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Burnt Beaver Phase II
Region: Northern
ID: 4819
Project Status: Completed
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2023
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Final Methods
Pre-commercial thinning and fuels reduction accomplished using hand crews to cut & pile and machinery to masticate or cut/pile trees along the North Slope Road, Burnt Fork and Fish Lake trails and an area east of Beaver Meadow Reservoir and the Ashley NF boundary. Initial work began in Spring '20, with one contract company for hand-crew work and two contractors for the machine work. 305 acres of hand cut/pile were completed, as were 974 acres of machine cut/pile or mastication. Weather delays and contractor issues resulted in 283 acres of machine piling remaining. 125 acres were completed in Fall '21 with a third contractor, with 155 acres remaining due to a late start and contractor inefficiencies. A fourth contractor was hired to clean up remainder, completed between June & July '22.
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150' wide shaded fuel breaks were established along ~5.5 miles of road and 4 miles of trail. Approximately 16,170 hand piles over 305 acres and 1,800 mechanical piles over 1,297 acres constructed. No issues with hand-crew contractor (Green Tree Service; 305ac) or one of two initial mechanical contractors (Deer Valley Sand & Gravel; 637 ac). The second mech contractor, Sweat US LLC, accomplished 337 ac of cut/pile to specs and another 283 ac of cutting in 2020. Sweat broke contract and did not return to complete the piling in 2021, prompting MDF to find a third contractor to finish that work. Axis Ecological Restoration began work in August '21 and made slow progress until snow closed the work area in October, piling 125 acres with 155 remaining. MDF terminated this contract due to inefficiencies and contractor staff issues. A fourth contractor (Chad Rex Contracting) was hired and began work in June '22 as conditions allowed, completing 155 acres by July 26 with no issues.<p> In addition to contractor issues, there was considerable staff turnover relevant to the project with MDF, UDWR and USFS. MDF worked with USFS and UDWR partners from both field and administrative aspects to maintain funding availability and achieve project specs. Those partners' flexibility and cooperation are greatly appreciated.
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Future Management
MDF and USFS will close out 19-PA-11041904-059.<p>~280 mechanical piles to be burned in Fall '22 with remaining Ph 4 funding. Prescribed burning operations are planned to treat 2000+ acres. Discussions and planning will continue to address remaining habitat work in project area.
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Jeremy Nelson
Submitted Time
09/19/2023 10:17:43
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