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On Friday, Gail Kimbell, the chief of the U.S. Forest Service, got her first glimpse of the destruction caused by the Angora fire, as well as the agencies initial restoration efforts in response to the blaze.
Bordered by burnt trees, Kimbell said “It’s great to actually see it on the ground rather then in maps and photos. I’ve seen a lot of maps and photos.”
Taken through a series of presentations by Forest Services officials, including two during a tour of the burned area, Kimbell seemed satisfied with the efforts undertaken by the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit throughout the course of the blaze.
“A lot of things went right,” Kimbell said. “It worked the way a lot of folks hoped it would. The fact we had just one major burn period is significant.”
Eighty-five percent of the 3,072 acres burned by the Angora fire were in flames within the first six hours of the start of the blaze, according to a presentation by Kit Bailey, the U.S Forest Service fire management officer with the Lake Tahoe Basin management unit.
Throughout the day Kimbell inquired about the coordination between various basin agencies, the existence of a risk assessment for those undertaking hazardous tree removal, and the control of noxious weeds sprouting up as a result of the fire.
Seeding has already occurred in areas with known weed populations as part of Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) team recommendations, which will ramp up in the coming weeks.
The Forest Service hope s to begin aerial hydromulching to stabilize soils on Sept. 4th. Aerial hyrdomulching consists of dispersing a paper, wood fiber, and soil stabilization mix by aircraft.
Three or four helicopters and/or fixed wing aircraft will apply the material in the basin, according to Mary Moore, a co-team leader for the BAER implementation team.
The operation will take about 15 days, depending on weather conditions, and the forest service hopes to have operations complete by Sept. 30.
After the presentations, Kimbell saluted the degree of commitment to work on the project together and called for further collaboration between basin agencies as restoration efforts continue.
Kimbell took her job as the 16th chief of the Forest Service in February and is the first woman to hold the position.
She oversees an organization of over 30,000 employees and a budget of just over $4 billion, while supervising 193 million acres of national forest and grassland, according to Forest Service statistics.
Bordered by burnt trees, Kimbell said “It’s great to actually see it on the ground rather then in maps and photos. I’ve seen a lot of maps and photos.”
Taken through a series of presentations by Forest Services officials, including two during a tour of the burned area, Kimbell seemed satisfied with the efforts undertaken by the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit throughout the course of the blaze.
“A lot of things went right,” Kimbell said. “It worked the way a lot of folks hoped it would. The fact we had just one major burn period is significant.”
Eighty-five percent of the 3,072 acres burned by the Angora fire were in flames within the first six hours of the start of the blaze, according to a presentation by Kit Bailey, the U.S Forest Service fire management officer with the Lake Tahoe Basin management unit.
Throughout the day Kimbell inquired about the coordination between various basin agencies, the existence of a risk assessment for those undertaking hazardous tree removal, and the control of noxious weeds sprouting up as a result of the fire.
Seeding has already occurred in areas with known weed populations as part of Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) team recommendations, which will ramp up in the coming weeks.
The Forest Service hope s to begin aerial hydromulching to stabilize soils on Sept. 4th. Aerial hyrdomulching consists of dispersing a paper, wood fiber, and soil stabilization mix by aircraft.
Three or four helicopters and/or fixed wing aircraft will apply the material in the basin, according to Mary Moore, a co-team leader for the BAER implementation team.
The operation will take about 15 days, depending on weather conditions, and the forest service hopes to have operations complete by Sept. 30.
After the presentations, Kimbell saluted the degree of commitment to work on the project together and called for further collaboration between basin agencies as restoration efforts continue.
Kimbell took her job as the 16th chief of the Forest Service in February and is the first woman to hold the position.
She oversees an organization of over 30,000 employees and a budget of just over $4 billion, while supervising 193 million acres of national forest and grassland, according to Forest Service statistics.
