#WallowFire SENATE AD HOC TASK FORCE ON FOREST MANAGEMENT 2011

ARIZONA STATE SENATE

INTERIM MEETING NOTICE

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

 SENATE AD HOC TASK FORCE ON FOREST MANAGEMENT 2011

   
Date:              Thursday, June 30, 2011
Time:             1:00 P.M.

Place:            Show Low High School
                        500 West Old Linden (Auditorium)
                        Show Low, AZ 85901

AGENDA

1.	Welcome
2.	Introduction of Committee Members
3.	Speakers ·         Jack Husted, Commissioner, Arizona Game & Fish Commission ·         Dave Garrett, Former Dean, Northern Arizona University School of Forestry ·         Ethan Aumack, Grand Canyon Trust ·         Todd Schulke, Center for Biological Diversity ·         Dr. Alex Thal, Southwest Center for Resource Analysis, Western New Mexico College ·         Ralph Pope, Southwest Native Ecosystem LLC ·         Basilio "Bas" Aja, Executive Vice President, AZ Cattle Feeders' Association ·         Al Medina, Arizona Fire Reclamation Team ·         David Tenney, President, AZ Board of Supervisors Association
4.	Call to the Public
5.	Next Meeting

Members:

Senator Sylvia Allen, Chair
Senator John Nelson, CoChair
Senator Frank Antenori
Senator Gail Griffin
Senator Al Melvin
Senator Steve Pierce
Senator Steve Smith

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Senate Secretary's Office: (602)926-4231 

#WallowFire - final post

This morning's map was the final emergency post on the Wallow Fire.  Further fire information will be posted down the line as the fire is analyzed and new data becomes available, but I will not be posting regular morning updates on the Wallow Fire from this point on  unless there is a major flare-up.  We feel that there are abundant other sources for information about the Las Conchas fire available, so no need for us to duplicate.

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#WallowFire IR and cloud cover map from 06/28/11 night flyover
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Wallow fire IR map and cloud cover from 06/28 flyover

IR map size: 538,049 acres
Growth: none

IR flyover comment:
There is a lone heat source southwest of the fire just 1.5 miles inside the Forest boundary and the Arizona state line at the top of Keller Canyon at -109 4' 8.8", 33 28' 36.4".
There is still a lot of residual heat at the top of the drainage above KP Cienega Campground below the ridge and Route 666.  There is no intense heat polygon because there was just a few areas of scattered heat and isolated heat sources.  The perimeter did not change.

#LasConchas IR map from 06/27/11 2313MDT

#LasConchas IR map from 06/27/11 2313MDT
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• Size: 61,022 acres
• Growth: 17,399

Las Conchas IR map from 06/27/11 flyover

Comments from IR flyover:

There is a lot of heat within this perimeter, with active growth in the north, southwest and east.  Several isolated heat sources were identified on the northern and eastern flanks. The interior of the fire has a lot of scattered heat with intense heat leading the edges of the fire.

#WallowFire soil burn severity map [CORRECTED]

#WallowFire soil burn severity map [CORRECTED]
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Wallow Fire soil burn severity map

Sorry I put up the wrong map this morning

#WallowFire IR & SF drainage basin maps from 06/27/11 2249PDT

#WallowFire IR & SF drainage basin maps from 06/27/11 2249PDT
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• Size: 538,049 acres
• Growth: 1 acre

Wallow IR map from 06/27/11 2249 PDT flyover

Wallow Fire burn severity SF River drainage basin (06/25/11)

IR flyover comments:

There is still a lot of residual heat at the top of the drainage above KP Cienega Campground below the ridge and Route 666.  There was still a little active fire in the Stray Horse area on the southern tip.  This was a a pocket of heat at the top of Lengthy Canyon on the east side of the creek away from the perimeter where it was burning last night.  The only growth of the fire was along Fishhook Creek.  There was a pocket of heat along Foote Creek just up-river fron Balke Crossing above the Blue River.  Quite a different fire than a few days ago.

There were three isolated heat sources outside the west edge of the fire on the shore of Drift Fence Lake which is about a mile away from Reservation Ranch (and bull farm [map calls it the Insemination Station]).  There was also an isolated heat source 4 miles south of the fire just southeast of Honeymoon Camp Ground at -109 27' 58.6", 33 27' 42.9".

#LasConchas fire IR & Ownership maps 06/27/11

#LasConchas fire IR & Ownership maps 06/27/11
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From IR log comments:
06/27/2011 0400

This was the first look at the fire with no other initial perimeter to go on. Rough perimeter posted at 0500, then rest of shapefiles plus new perimeter posted later. On NE edge intense heat is 0.3 miles from Water Canyon and Ponderosa Campground.

Area of Intense heat in Frijoles Canyon just south of Burnt Mesa.

On SE edge of fire Intense heat in Capulin Canyon, Intense heat has reached San Miguel ruins, Sanchez Canyon, Eagle Canyon, and Cochiti Canyon, and up on to Horn Mesa.

On SW edge, intense heat is almost to Woodard Ridge.

West edge of fire is 0.3 miles from Los Griegos and 0.7 miles from Cerro Pelado Lookout.

On Northern edge, heat has crossed North of Route 4 just East of Las Conchas Campground but still south of East Fork of the Jemez. Mostly the heat is south of Route 4.

Isolated heat sources north of burnout are suspect and should be checked.