September 29, 2024
Flagstaff Festival of Science: Rogers Lake Community Forest
Coconino County Parks and Recreation • 2446 Fort Tuthill Loop Flagstaff, AZ 86005 Organized by Coconino County Parks and Recreation
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Description
We're sorry, but online registration is not allowed for this program. Please contact us during regular business hours for registration information.
This special programs may or may not be offered this year as part of the Flagstaff Festival of Science. The Flagstaff Festival of Science provides a collection of free science focused educational events during ’the best 10 days of the year’. We have been lucky enough to provide the following educational tours in the past and we hope to offer them again, if accepted by the festival.Description:
Join us for a tour of the Rogers Lake Community Forest. The Rogers Lake Community Forest property is an 80-acre parcel located immediately adjacent to, and part of, the 2,250-acre Rogers Lake County Natural Area, managed by Coconino County Parks and Recreation. The 80-acre parcel is also adjacent to the 47,500-acre Centennial Forest, a teaching and demonstration forest that is a collaboration between Northern Arizona University’s School of Forestry, which manages the land, and the Arizona State Land Department, which owns the land. Other nearby land managers include the U.S. Forest Service – Coconino National Forest, Arizona Army National Guard (Camp Navajo), The Arboretum at Flagstaff, and private landowners. CCPR has been awarded a Community Forest and Open Space Conservation Grant from the U.S. Forest Service in the amount of $280,500. This would designate the parcel as a Community Forest, the first one in the southwest. The goals of the management of the parcel would be to provide certain public benefits, including ecosystem services, forest-related education, low-impact recreation, and serving as a model of effective forest management. This Community Forest Plan describes how the parcel will be managed in order to comply with the goals of the grant, while also complying with the Rogers Lake County Natural Area Management Plan.
The majority of the parcel, the eastern three-quarters, is ponderosa pine forest. The westernmost portion of the parcel is native grassland as it transitions into the wetlands and ephemeral lakebed of Rogers Lake to the west. Rogers Lake is a unique, high-elevation, seasonal wetland, a rare and vitally important habitat type to wildlife and the ecosystem. The lake is surrounded by ponderosa pine and Gambel oak forest and situated ten miles southwest of the City of Flagstaff. Its water supply is spring snowmelt and summer monsoons. The parcel lies in the heart of the Woody Ridge Strand wildlife corridor, a 15-mile linkage connecting the large wildlife habitat blocks of the San Francisco Peaks to the north and the Mogollon Rim to the south.
Interested in signing up for this program? The registration link will be uploaded here if/when the program is accepted as part of the 2024 Flagstaff Festival of Science. Please stay tuned.
Program Age Category
Multigenerational
Location
Pumphouse Wash Trailhead
Instructor
CCPR Staff
Age and Gender
Ages 8-255 · Co-Ed