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Welcome to the
Front Range Roundtable Q4-14 Meeting
USGS, Denver Federal Center, Denver
November 14, 2014
Facilitated by:
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Today’s Agenda
1. Opening: Check-in, social, and networking time
9:00 – 9:30
2. Welcome: Introductions, announcements, about the Front Range Roundtable
9:30 – 10:15
3. Colorado legislation and Wildfire Review Committee: Update and discussion on implications for
Roundtable and gauge how we’re progressing on our policy-oriented Roundtable recommendations
(Commissioner Cindy Domenico and Senator Jeanne Nicholson)
10:15 – 11:00
4. Partner Update: Local spotlight: USGS
11:00 – 11:15
5. National Indicators: Update on the 5-Year Ecological Indicators results that were recently submitted
for the Colorado Front Range CFLRP
11:15 – 11:30
6. Lunch (break)
11:30 – 12:00
7. Mastication: Overview of current management considerations and research on fuels and trees, soils
12:00 – 2:10
and nutrient cycling, understory plant responses and fire. Panel discussion led by Brett Wolk – CSUCFRI (Speakers: Jill Alexander – Douglas County Wildlife Mitigation Coordinator, Mike Battaglia – USFSRMRS, Chuck Rhodes – USFS-RMRS, Monique Rocca – CSU)
8. Break
2:10 – 2:20
9. Wood Use Team: Creating a cooperative biomass/wood utilization team (Mike Eckhoff – USFS/CSFS)
2:20 – 2:35
10. Housekeeping: Fundraising, contractor budget, Executive Team terms, calendar
2:35 – 3:05
11. Wrap-Up: Next steps, thanks
3:05 – 3:30
12. Closing: Clean up, social, and networking time
3:30 – 4:00
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Colorado’s Fire Seasons
Thousands of acres of wildfire per year (Total = 1.9 million acres of wildfire since 1995)
619
Includes Bobcat
Gulch fire: 11k
acres
Includes Buffalo
Creek fire: 12k
acres
47
17
Includes Waldo
(18k acres) and
High Park (87k
acres)
Includes Fourmile
fire: 6k acres
215
114
32
Includes Hayman fire:
$200 million of costs from
the Hayman Fire alone,
which accounted for onefifth of all acres burned that
year (138k acres)
9
33
161
150
52
49
35
41
27
51
246
195
44
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
FRFTP
formed
Round
-table
Vision
Seven years of implementation
Sources: 1995 – 2010: Rocky Mountain Area and Coordination Center Annual Activity Report (2001-2004); Wildland Fire Activity by Cause, Combining Federal and Nonfederal Agencies Within Each State (www.fs.fed.us/r2/fire/oo_annual_report.pdf); 2011 – 2012: http://www.nifc.gov/fireInfo/fireInfo_statistics.html
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Front Range Forests
• 4.2 million acres of forest in
the Front Range
“Subalpine”: Lodgepole Pine and Spruce Fir
•1.4 million in need of
ecological restoration and fire
risk mitigation
“Upper Montane”: Mesic Ponderosa Pine
“Lower Montane”: Dry Ponderosa pine and Dry
and Mixed Conifer
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Douglas fir
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Definitions of Front Range life zones
Front Range life
zones
General
elevations1
Example
communities
Dominant overstory Associated
composition
vegetation types
>~11,500’
• None
• No trees
• Grassy slopes and
boulder fields
• Sedges, mat and
cushion plants, dwarf
willows
~9,000-9,500’ to
~11,500’
• Winter Park
• Ward
• Lodgepole Pine
• Spruce/Fir
• Bogs, meadows, ponds,
rich in wildflowers
~8,000’ to ~9,0009,500’
• Estes Park
• Granby
• Mesic Ponderosa
Pine
• Mesic Mixed
Conifer2
•
Some permanent
meadows
~6,000’ to ~8,000’
• Evergreen
• Monument
• Dry Ponderosa
Pine
• Dry Douglas-fir
•
•
Mountain-mahogany
Scrub Oak
• Boulder
• Golden
• Transition to
Ponderosa Pine
•
•
•
Grassland
Mountain-mahogany
Scrub Oak
Alpine
Subalpine
Upper
Montane
Lower
Montane
Lower
Ecotone
~5,500’ to ~6,000’
1
Elevations noted are rough estimates – actual elevation limits depend on latitude, aspect, and other local factors; elevations generally lower in northern
Front Range and on north-facing slopes, higher in southern Front Range and on south-facing slopes (e.g., Upper limit of Lower Montane ~7,500’ in Larimer
vs. ~8,500’ in El Paso)
2 May include: Ponderosa Pine, Douglas-fir (up to ~8,000’), Aspen, Blue Spruce, Limber Pine, Engelmann Spruce, Sub-alpine Fir
Note: Riparian zones are included and considered in each life zone in which they are found
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The Lower Montane is the Roundtable’s highest priority
ecosystem for landscape-scale ecological restoration.
General
elevations1
Front Range
ecosystems
HRV2 well
understood?
Difference
from HRV2?
Risk of
ignition / fire
spread
High
Mixed
Low
>~11,500’
Alpine
~9,000-9,500’
to ~11,500’
Subalpine
~8,000’ to
~9,000-9,500’
Upper
Montane
~6,000’ to
~8,000’
Lower
Montane
~5,500’ to
~6,000’
Lower
Ecotone
1 Elevations noted are rough estimates – actual elevation limits depend on latitude, aspect, and other local factors
2 Historical Range of Variability in terms of vegetation characteristics; fuel composition; fire frequency, severity and pattern; and other associated disturbances
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Historical photos show how forest treatments in the Lower
Montane restore forest structures
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Front Range Lives and Resources Remain at Risk
People
Water and safety
•1,246 essential water supply
infrastructures (intakes4,
reservoirs, transbasin
diversions)
•4.2 million acres of forest
watersheds important for
drinking water (65% at risk for
post-fire erosion)5
•1,775 miles of roads8
•1,573 miles of transmission
lines
•664 miles of gas pipeline9
•122 communications towers10
•881
communities1
•2 million
people (more
than 40% of
Colorado’s
population)2
•More than
700,000
homes3
1.
2.
3.
Natural and
economic resources
Federal Register (as of January 4, 2001)
4.
2005 Census (ESRI)
5.
SERGoM (Spatially Explicit Regional Growth Model)
version `12 June 2008 (Theobald) 100m
6.
CDPHE, 2009
Colorado State Forest Service and The
Nature Conservancy. 2009. Colorado
Statewide Forest Assessment (in
preparation).
LANDFIRE, 2006 (Includes PJ and shrubs)
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
•4.2 million acres of forests6 (53%
of all land types7) including 2
million acres of habitat for 31
species of concern5
•80% of Front Range forests have
recreation opportunities5
attracting some of Colorado’s 65
million overnight visitors spending
$17 billion13 annually, making
tourism the second- highest
employment sector in the state,
with 150,700 jobs14
•$5 million per year of available
biomass from forest treatments12
ESRI, 2007
TIGER: USCB. 2006
Ventyx, December 2009
FAA, 2009
Rocky Mountain News, January 12, 2009
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12. 166,000 bdt/y (Jefferson County Biomass
Facility Feasibility Study, McNeil
Technologies Inc , January 2005 ) * $30
13. Daily Camera, November 5, 2014
14. Longwoods Int’l Colorado Travel Year
Report 2013
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The Front Range Roundtable
Mission
Vision
The Front Range Roundtable was formed to “serve as a focal point
for diverse stakeholder input into efforts to reduce wildland fire risks
and improve forest health through sustained fuels treatment along
the Colorado Front Range.”
The Front Range roundtable has reached consensus that 1.5 million
acres of Front Range forests require treatments to reduce fire risk
and/or achieve ecological restoration.
Ecological
Restoration
Goals
Fire Risk
Mitigation Goals
~400,000
acres
~400,000
acres
~700,000
acres
Overlap of goals
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2008 Map of Priorities: Accomplishments vs. 2006
Recommendations
Notes on methods
1.Data collected back to 2004 to our best available knowledge (received
for treated acres separately from planned acres as shown)
2.Excludes private land treated without the assistance of the CSFS
3.Excludes county lands treated in Park, Teller, Douglas, El Paso, and
Grand.
4.Some of these areas have been treated with prescribed or natural burn
and may not require additional near-term treatment. Some of these
areas have been treated mechanically but still require prescribed or
natural burn to achieve restoration.
5.Different databases are used between units/agencies. Data is
comparable within a unit, but not between units. This should be
resolved for 2009 and future years.
Source: Map by
USFS-ARP
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Treatment Accomplishments by County as of 2008 vs.
2006 Roundtable Recommendations
Data underlying the monitoring map on the prior slide:
Front Range
Roundtable
county
Boulder
Roundtable
priority areas as
of 2006
Acres treated
anywhere in
County (20042008)
Acres treated in
% of priority
Roundtable
acres treated (as
priority areas
of 2008)
% of treatments
outside
Roundtable
priorities
150,245
12,844
12,844
9%
0%
63,133
246
100
0%
59%
Douglas
181,303
12,480
8,975
5%
28%
El Paso
138,681
5,658
744
1%
87%
Gilpin
44,453
787
478
1%
39%
Grand
56,563
20,042
4,479
8%
78%
Jefferson
227,805
22,336
22,336
10%
0%
Larimer
226,460
23,425
7,671
3%
67%
Park
194,431
10,191
8,922
5%
12%
143,850
1,426,925
21,880
129,888
13,573
80,122
9%
6%
38%
38%
Clear Creek
Teller
TOTAL
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Progress Towards the Roundtable Vision
Direct Roundtable Successes
1. Launched the self-sustaining Woodland Park Healthy Forest Initiative (WPHFI) with seed funds
of $75,000 provided by Roundtable members and partners, which the WPHFI leveraged into an
additional $175,000 in other funding
2. Helped submit a winning proposal to the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program
(CFLRP) for an additional $1 million for Front Range National Forests in FY10, $3.4 million in
FY11, $3.1 million in FY12, and $3.8 million for 2013, and $4.06 million for 2014 ($15.36 million
to date)
Partners’ successes consistent with recommendations
1. Long term stewardships contracts: Arapaho-Roosevelt and Pike-San Isabel (3,000 acres/yr for 10
years)
2. Increased federal funding for on the ground treatments: $1.8 mm more in 2008 than in 2006;
$1 million in 2009 ARRA funds
3. Biomass utilization: bioheating in Gilpin, Boulder, and Park counties; planned in El Paso; 22 slash
sites for private landowners across Front Range
4. CWPPs: 75 Front Range CWPPs approved (out of 151 completed in Colorado)
5. Policies: Passage of state legislation authorizing the creation of local Forest Improvement
Districts
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Scorecard of Roundtable’s Vision
B
Y
R
Roundtable
Goals (2006)
Increase funding
for forest
treatments
Reduce the cost
of forest
treatments
Ensure local
leadership and
planning
Set clear
priorities and
ensure progress
against common
goals
2009
Recommended initiatives
2010
Significant progress made
Some progress made
Initial progress made
Needs attention
2013
2011
2012
B
Y
B
B
Y
Y
1.
Identify new state and local funding sources for
treatments on state and private land.
B
B
2.
Increase forest treatment incentives for private
landowners.
Y
B
3.
Advocate for additional federal funding for Front Range
forest treatments.
Y
Y
B
B
B
4.
Increase appropriate application of prescribed fire and
wildland fire use as a management tool.
R
Y
Y
R
R
5.
Increase utilization of woody biomass for facility heating.
R
R
Y
Y
Y
6.
Increase contract sizes and durations with stewardship
contracts on federal land.
Y
Y
B
G
G
7.
Change local policy to limit the growth of fire risk in the
Wildland-Urban Interface.
R
R
R
R
R
8.
Promote the development of Community Wildfire
Protection Plans for Front Range communities-at-risk.
B
B
B
G
G
9.
Adopt a clear and common framework for prioritizing
treatments.
R
B
B
Y
B
10. Convene follow-on Roundtable to ensure implementation
of recommended initiatives.
B
G
G
G
B
Source: Most initiatives were rated by a poll at the September 18, 2009 Quarterly Roundtable meeting of 37 attendees from 24 organizations representing 11 stakeholder groups. Ratings for
initiatives 3, 5, and 6 were increased by one level at the December 2, 2010
Executive
TeamRoundtable
meeting. Ratings for initiatives 3, 5, and 6 were raised on level at the March 4, 2011 Roundtable
Front
Range
meeting; 2012 assessment made at Q4-12 meeting Nov. 30, 2012. 2013 assessment done at the April 11, 2014 Roundtable meeting.
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Roundtable
Partners
Mixed teams
Roundtable Organization
Since 2006, 600 people from 180 organizations have
participated in the Roundtable (226 active subscribers
to email list; to join, see
www.frontrangeroundtable.org  “Join Us”)
Front Range Fuels Treatment
Partnership (FRFTP)2
Executive Team
National Forest Foundation
USFS-AR
USFS-Pike
CSFS
CSU/CFRI
TNC
West Range Reclamation
RMRS
Denver Water
NRCS
Funders
Coalition for the Upper South
Platte (CUSP)—Fiscal Agent)1
Colorado Watershed Wildfire Protection
Working Group (CWWPWG)2
Northern Front Range Mountain Pine
Beetle Working Group (NFRMPBWG)2
Boulder County
Clear Creek County
Douglas County
Gilpin County
El Paso County
Jefferson County
Larimer County
Park County
Teller County
Aurora Water
Members
Facilitator
Guests
Community
Protection (CP)
Team
Colorado Wood
Energy Team
(formerly BUSS)
Landscape
Restoration (LR)
Team
1. The Front Range Roundtable is not itself a legal entity but an informal volunteer coalition with
CUSP acting as fiscal agent.
Wildlife
2. Partner groups are separate from the Front Range Roundtable and have their own
organizational structures and initiatives.
Team
3. Project leader and fiscal agent for the CFLRP Monitoring Teams
4. Includes work done by sub-teams: Social & Economic Monitoring Team, Wildlife Team,
Understory Team, Upper Monument Creek; Spatial Heterogeneity Team; Stand Reconstruction
Team; LCC Monitoring (closed); Operationalizing Adaptive Management Team;
GTRRange
Team; AR
Front
Roundtable
South Zone project
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Operationalizing
Adaptive
Management Team
Recommendations
Refresh Team
Under
-story
Team
Other
Efforts4
Colorado Forest
Restoration
Institute (CFRI) 3
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Executive Team Structure and Change Process
Size: At least 6 or no more than 11 members4
Dedicated to certain organizations1
Dedicated to certain stakeholder groups2
Dedicated to members based on Roundtable roles3
Current Executive Team Membership
USFS-ARP
Supervisor
USFS-PSICC
Supervisor
Glenn
Casamassa
Erin
Connelly
Process for
changing
membership:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Conservation NGO
CSFS State
Forester
Mike Lester
Paige Lewis,
The Nature
Conservancy
Only when there is a
change in the leadership of
the organization shown
County
Commissioner –
Northern
Front
Range
Cindy
Domenico,
Boulder
County
Terms end (or
renew)
May 2015
County
Commissioner –
Southern
Front
Range
Sallie Clark
El Paso
County
Term ends
(or renews)
Dec 2014
Treasurer
Forest
Industry
Carol
Ekarius,
Chuck
Coalition
Dennis, West for the
Range
Upper
Reclamation South
Platte
Term ends
(or renews)
Sept 2015
Landscape Community
Restoration Protection
Team
Team Liaison
Liaison
Greg Aplet,
The
Wilderness
Society
Megan
Davis,
Boulder
County
Terms end (or renew) at end of
June 2015
Three seats are dedicated permanently to these leadership positions from these organizations shown
Four seats are dedicated to the stakeholder groups shown with specific representation changing each year, as desired
One seat is dedicated for the fiscal agent of the Roundtable, one seat is for each of the two main working teams: the Community Protection Team and the Landscape
Restoration Team.
Membership size can very depending on the decisions of the Executive team and Roundtable needs / number of applicants. Also currently recruiting someone from
emergency management. Considering (but not seeking) representatives from Academia and Wildlife (back burner for now)
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Front Range Roundtable Roles
Executive
Team
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
1.
Facilitator
2.
3.
Working
Teams
Members
Propose strategic, organizational, and operational priorities for the Roundtable’s consideration at Quarterly
meetings
In between Quarterly meetings, make decisions on behalf of the Roundtable as needed
Approve agendas for Roundtable Quarterly meetings (proposed by Facilitator)
Meet once each quarter between Quarterly Roundtable meetings
Provide letters of support for regional programs in grant applications (but not to individual communities,
which may be competing within the Front Range); provide our recommendations and funding criteria to major
grantors on an annual basis
Schedule, arrange, and facilitate Roundtable Quarterly meetings, Executive Team meetings, and some working
team meetings (where the Executive Team has decided to provide that level of support to working teams)
Support select working teams (at discretion of the Executive Team) in achieving their goals by providing
organizational, administrative, and logistical support (e.g., keeping work plans) —not content or legwork
Act as the central point of contact for all Roundtable internal and external communications (e.g., email
distribution list, website maintenance)
1.
2.
3.
Execute on the Roundtable’s strategic goals, according to work plans developed jointly by the teams
Present progress updates at Quarterly Roundtable meetings
Attend working team meetings as scheduled, typically two calls per month with some in person meetings as
determined by the team
1.
Attend quarterly Roundtable meetings and, when required, approve or change proposals by the Executive
Team
Share relevant announcements and updates to Quarterly Roundtable meetings; productively contribute to
discussions, honoring the obligation to dissent when necessary
Volunteer for working teams if able and/or want to see something done by the Roundtable
2.
3.
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Front Range Roundtable Participants Through the Years
Last updated Nov 2014: Since 2006, 600 people from 180 organizations have participated in the Roundtable (226 active subscribers to email list; to join, see
www.frontrangeroundtable.org  “Join Us”)
Org Type
Community
Organization
Total
Cal-Wood Education Center
1
CL FIRES
1
Coal Creek Community
1
Crystal Lakes
3
Glacier View Meadows
3
Red Feather Lakes
4
Tourism and recreation program
1
Town of Gold Hill
1
Conservation ARP Foundation
1
Choose Outdoors
1
Coalition for the Upper South
Platte
6
Conservation Districts, Colorado
Geological Survey
1
For the Forest
1
Forest Health Task Force
1
Indian Peaks Forest Alliance (IPFA) 3
National Forest Foundation
3
Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory
1
Southern Rockies Conservation
Alliance
2
The Conservation Cooperative
1
The Nature Conservancy
6
The Wilderness Society
2
Western Rivers Institute
1
County agency Boulder County
10
Clear Creek County
1
Colorado Counties Inc.
1
Colorado State Forest Service
1
Douglas County
7
El Paso County
3
El Paso County Community
Services Department
1
Gilpin County
1
Grand County
1
Jefferson Conservation District
1
Jefferson County
3
Larimer County
2
Park County
1
Park County Planning
1
County gov't Boulder County
4
Clear Creek County
3
Douglas County
1
El Paso County
7
Gilpin County
2
Grand County
4
Jefferson County
1
Jefferson County
2
Jefferson County Board of
Commissioners
1
Larimer County
3
Park County
1
Teller County
3
Org Type
Organization
Total
Federal agency Bureau of Land Management
7
National Park Service
5
Natural Resources Conservation
Service
6
US Bureau of Land Management 1
US Bureau of Reclamation
1
US Fish & Wildlife Service
4
US Forest Service
15
US Forest Service, ARP
20
US Forest Service, Boulder
4
US Forest Service, Canyon Lakes 1
US Forest Service, Golden
1
US Forest Service, NRS
1
US Forest Service, Pikes Peak
2
US Forest Service, PSICC
17
US Forest Service, R2
12
US Forest Service, RMRS
11
US Forest Service-Ouray
1
US Forest Service-Region 2
2
US Geological Survey
6
Federal gov't Office of Ed Perlmutter
1
Office of Representative Mike
Coffman
1
Office of Senator Mark Udall
2
Office of Senator Michael
Bennet
2
Office of U.S. Senator Mark
Udall
1
Office of US Senator Bennet
1
Rocky Mountain Research
Station
1
Senate Majority Policy Office
1
Senator Mark Udall's Office
1
US Forest Service, ARP
1
Fire Protection
District
Boulder Fire Department
1
Boulder Mountain Fire District
1
Boulder Mountain Fire
Protection District
1
Boulder Rural Fire Department
1
Boulder Rural Police Department 1
Coal Creek Canyon Fire
Protection District
1
Colorado Springs Fire
Department
2
Gold Hill Fire Protection District
2
Lefthand Fire Protection District 3
Nederland Fire
1
Nederland Fire Protection
District
1
Nederland Fire, Timberland Fire
1
Sugarloaf Fire Protection District 1
Sunshine Fire Protection District
3
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Org Type
Forest products
Organization
Total
Anchor Point Fire Management
1
Colorado Renewable Resource Cooperative
5
Colorado State Tree Farm Committee
1
Colorado Timber Industry Association
3
Environmental Energy Partners
4
Environmental Forestry Services, LLC
1
Forest Energy Colorado
1
New Range Power
1
Slash Solutions LLC
1
West Range Reclamation
3
West Range Reclamation, LLC
1
Xcel Energy
1
Gov't association Colorado Counties Inc.
1
Colorado Municipal League
1
County Sheriffs of Colorado
1
Rocky Mountain Insurance Information
Insurance
Association
3
Local agency
Boulder County
1
Boulder OEM
1
City of Boulder
1
Park County
1
Local gov't
Boulder County
1
Boulder County Sheriff's Office
1
City of Boulder
1
City of Fort Collins
2
City of Greeley
3
City of Woodland Park
1
Northwest Colorado Council of Governments
1
Town of Nederland
4
Planning
American Planning Association
1
Colorado Chapter American Planning Association 1
Private
Bear Creek Development Co.
1
Beh Management Consulting, Inc.
7
Bihn Systems
1
Blue Knight Group
3
CDJ Consulting
1
Colorado Forest Management, LLC
1
Confluence Energy
1
Critical MAS
1
Fire & Life Safety Educators of Colorado
1
Habitat Management Inc.
1
JW Associates
1
NRE
1
Our Future Summit
1
Peterson Design
2
Private citizen
7
Private landowner, Larimer County
1
Private landowner, Teller County
1
Unknown
1
Volunteer
1
Walsh Environmental
1
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Org Type
Organization
Recreation American Alpine Club
Colorado Mountain Club
Science /
Academic Center of the American West
Colorado State University
CU Institute of Behavioral
Sciences
Rocky Mountain Tree-Ring
Research
University of Colorado at
Boulder
University of Colorado at Denver
State
Colorado Air Pollution Control
agency
Division
Colorado Department of Health
& Environment
Colorado Department of Natural
Resources
Colorado Department of Public
Health and Environment
Colorado Department of Public
Safety
Colorado Division of Emergency
Management
Colorado Division of Parks and
Wildlife
Colorado Division of Wildlife
Colorado Office of Economic
Development
Colorado Renewable Resource
Cooperative
Colorado State Forest Service
Colorado State Forest Service
Colorado State Parks
Governor's Energy Office
US Forest Service, ARP
Coalition for the Upper South
State gov't Platte
Colorado General Assembly
Office of Senator Mark Udall
US Forest Service, ARP
American Water Works
Water
Association
City of Aurora
Colorado Springs Utilities
Denver Water
Jefferson Conservation District
Northern Colorado Water
Conservancy District
Grand Total
Total
1
2
2
27
1
3
2
1
1
2
2
1
1
2
1
2
1
1
19
2
3
1
1
1
2
1
1
2
1
4
1
1
1
438
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Front Range Roundtable 2013-2015 Goals
1. Annually fundraise at least $50,000
2. Plan and execute quarterly Roundtable meetings and agendas
3. Respond to letter of support requests as needed
Executive Team
1. The community protection team will serve as a communication, networking, and information exchange
among professionals working on community wildfire protection, wildfire mitigation, and private landowner
education.
2. Increase stakeholder involvement in the Community Protection Team and devote one of the four larger
Roundtable meetings each year to community protection issues.
Community Protection
(CP) Team [draft goals]
√
Landscape Restoration
(LR) Team
√
Wildlife Team
Recommendations
Refresh Team
Prescribed Fire
Initiative
Policy Initiative
?
?
1. Gather, analyze, and evaluate CFLR monitoring data in order to report to the Roundtable and Congress on
whether forest treatments are trending towards desired conditions.
2. Gather, analyze, and evaluate new science and research methods to refine definitions of desired conditions
3. Implement Upper Monument Creek project as a model for collaborative forest treatment planning and
implementation; identify similar opportunities for collaborative implementation planning on the AR
1. By Spring 2014, recommend a wildlife monitoring plan for the CFLRP by prioritizing an abridged list of species
to monitor, hypothesizing expected post-treatment population trends for each target species, and proposing
data collection and monitoring methods for each target species, with budgets
2. Identify opportunities for collaborating entities to contribute to monitoring implementation.
1. Refine treatment priorities: Goal still to be defined (starting with review of USFS long terms treatment plans at
May 31, 2012 meeting (done); add roadless rules boundaries to map (done); then possibly refine priority
acres, based on feasibility [slope, access], other consideration of other forest types, such as mixed conifer;
USFS insect risk map; COWRAP portal to add fire risk to treatment map)
2. Update the Front Range 10-County map of completed treatments
1. Goal still to be defined (starting with checking in with prescribed fire council)
1. Goal still to be defined (Community Protection team will brainstorm ideas)
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2015 Roundtable, ET, Landscape Restoration
& Wildlife Team Calendar (dates subject to change)
Team/Event
Quarterly Roundtable Meeting
Location
USGS, Denver Federal Center
Date
Friday, November 14, 2014
Time
9-3:30
Executive Team Quarterly Meeting
USFS, RO, Denver
Friday, December 5, 2014
12:30-3:30
LR Team Monthly Meeting
JeffCo Taj Bldg, 100 Jefferson County Pkwy, Golden, CO 80419
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
10am - 3pm
LR Team Monthly Meeting
GoTo Meeting
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
11:30-3
WWT Quarterly Meeting
TBD
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
10-3
LR Team Monthly Meeting
JeffCo Taj Bldg, 100 Jefferson County Pkwy, Golden, CO 80419
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
10-3
Quarterly Roundtable Meeting
Colorado Springs
Friday, February 20, 2015
9-3:30
LR Team Monthly Meeting
GoTo Meeting
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
11:30-3
Executive Team Quarterly Meeting
GoTo Meeting
Friday, March 20, 2015
9:30-12
LR Team Monthly Meeting
JeffCo Taj Bldg, 100 Jefferson County Pkwy, Golden, CO 80419
Wednesday, April 8, 2015
10-3
WWT Quarterly Meeting
TBD
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
10-3
LR Team Monthly Meeting
GoTo Meeting
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
11:30-3
Quarterly Roundtable Meeting
Denver
Friday, May 15, 2015
9-3:30
LR Team Monthly Meeting
JeffCo Taj Bldg, 100 Jefferson County Pkwy, Golden, CO 80419
Wednesday, June 10, 2015
10-3
Executive Team Quarterly Meeting
TBD – Denver
Friday, June 26, 2015
12:30-3:30
LR Team Monthly Meeting
GoTo Meeting
Wednesday, July 8, 2015
11:30-3
WWT Quarterly Meeting
TBD
Tuesday, July 21, 2015
10-3
LR Team Monthly Meeting
JeffCo Taj Bldg, 100 Jefferson County Pkwy, Golden, CO 80419
Wednesday, August 12, 2015
10-3
Quarterly Roundtable Meeting
Longmont
Friday, August 28, 2015
9-3:30
LR Team Monthly Meeting
GoTo Meeting
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
11:30-3
Executive Team Quarterly Meeting
GoTo Meeting
Friday, September 26, 2015
9:30-12
LR Team Monthly Meeting
TBD
Wednesday, October 14, 2015
10-3
WWT Quarterly Meeting
TBD
Tuesday, October 20, 2015
10-3
Quarterly Roundtable Meeting
Denver
Friday, December 4, 2015
9-3:30
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
11:30-3
LR Team Monthly Meeting
LR Team Monthly Meeting
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Meeting
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Next Steps 11-14-14 Meeting
Mastication Taskforce Team:
Group interested: Mike B, Chuck D, Brett, Chad, Jonas, Ryan Ludlow, Carol, Eric Howell (utility), Chris Wennogle.
Will be led by Brett Wolk. Additionally, Glen and Erin will each provide a fire behavior person (may be the same
employee). Glenn suggested utility people.
Brett Wolk and CFRI:
• Draw up what the Roundtable consensus is on the role of mastication in ecological restoration.
• Ask Chad Hoffman to attend our next meeting
Chuck Dennis
• Do initial research: Look at the mastication research from the Roundtable panel along with the state forest
mastication work/recommendations.
Rob, Paige and Recommendations Refresh Team:
• Revisit the mastication statements that are in our vision and work with the experts, etc. and get that
updated.
Other:
Terra Lenihan:
• Ask Joseph Hansen if he would participate in the mastication team
• Give Mike Eckhoff our old list of Biomass people.
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Next Steps 9-5-14 Meeting
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• Mark Martin – Combine pre-2009 treatment maps with the 2009-2013 map that Ron
brought to the 9/5/14 meeting including major fires.
• Paige Lewis and Sara Mayben – Let group know about field trip to the UMC to see
damage from insects to the proposed restoration area.
• Paige Lewis and Rob Addington – Convene initial meeting for a Roundtable
Recommendations Refresh team. Initial members include Casey Cooley, Rob
Addington, Greg Aplet, James Schriever, Matt Schulz, Chuck Dennis, Mike McHugh,
Megan Davis, Tom Fry, Sara Mayben, Chad Julian, Don Kennedy, RC Smith, Mike Lester,
Jonathan Bruno.
• Terra – Send email addresses of Ron Archuleta, Casey Cooley and Mike Lester to Jen
Kovecses – she will add you to the Colorado Conservation Exchange distribution list to
hear about meetings and information.
• Brett Wolk – Convene a group (Paula Fornwalt, Mike Battaglia) to give a presentation
and lead an agenda item about the science of mastication.
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Next Steps 4-11-14 Meeting
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• Terra – Send Jim McGannon, Marcia Pfleiderer and Shawna Crocker a copy of the
Roundtable booklet
• Terra - Talk to ET about moving the next Roundtable from August 29 to September 5
(Aug 29 is the Friday before Labor Day).
• Mark Martin – Update maps of treatment areas; last update was 2009.
• Mike Eckhoff – Lead a meeting to discuss biomass and the Roundtable. The following
folks will attend: Chuck Dennis, Mike Lester, Jim McGannon and Mike Eckhoff.
• Paige - Start a group discussion around updating the 40-year treatment. Led by Paige
and will include Casey, Rob, Paige, Greg, James Schriever, Matt Schulz, Chuck, Mike
McHugh. Paige will also ask the larger group.
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