Monthly Archives: May 2022

Monument Preserve Fire Mitigation pictures

After the crew was done today, I got out and took a quick look at the progress made during the first day of mitigation. It is incredible, to say the least. The masticators made quick work of huge swaths of scrub oak, while they appear to leave the evergreens alone. They also left small islands of scrub oak and appeared to fill the trails with debris but not actually damage the trail beds themselves much.

Trail full of debris

Large areas of scrub oak completely cleared

You can see the masticator way in the background here. It is essentially a huge tracked backhoe w/ a rolling mace on the end of the arm

USFS Fire Mitigation in the Monument Preserve

Starting today, 2022-05-16, the USFS will be conducting thinning operations at the Monument Preserve as a form of fire mitigation. These operations are a part of the larger Upper Monument Creek Landscape Restoration Project to restore forests in the Rampart Range area.

Our neighborhood assisted the development of this plan — so your hard work has come to fruition!

Visit the Friends of the Monument Preserve website for more information.