costs Mitigation & Tree Removal Replanting

TASK: Develop partnerships to build economies of scale

Cost Factors Labor Equipment Transportation Operating Location

Risks Regulation Market dissolution Unknown factors

Labor-Intensive vs.Mechanized

Considerations for Reducing Forest Recovery Costs

Considerations for Reducing Forest Recovery Costs

Four possible methods to reduce costs to landowners:

1.Decrease labor costs at tree removal site:• Mechanization• Volunteers

2.Decrease transportation costs:• Locate processing equipment in vicinity of BF • Find other ways to reduce transportation costs

3.Increase market revenue sources to offset labor and transportation costs:• See Potential Ponderosa Pine Markets Slide (next)

4.Obtain government/corporate grants/equipment to directly offset costs

Potential Ponderosa Pine Markets

* Black Forest Slash/Mulch operates a volunteer slash processing program in conjunction with El Paso County and a contractor who operates a tub grinder at a county-owned site.

Timber Processing *Slash Processing

Dimensional Lumber Landscape Mulch

OSB/Plywood, etc. Erosion Control

Peeled Poles/Logs Stove Pellets

Shavings/Stove Pellets

• Find/develop vendors to market products and alleviate timber and slash loads

Black Forest Together Presents:The Forest Recovery Symposium SeriesDate, Locationwww.blackforesttogether.org, 719-495-2445

Roll up your sleeves and join us as we kick off the Forest Landscape Recovery Symposium series 10:00AM-12:00PM on Nov 2nd at Edith Wolford Elementary School.

This series will bring together all stakeholders in the landscape recovery process to identify community/landowner needs and develop recovery solutions. Help us drive recovery and enhancement of the forest by reducing costs and efforts associated with forest mitigation, dead tree removal, and replanting. We will emphasize public-private and/or commercial partnerships and volunteerism to recover and revitalize the landscape of the Black Forest.

If you belong to one of the following stakeholder groups or have an interest in the recovery, we need your input, expertise, and leadership at the kick-off meeting on Nov 2nd.

Citizen: Private Landowners, Land Managers, Homeowner Association Representatives Commercial Contractors: Arborists/Tree & Debris Removal, Forest Products, Builders, other... Insurance Companies: State Insurance Agency, United Policyholders Government/Legislators: County, State, Federal Agencies. State Congressional Members

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