10/09/2022 – 10/15/2022
Location: Bryce Canyon National Park, UT
Strenuous. 2-mile daily hikes, repetitive heavy lifting
Front country: tent camping in a designated campground
This is a high elevation project: 7000+ ft.
Do you like to see the fruits of your labor? If so, consider joining our 2022 Bryce Canyon National Park project! We’ll spend the week relocating slash produced from thinning operations to areas a safe distance away from conservation trees.
The park is planning to conduct mechanical thinning of ponderosa and mixed conifer forests ahead of planned prescribed burns. To achieve ecological objectives of restoring the natural age class distribution of ponderosa trees, the park will thin and remove overstocked smaller, younger trees in proximity to older “conservation” trees prior to conducting the prescribed burn. The park will need assistance from the Wilderness Volunteers to relocate slash produced from thinning operations to areas a safe distance away from conservation trees.
This project is similar to past fuels reduction projects but may not include pile building. Worksites will be within a 5-mile range of the park’s developed area. Access will include driving to staging areas from the campgrounds along the park’s paved roads and possibly dirt roads on adjacent USFS lands, then short hikes to work sites from the staging area (less than 1 mile).
This is a high elevation project: 7000-9500 ft.
Project Leaders: Karen Zietlow and Bill Wood
Check out the gallery from our previous projects at Bryce Canyon National Park.
Itinerary:
Sunday, October 9th. The Volunteer group meets in the afternoon at a time/place TBD. The group will go through check-in, introductions, orientation, and will help set up camp in preparation for the work week ahead.
Monday, October 10th Workday.
Tuesday, October 11th. Workday.
Wednesday, October 12h. Day off.
Thursday, October 13th. Workday.
Friday, October 14th. Workday.
Saturday, October 15th. Break down camp, good-byes, depart.
Hiking, ranger talks, exploring the general area, viewing wildlife, vegetation, geologic features, photography, visit regional national and state parks.
Front country: tent camping in a designated campground
