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The Otter Newsletter Summer 2014 The Otter SPONSORED BY FRIENDS OF VERDE RIVER GREENWAY VOLUME TWO SUMMER ISSUE Adventures into the East Verde: A Week in the Life of a Conservation Corps Crew This April I had the pleasure of joining our spirits, thinking “our hike is only eight miles Arizona Conservation Corps (AZCC) interns as downhill to the confluence of the Verde and East an “alternate” for a week long back-country Verde,” where we were to begin our survey. We backpacking trip to map invasive species along knew from planning that we would drop off the the East Verde (an underexplored tributary to Mongollon Rim and descend around 2,500 ft., the Verde River located downstream of Fossil but the mood was still, “no worries, we’re tough, Creek). Prior to leaving, we heard stories of we got this”. Well, let’s just say it turned out to bears, cougars, boating mishaps; recollections of be considerably more challenging than expected! pure and rugged wilderness. Beyond the myths, The trail was much longer and the terrain much no one seemed to have much concrete infor- steeper than we could have imagined (in-fact, the mation about the East Verde. We were packed estimated mileage increased by the day!). and ready for an adventure! See Adventures Page 3 We got to the Twin Butte Trailhead and start down the Hardscrabble Mesa Trail in good P ROGRAM C OORDINATOR ’ S L OG News you otter know about VWRC Hi Friends, Summertime for me has included boating the Verde (even Meanderland Private Land- with a Flow of 32 CFS), eating Camp Verde corn, enjoying owner Partners Stepping Up monsoon storms, gardening, fireworks, farmers markets, Page 2 LEAF interns, synthesizing data and planning for the up- coming VWRC treatment season, with a lot of grant writing 2014 Tamarisk Coalitions sprinkled on top!! Annual Conference Page 4 During the past few years VWRC AmeriCorps Interns and field crews have inventoried and mapped over 10,000 riparian acres for invasive plants. (Contact us if you are Yavapai County Adult interested in giving to this Intern program). Recent data Probation Team Pitches In management efforts show that VWRC is on target to Page 5 accomplish the goals in the Verde River Cooperative Inva- sive Plant Management Plan in the five years a planned, IF Happenings Around the State we all continue to work collaboratively to support and pro- mote this watershed-scale project. Page 6 I want to personally thank Hannah Farrell, FVRG’s Ameri- Summer Interns Hit the Corps Field Data Coordinator, for the exceptional capacity you’ve added to this organization and partnership! Ground Running Page 7 Enjoy this issue of The Otter, summertime and thank you for your continued support of VWRC. Page 2 The Otter MEANDER LAND: PRIVATE LANDOWNER ACCOMPLISHMENTS! In 2012 when the Verde VWRC. Our success of pulling Ranch State Park and in Camp Watershed Restoration together to tackle a watershed- Verde. VWRC and FVRG fund- Coalition (VWRC) began it’s scale project does come with a ed the treatment of invasive collaborative partnership of few challenges. plants on 267 privately owned public land managers and riparian acres during the last private landowners, many Our treatment season is only season alone. people thought that it would be 22 weeks long (including a two difficult to get private property week training program), begin- This included removing more owners involved. ning in September and ending than: in February. During the past The common refrains were: two treatment seasons, our 34,973* Arundo/Giant Reed “people won’t let you on their crews have put in 40 weeks of 665* Tamarisk/Salt Cedar Tree property; people only care work on private land. 8,817* Ailanthus/T of H about what is happening on 812* Russian Olive their property, or people aren’t In scheduling our habitat *individual stems concerned about weeds grow- restoration, we have been, for ing in their neighborhoods.” the most part, moving from As we prepare for VWRC’s upstream reaches of the river 2014/2015 treatment season, Well, 3 1/2 years later we are and tributaries to downstream we are filling in the watershed happy to say that the naysayers reaches and tributaries. As we map with treatment and re- were wrong. Over 200 private treat land in the upper part of treatment projects. Here’s a landowners have signed the watershed we are control- sneak peak at what’s in store Habitat Improvement agree- ling the seed source of invasive for the coming season… ments and are participating in plants for downstream land the watershed-scale effort to and landowners. Our treatment Oak Creek, below Cornville control the spread of invasive schedule is also determined by Road plants in our riparian areas the funding we are able to Verde River, Prescott (VWRC). secure; some funding pays for National Forest land be- work on private or state land tween Perkinsville and the These landowners are from only and some funding pays for Sycamore Creek confluence throughout the Verde Water- work on federal land or all. Clarkdale private and town shed, from Dry and Wet Beaver properties. and West Clear Creeks, to the During these two treatment Verde from above Sycamore seasons, our Veterans river These particular properties Canyon all the way to Beasley crew contracted from The Vet- have been chosen because of Flats and from Oak Creek raplex has worked on nearly all the density of invasive plants Canyon down to the confluence of VWRC private land projects. and our ability to work adjacent of the Oak Creek and the Verde During the 2013/2014 treat- to public lands making our River. Collectively they own ment season, the Vetraplex treatment all the more effec- and manage over 65% of the removed invasive plants from tive. Laura Jones FVRG 191 acres on 20 private proper- riparian acres on private land. Private Landowner Fact Box! ties along Oak Creek. Also, the We will continue to recruit VWRC CREC Crew worked on Private landowners have contrib- landowners throughout the six additional private proper- uted hours and equipment as in-kind match that value $14,237. watershed to participate in ties adjacent to Dead Horse Page 3 The Otter ADVENTURES ... The beautiful Verde River from our hike down… “We can see water!!!!” Continued from page 1 We found that the lower East The only thing more Verde consisted of shallow rif- daunting than the climb in fles followed by deep pools, was the anticipation of the which made for many idyllic climb out, which ended up swimming holes and picnic lo- taking us longer than our 10 cations. We also discovered a hour work day. lot of tamarisk, of all sizes, our survey data shows that the can- We endured rain, high opy cover of tamarisk occu- wind gusts, clambering Swimming Hole pies more than 10% of the through slot canyons, total riparian area of the E. Verde. across creeks, and through dense and often sharp brush. Fortunately (or unfortunately?), the only Oh, I almost forgot one of the best parts: breakfast “threatening” wildlife we came across were five the morning after the climb out at the Pinion Pine Gila Monsters (no joke!). (formerly the Knotty Pine) in Payson (a Conserva- tion Corps tradition!). OK, enough of complaining about our miseries! The truth is that we discovered Our interns have moved on to work a genuine paradise and oasis in for the Coconino National Forest for the midst of the Sonoran desert. the rest of the summer. During their I love the feeling of knowing internships with VWRC, they sur- that you are so far into the wil- veyed 2652 acres for invasive spe- cies, re-treated giant reed, lead vol- derness that few humans have unteer groups, entered data, and ever witnessed the special participated in outreach events. We place you are standing (we were hope to see these interns come back far off any trails and did not see in the fall for VWRC’s next treat- a single other person the entire ment season! time). What a rare treat it is to Riverside Saguaros see Saguaro Cacti so close to a natural flowing water body. Written by Hannah Farrell-Field Data Coordinator, AmeriCorps Intern Page 4 www.verdewrc.org SURVEYING A WATERSHED FOR WEEDS When VWRC stakeholders set out Mapping is mostly complete. As new three years ago to start imple- private landowners agree to participate menting the actions outlined in in habitat improvement projects their Verde River Cooperative Invasive property will be surveyed. On public Plant management Plan, they land many of the unmapped areas lie could not have imagined the in remote hard to access areas where infestations field crews would either there are no known populations discover in our riparian areas. of these four target plants species or During the past three years they lie in areas where we assume several AmeriCorps Interns, some exist and have estimated the Arizona Conservation Corps infestations from nearby mapped (AZCC) Interns and Friends populations. Volunteers have hiked across more than 10,000 acres along the A few results from our inventory and Verde Watersheds rivers and creeks searching for these mapping efforts show that of these four target plants, non-native invasive plants; Tamarisk, Tree of Heaven, tamarisk was the most prevalent throughout the water- Russian Olive and Giant Reed. Three years ago, crews shed. Crews found it up at the headwaters of the Verde used a handheld GPS and a clipboard with paper and River near Paulden to the East Verde River that drains pencil to collect inventory data, whereas today we are Payson.
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