| In
July, 2002, the USDA Forest Service Burned Area Emergency Rehabilitation
Team for the half-million acre Rodeo-Chediski Fire called the Volunteer
Task Force to organize a watershed stabilization project for volunteers.
VTF members Craig Martin, Tessa Edelen, and John Hogan worked out of the
Black Mesa Ranger District. |
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The
scene was familiar—black sticks, roasted soil, and a thick layer of
ash. |
| On
the second day, a 1/4-inch rainstorm fell in the Buckskin Wash watershed,
and sent a torrent of black through the town of Heber. |
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With
the assistance of Jeff Walterschied and Mike Alexander from LANL, VTF organized
two weekends of mulching that covered more than 200 acres. |
