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Re: [OM] A Summer USFS Volunteer Gig

Subject: Re: [OM] A Summer USFS Volunteer Gig
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2012 14:36:00 -0400
Some nice shots.  But.. whew!... sounds like a lot of work.  I've never 
seen a sand bag filler before.  Simple and effective.

Chuck Norcutt


On 6/17/2012 11:41 AM, Chris Trask wrote:
> Now that the BAER team has made it's initial assessment of the
> Sunflower FIre, remediation projects are getting started.  Because of
> the denuding of the upper reaches of the Sycamore Creek watershed, it
> is anticipated that a heavy monsoonal storm could create a flash
> flood that would damage or destroy historic structures at the
> Sycamore Admin Site.  Among the structures are the admin house:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/7386654208/in/photostream
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/7386657794/in/photostream
>
> and the barn:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/7386660664/in/photostream
>
> that were built by the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corp) during the
> Great Depression in 1936.  There are also modern structures at the
> facility that are in danger.
>
> The goal is to fill 25,000 sandbags to build levees around these
> structures.  We had a four-station sandbag filling hopper on loan
> from the Arizona Department of Emergency Preparedness:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/7386663378/in/photostream
>
> and a dozen positions for three-person crews using shovels:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/7386666282/in/photostream
>
> We bagan around 0730 and ended the day around 1400 (2 PM) with an
> hour break for a generous lunch that was provided by USFS.  There
> were dozens of USFS personnel and almost 100 volunteers.  In that
> period of time we filled over 8,000 bags.  This project will continue
> through the week and will be completed well before the first
> monsoonal storms arrive.
>
> The channel of Sycamore Creek is being cleared of debris that could
> result in log jams that would pool water downstream or result in
> sudden releases of water upstream.  Concrete barriers will later be
> placed along the existing streamside levee.
>
> Historically the site has been flooded as high as the top of the
> block foundation of the barn, but BAER anticipates that due to the
> denuding of the watershed the levels could be higher and faster, so
> these measures are necessary in order to protect historic structures
> as well as an essential USFS working facility.
>
> After we were done, there was ample time to explore some of the local
> flora, amongst which I found a flowering patch of Narrowleaf Yerba
> Santa (Eriodictyon angustifolium), the leaves of which are a very
> effective anticatarrhal for relieving excess sinus drainage:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/7386668730/in/photostream
>
> Chris
>

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