Black Forest Together Forest Recovery Symposium

1. Black Forest Together Forest Recovery Symposium Black Forest Area • Overview • Opening Remarks, Chris Bailey • Hat Trick Project and Hayman Fire Before-and-After, Chuck Dennis • Update on MVEA Hazard Tree Removal Project – Dr. Judy von Ahlefeldt • Report Forest Recovery Plan: Tree Removal/Mitigation Components Chris Bailey • Potential Forest Recovery Grants – Mark Platten, CSU Extension • Break 10 Min • Panel Discussion plus Q&A : How We Will Reduce Replanting Costs for Landowners: Tom Gustin and Panelists - 45 min

2. Black Forest Recovery Challenges • Revitalize 15,000-acre area burn area—remove dead trees when/where appropriate and replant trees, shrubs, grasses • Mitigate/fire adapt the 45,000-acre Black Forest area to prevent future destructive fires and recreate healthy forest • Challenge Create a recovery process that will be a model in the west; drive recovery and revitalization of the forest by reducing costs and efforts associated with forest mitigation, dead tree removal, and replanting • Inform landowners of best management practices—they decide how to recover their property Black Forest Area Specific Erosion Control—Later

3. Forest Recovery Governing Principles • Serve the needs of the Black Forest community • Operate transparently • Uphold community values and respect private property rights • Consider, respect, and incorporate all viewpoints into decision making processes • Provide opportunities and information; let landowners, operators, and the market do the rest Black Forest Area

4. Stakeholders—we need you! • Citizen: Private Landowners, Land Managers, Homeowner • Association Representatives • Commercial Contractors: Arborists/Tree & Debris Removal, • Forest Products, Builders, other... • Insurance Companies: State Insurance Agency, United • Policyholders • Government/Legislators: County, State, Federal Agencies. State • Congressional Members Black Forest Area

5. Symposium Participation Rules • THE SYMPOSIUM SERIES WILL BE: • An organization of working groups that will develop solutions to forest recovery challenges • A TEAM of community and regional problem solvers • A forum for providing productive, respectful inputs that inform recovery solutions • THE SYMPOSIUM SERIES WILL NOT BE: • A forum for people with agendas that do not match symposium agenda • A forum characterized by negativity or close-minded viewpoints • A Black Forest business stimulus program

6. Presentations

7. Update on Mitigation and Tree Removal Cost Reduction Efforts

8. Considerations for Reducing Forest Recovery Costs Mitigation & Tree Removal Replanting Homeowner/ Landowner Homeowner/ Landowner Tree/Slash Removal Tree/Seed Acquisition Transportation Transportation Processing Prep/Planting Transportation Follow-on Care Market

9. Potential Ponderosa Pine Markets • Find/develop vendors to market products and alleviate timber and slash loads * Black Forest Slash/Mulch operates a volunteer slash processing program in conjunction with El Paso County and a contractor who operates a tub grinder at a county-owned site.

10. Considerations for Reducing Forest Recovery Costs • Methods we’ve to reduce costs to landowners: • Decrease labor costs at tree removal site: • Mechanization • Volunteers • Economies of Scale: • Decrease transportation costs: • Locate processing equipment in vicinity of BF • Find other ways to reduce transportation costs • Increase market revenue sources to offset labor and transportation costs: • See Potential Ponderosa Pine Markets Slide (next) • Obtain government/corporate grants/equipment to directly offset costs

11. Preliminary Forest Recovery Plan • BFT Administers Landowner-Contractor Program • Organize BF Council of Forestry Operators, Agencies • More Strategic Plan for Forest • Common Operating Principles • More Standardized Levels of Service • Cost reductions through Operator Partnering • 2. Aggressively Market Menu of Tree Removal Options to Landowners • Provide landowners with Best Management • Practice information, cost-based menu of options • Landowners sign up through BFT • Encourage organization and consolidation • of properties • 40 acres achieves economies of scale for • operators 1 Mile

12. Preliminary Forest Recovery Plan, Cont. • 3. Decrease Operating Costs • Locate processing equipment in BF • Establish sorting yard to reduce transportation costs • Achieve economies of scale • 4. Obtain government/corporate grants, equipment to directly offset costs • Potential for large block grants/pilot projects • 5. Channel direct volunteer efforts • Military, Community, Religious Orgs • 6. Organize landowner forestry workshops

13. Panel Discussion