General Info

Sponsor: Grand Canyon Trust
Dates: September 11-15, 2008
Leader: Steve Inzalaco
Difficulty: Moderate
Number of Volunteers Needed: 5

Accommodations

Car camping at a base camp in Kaibab National Forest. (No running water or toilet facilities.)

Gear

You provide: Camping gear, day pack and your curiosity

We provide: Food, transportation, field gear and technical training

Comments

We will be working in the fire area-lots of ash, so be ready to be dirty! Also, monsoons will be in full force, so be ready to get wet!

Volunteer trips at Kane and Two Mile Ranches

Warm Fire Overstory Surveys
September 11 –15, 2008

Overview

This is a collaborative research project between Grand Canyon Trust, Northern Arizona University and the North Kaibab National Forest. Volunteers will assist in a study on the effects of fire on understory vegetation, pine tree mortality, fuels and soils. Field sites are located in the Warm Fire, on the North Kaibab Plateau in northern Arizona. Work will be done on plots located throughout the fire predominately in Ponderosa Pine ecosystems.

Volunteers will be working alongside field technicians with intimate experience on this project. Participants will assist with overstory assessments and soil sample collections.

Itinerary

Day 1: Wednesday September 11	Meet at the Trust at 7:00 and drive up to the North Rim. Dinner and orientation. Bring a sack lunch.
Day 2: Thursday September 12	7am to 5pm field work assessing various plots for tree heights, widths, and soil collections
Day 3: Friday September 13	7am to 5pm field work assessing various plots for tree heights, widths, and soil collections
Day 4: Saturday September 14	7am to 5pm field work assessing various plots for tree heights, widths, and soil collections
Day 5: Sunday September 15	Finish up project, pack up camp and head back to Flagstaff by mid afternoon.