Camp Navajo Restoration Project
Cooperating Agencies:
Location:
12 miles (20 km) west of Flagstaff, AZ.
Date Initiated:
1996
Description:
Camp Navajo (formerly Navajo Army Depot) manages a National Guard training and equipment storage facility in northern Arizona. As the result of an old-growth study initiated by Dr. Margaret Moore, the ERI worked with Camp Navajo to develop an ecological restoration experiment for a portion of the facility's ponderosa pine/Gambel oak forest, encompassing approximately 11,000 acres. The current Environmental Assessment (EA) calls for treatment of between 6000 and 7000 acres. Research collaborators include several NAU partners and the Arizona Game and Fish Department.
of dense young pines and Gambel oaks - photo by ERI.
Project Status:
The project was suspended after establishment of monitoring plots and initial measurement due to changing priorities in the National Guard’s management of the site. If priorities swing back in favor of continuing the project we will return and monitor the results of restoration treatments.
an old ponderosa pine to protect its roots from undue heat in the prescribed burn - photo by ERI
For More Information:
- Contact Judy Springer, at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Publications:
- Fulé, P.Z., W.W. Covington, and M.M. Moore. 1997. Determining reference conditions for ecosystem management of southwestern ponderosa pine forest. Ecological Applications 7(3):895-908.
- Moore, M.M., W.W. Covington, and P.Z. Fulé. 1999. Reference conditions and ecological restoration: a southwestern ponderosa pine perspective. Ecological Applications 9(4) :1266-1277.
Last updated:
January 28, 2008