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Firewise Practices and Forestry Concepts for the White Mountains
Event Title: Firewise Practices and Forestry Concepts for the White Mountains White Mountain Summer Home Association
Location: 2950 Aspen Loop Pinetop, AZ 85935
Date and Time: Tuesday March 7th, 2023 8:00am - 3:00pm
Registration: https://www.aztrees.org/event-5115666 (required)
Lunch and snacks provided by White Mountain Summer Home Association.
Agenda:
- 7:45 – 8:30am Registration and Welcome
- 8:30 – 9am Firewise Practices and Forestry Concepts – Chris Jones, Jon Orona, Derrick Piper, Rex Thompson
- 9 – 9:45am Tree Biology – Jon Orona
- Break
- 10 – 10:45 Forest Health (disease, pathogens, bark beetles, etc) – Aly McAlexander, Viridiana Quinonez and Chris Jones, Presenters
- 10:45 - 11:30am Firewise Landscaping and Home Ignition Zones - Chris Jones and Rex Thompson
- 11:30 - 12:30pm Lunch
- 12:30 - 1:15pm Chainsaw Safety – Jim Morgan and Pinetop Fire Dept.
- 1:15 - 2pm Basic Forestry Concepts for Firewise Treatments - Owen Baertlein and Jacob Eberspacher
- 2:00 – 3:00pm Marking and thinning for Zones 2 and 3 (field trip to mark area) – Owen Baertlein, Jacob Eberspacher and presenters
Cost:
Free
Registration:
Required
County or Tribal Extension Offices:
Gila Navajo