1. Restoration Plan Hayman Fire:

2. Background Pike-San Isabel National Forest Environmental and recreational value Home to various species of wildlife 137,760 acres Human caused

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4. General Information Site Status 72% National Forest Duration At least 30 years 200 or 300 till fully restored Cost $50 million

5. Finances: Donations National Arbor Day Foundation Volunteers USWF Government

6. Photo by Christina Kreutz Goal: Restore area to pre- fire status

7. Photos Courtesy of The Wilderness Society and USDA Species Diversity Trees 38 varieties of plants 449 terrestrial vertebrate species including some endangered species

8. Photos Courtesy of Pike's Peak Resort Uses: Commercial

9. Photos by Christina Kreutz Uses: Recreation

10. Past and Present Conservation Planting Seedlings Aerial seeding in 2003 Aerial dry mulching in 2003 Straw Distribution. Seedlings Planted To Speed Regrowth In Burn Area Seedlings Planted To Speed Regrowth In Burn Area

11. Photos by Christina Kreutz Private Landowners

12. Photos by Christina Kreutz Objective 1: Clear Debris

13. Photo courtesy of wildfirenews.com Objective 2: Raking

14. Objective 3 and 4: Hydromulching Aerial Seeding

15. Photo by Christina Kreutz Objective 5: Straw Distribution

16. Photo by Christina Kreutz Objective 6: Reseeding

17. Photo by Christina Kreutz Objective 7: No Disturbance

18. Objective 8: Resistance against non-native species

19. Photos by Christina Kreutz Objective 9: Reintroduction

20. Monitoring NDVI Progression Botanists Biologists

21. After the Restoration Educational Center Guided Tours

22. Photo by Christina Kreutz Summary: Restore to Original

23. References Aerial treatment over hayman burn area mid-July to end-August. In 2003 BAER aerial seeding & mulching. Retrieved April 4, 2008, from http://www.fs.fed.us/r2/psicc/hayres/aerial.htm Baker, W. L., Veblen, T. T., and Sherriff, R. L. (2007). Fire, fuels and restoration of ponderosa pine–Douglas fir forests in the Rocky Mountains, USA. Journal of Biogeography, 34(2), 251-269. Retrieved April 4, 2008, from Academic Search Premier database. Breshears, D.D., Pinder III, J.E., and Whicker, J.J (2008). Thinning semiarid forests amplifies wind erosion comparably to wildfire: implications for restoration and soil stability. Journal of Arid Environments, 72(4), 494-508, 515. Retrieved April 4, 2008, from Academic Search Premier database. Burns, M. and Cheng, A. S. (2007). Framing the need for active management for wildfire mitigation and forest restoration. Society and Natural Resources, 20(1), 245-259. Retrieved April 4, 2008, from Academic Search Premier database.

24. References (continued) Cairns, C. Reforesting the hayman fire area. Retrieved April 4, 2008, from http://www.fs.fed.us/r2/psicc/hayres/Hayman_reforestation.pdf Cannon, S. H., Gartner, J. E., Wilson, R. C., Bowers, J. C., and Laber, J. L. (2007). Debris flows initiated by runoff, erosion, and sediment entrainment in western north America. Geomorphology, 96(3-4), 250-269. Retrieved April 4, 2008, from Science Direct database. Climate of Colorado. Retrieved April, 4, 2008, from http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/narratives/COLORADO.htm Cyberwest Magazine (2003). Hayman fire burn area restoration continues in Colorado. In Science West Forest Ecology. Retrieved April 4, 2008, from http://www.cyberwest.com/cw22/hayman_fire_restore.shtml

25. References (continued) deWolfe, V. G., Santi, P. M., Ey, J., and Gartner, J. E. (2008). Effective mitigation of debris flows at Lemon Dam, La Plata County, Colorado. Geomorphology, 96(3/4), 366-377. Retrieved April 4, 2008, from Academic Search Premier database. Hayman Fire Information. Retrieved April 4, 2008, from http://www.uppersouthplatte.net/resource/haymfire/fireinfo.html Kearns, E. (2005). Afterburn. American Forests, 111(1), 26-31. Retrieved April 4, 2008, from Academic Search Premier database. Keeton, W. S. and Franklin, J. F. (2004). Fire-related landform associations of remnant old-growth trees in the southern Washington Cascade Range. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 34(11), 2371-2381. Retrieved April 4, 2008, from Academic Search Premier database.

26. References (continued) Lasaponara, R. and Telesca, L. (2007). Investigating fire-induced bahavioral trends in vegetation covers. Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, 13(9), 2018-2023. Retrieved April 4, 2008, from Science Direct database. Leave no Trace (2008). Leave no trace: center for outdoor ethics. Retrieved April 20, 2008 from http://www.lnt.org/programs/principles.php Pike’s Peak Resort (2002). Out of the ashes. Retrieved April 4, 2008 from http://pikespeakresort.com/hayman-fire.htm Rehab Update. In Hayman fire and BAER Information. Retrieved April 4, 2008, from http://www.fs.fed.us/r2/psicc/hayres/update.shtml Rocky Mountain Recreation (2006). Pike-San Isabel National Forest. Retrieved April, 4, 2008, from http://www.rockymountainrec.com/camp/pike.htm

27. References (continued) Schoennagel, T., Veblen, T. T., and Romme, W. H. (2004). The interaction of fire, fuels, and climate across rocky mountain forests. Bioscience, 54(7), 661-676. Retrieved April 4, 2008, from Academic Search Premier database. Sherriff, R. L. and Veblen, T. T. (2006). Ecological effects of changes in fire regimes in Pinus ponderosa ecosystems in the Colorado front range. Journal of Vegetation Science, 17(6), 705-718. Retrieved April 4, 2008, from Academic Search Premier database. Sibold, J. S., and Veblen, T. T. (2006). Relationships of subalpine forest fires in the Colorado Front Range with interannual and multidecadal-scale climatic variation. Journal of Biogeography, 33(1), 833-842. Retrieved April 4, 2008, from Academic Search Premier database. The Wilderness Society (2002). Summary of the hayman fire, Colorado. Retrieved April 4, 2008, from http://www.wilderness.org/Library/Documents/WildfireSummary_Hayman.cfm

28. References (continued) USDA (2003). Recreational activities. In General rules for national forests and grasslands. Retrieved April 6, 2008, from http://www.fs.fed.us/recreation/traveladvisories/generalrules.shtml USDA (2005). Wildlife, fisheries, and rare plants 5-yr action plan 2005-2009. Retrieved April 4, 2008, from http://www.fs.fed.us/r2/psicc/publications/plan_decisions/psicc_plan_WFRP20 05.shtml Wildernet (2005). Pike and San Isabel National Forests. Retrieved April 20, 2008, from http://www.wildernet.com/pages/area.cfm?areaname=Pike%20and%20San% 20Isabel%20National%20Forests Wildernet (2007). Topographical map. Retrieved April 20, 2008 from http://www.mytopo.com/maps.cfm?lat1=39&lat2=2&lat3=59&lon1=105&lon2= 25&lon3=25

29. References (continued) Zubeck, P. (2006). 4 Years later: hayman fire brings hard lessons. Retrieved April 7, 2008, from http://cbs4denver.com/local/Woodland.Park.Hayman.2.549969.html