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The NeighborWise program was designed as an
extension to assist with our FireWise Community efforts. With this program, the
Summerhaven Community will be broken into smaller sections, neighborhoods, to
aid in the completion of the fuels thinning projects essential for our
survival.
The goal of this organization is to meet the recommended thinning guidelines
and specifications for all properties, with or without cabins, to the best of
our abilities. This project is mostly dependent on our property owners to
assist in the accomplishment with this task:
Objectives:
 | To reduce the number of small diameter trees |
| To remove trees that are infested with bark beetles |
| To remove and prune trees that have mistletoe |
| To remove dead standing trees (except those designated as wildlife trees) |
| To remove ladder fuels |
| To reduce the amount of dead and downed material |
| To dispose of all slash material |
Specifications:
| Trees 5.0 inches dbh (diameter breast height) and smaller will be cut.
Trees less than 24 inches in height will not be thinned. Spacing is not
to exceed 15 feet. |
| The crown of the trees should not overlap |
| Trees up to 8.0 inches dbh that are overstocked, have bark beetle
infestation, are damaged, deformed/stunted, or in a leaning position, shall be
removed |
| All trees with mistletoe rating of 4 or greater shall be removed.
All trees with mistletoe in lower branches shall be pruned up to 12 feet above
the ground. All seedlings and saplings that have mistletoe with a lower
rating shall also be removed. If pruning the tree results in a rating of
less than 4, then we will default to this practice. |
| All dead standing trees will be removed up to 8.0 inches dbh provided that
they are not designated wildlife trees |
| All ladder fuels (live and dead branches) shall be removed if the branches
are lower than 6 to 7 feet above the ground |
| Remove all dead and downed material that is over 1.0 inch in diameter.
The exception will be logs that are decaying on the forest floor. |
** These are the recommended
specifications that the Loma Sabino Pines HOA and the Mt. Lemmon Fire District
follow within the Wildland/Urban Interface grant projects **
For More Information Contact:
Mt. Lemmon Fire District
13170 N. Oracle Control Road
Tel: 520-576-1201
FAX: 520-576-3095
Internet:
deanna@mountlemmonfire.com
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