UC Berkeley Wildfire Mitigation Program Case Study: Control of Blue - - PDF document

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UC Berkeley Wildfire Mitigation Program

Tom Klatt, Manager Office of Emergency Preparedness University of California, Berkeley

Case Study: Control of Blue Gum Eucalyptus in Coastal California University of California - Approx 1000 acres Claremont Canyon - values at risk Mid 1970’s 2001 25 years of growth….

Hills Emergency Forum

Regional Planning and coordination Share best practices Collaborate Support one another

• Shared vision for the canyon
• MOU with UC in 2003:

Planning partnership Joint stewardship Funding support

Control of Blue Gum Eucalyptus in Coastal California Workshop Coastal Training Program Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve UCB Wildfire Mitigation Program

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Brontosaurus Feller - Buncher Rubber-tire Skidder Grapple fed Chipper Hand feller . . . grove sits atop saddle opposite well- maintained EBMUD

• property. Photo

date 2001 . . . . . removed > 3000 trees, greatly reduced fire risk, will foster growth of young redwood/bay saplings,

• pened SF Bay vista.

Before - resprouted eucalyptus to road edge After - with landscape timbers Phase 4 project - above Claremont Ave. Before After

Claremont Canyon Phase 4

Before After Eucalyptus Resprouts after felling (no treatment) Resprout 8 weeks old - 24” height (stump was treated)

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Initial Treatment ….. Where’s the stump? Garlon (triclopyr) and Stalker (imazapyr) Recycling Logs and Chips on Project Site: 1 2 3 4 Goal: 100% retention of biomass Wood Chips used to create paths through site... Wood chips suppress rapid re-growth,dissipate runoff energy, trap sediment... Landscaping Timbers

Vista turnout (note scorchmark from arson…)

“Chain-Gang” stabilizes logs

Abandoned Vehicle Retrieval -

Cost Accounting - Eucalyptus Removal

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QUESTIONS?

Tom Klatt 510-642-1258 tklatt@berkeley.edu

Control of Blue Gum Eucalyptus in Coastal California Workshop Coastal Training Program Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve UCB Wildfire Mitigation Program