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AccomplishmentsA brief chronology shows our accomplishments. April 2009. The Forest Service in Flagstaff invites volunteers to form an organization similar to Sedona’s Friends of the Forest. (Five volunteers show up―not a great start.) August 2009. IRS grants tax-exempt status to Friends of Northern Arizona Forests (FoNAF). August-October 2009. FoNAF staffs fire lookout towers. November 2009. First public workday to protect young aspen (by repairing “exclosures:” fences seven feet high that exclude elk, deer, and livestock from stands of young aspen). Winter 2009-10. FoNAF coordinates the issuing of backcountry permits at Snowbowl and provides most of the volunteers. April 2010. FoNAF receives its first grant ($1000 in matching funds) for the Greater Hart Prairie Aspen Protection Project. May-November 2010. FoNAF and the public repair and raise six miles of exclosure fences. Value to the Forest Service: $35,000. December 2010. FoNAF submits its second grant proposal: Propagating Aspen Clones: Survival in the 21st Century. The Arboretum at Flagstaff joins FoNAF in this ten-year project to propagate aspen clones that can flourish without the protection of fences. [Approval received in early January 2011.] Winter 2010-11. Again, FoNAF coordinates the issuing of backcountry permits at Snowbowl. January 2011. Individual and family memberships total to forty memberships and hence reflect something like sixty members. The next two years (highlights only) Begin to replant the Schultz burn―and coordinate the volunteer effort. Establish a well-staffed Trail Patrol to greet, assist, and educate the public on trails within fifteen miles of Flagstaff. Continue and expand the aspen program.
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