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Jaroso BAER Assessment Update - 7.14.2013 (Jaroso Post-Fire Response Burned Area Emergency Response)

BAER Assessment Update – July 14, 2013 PECOS, NM (July 14, 2013) – The BAER assessment team finalized their analysis and findings of the burned area for the Jaroso wildfire that burned 11,141 acres of the Pecos Wilderness area on the Santa Fe National Forest (www.fs.usda.gov/santafe/). The Forest Service hydrologists and soils scientists also completed their modeling for predicted post-fire water run-off and erosion levels. The BAER team identified critical values-at-risk and is finalizing their recommended emergency stabilization actions and treatments for these values that will be included in their BAER assessment report along with their data, analysis, and findings. The team expects to present its assessment report to the Forest early next week, who will then forward it onto BAER coordinators at the Forest Service Regional and Washington Offices. The Jaroso BAER assessment team held public meetings on Friday evening, July 12 in Chimayo and Saturday afternoon, July 13 in Pecos,...