Current and upcoming projects Controlled Burns Planned for 2012 8290 acres possible FY12 Wilson Creek 1250 acres completed 112011 FY12 Dobson Knob 1240 acres completed 012012 ID: 802215
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Grandfather Ranger District
Current and upcoming projects
Slide2Controlled Burns Planned for 2012: 8,290 acres possible
FY12 Wilson Creek 1250 acres completed
11/2011
FY12 Dobson Knob 1240 acres completed 01/2012
FY 12
Singecat
2100 acres planned 03/2012
FY 12 Lost Bear West 3700 acres
planned 03-04/2012, still in NEPA process
Slide3Controlled Burns Possible for 2013: 10,845 acres
Adams
Mountain 340 acres burned Spring 2004
Bee Branch 235 acres burned Spring 2009
Boyd Gap 160 acres burned Spring 2008
Wilson Ridge 280 acres burned 4/2001, 4/2008
Woodruff Ridge 250 acres burned 4/2002, 2/2009
Spencer Branch 110 acres burned 2/98
Cary Flat 200 acres never
burned
FY13 Rose Mountain 3070 acres, in NEPA now
FY13 Old Way Ridge approx 3000 acres, in NEPA now
FY13 Upper Creek, 500 acres, in NEPA now
FY13 Mills Creek, 700 acres, in NEPA now
FY13 Lake James, 2000 acres burned 3/2011
Slide4Possible Controlled Burns 2014-2015
FY14 Woods Mountain, 4000 acres, in Armstrong Assessment
Area
FY14 Steels Creek, 4130 acres, not proposed yet
FY14 North Harper, 3148 acres, not proposed yet
FY14 Lost Bear East, 1100 acres, burned
4/2010
FY15 Lower Wilson Ridge, 1346 acres, not proposed yet
FY15 Dobson Knob, 2600 acres, burned 4/11 and
1/12
12,324 acres total
Slide5Silvicultural Work
3469 acres of timber stand improvement and other work possible; 1,200 acres promised.
247 acres of harvest/restoration in Roses Creek Project/Miller Mountain Stewardship
Another 103 acres of restoration harvests promised over the next 10 years
It should be easy to exceed this goal with Armstrong Creek and another large watershed project
Slide6Slide7Non-native Invasive Plants
Linville Gorge EA in progress
Forest-wide NNIP EA allows treatment on the rest of the forest.
Treatments
on
Shortoff
and Linville Mountain outside Wilderness
can begin immediately
Wilson Creek is a stated priority in the proposal
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