Basin Recreation holds forest health and fuels reduction project meeting and hike – The Park Record
August 27, 2021
The Snyderville Basin Special Recreation District held a public meeting and a tour of a Summit Park trail Monday night, August 23, 2021, a chance for the community to see the fire mitigation work that’s been done over the past year and to learn more about the work to come in the wake of the Parleys Canyon Fire.
Matthew Wagoner, Basin Recreation trails and open space manager, left, speaks to a gathering of people at the end of Matterhorn Drive in the Summit Park neighborhood prior to an informational hike concerning the Basin’s forest health and fuels reduction project. Attendees were able to learn about the project and hike along the Road to WOS trail. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
Matthew Wagoner, Basin Recreation trails and open space manager, speaks to a gathering of people at the end of Matterhorn Drive in the Summit Park neighborhood prior to an informational hike concerning the Basin’s forest health and fuels reduction project. Attendees were able to learn about the project and hike along the Road to WOS trail. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
Matt Benge, Basin Recreation open space supervisor, speaks to a gathering of people along the Road to WOS trail in Summit Park during an informational hike concerning the Basin’s forest health and fuels reduction project. Attendees were able to learn about the project and hike along the Road to WOS trail. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
Matt Benge, Basin Recreation open space supervisor, speaks to a gathering of people along the Road to WOS trail in Summit Park during an informational hike concerning the Basin’s forest health and fuels reduction project. Attendees were able to learn about the project and hike along the Road to WOS trail. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
Matthew Wagoner, Basin Recreation trails and open space manager, speaks to a gathering of people along the Road to WOS trail in Summit Park during an informational hike concerning the Basin’s forest health and fuels reduction project. Attendees were able to learn about the project and hike along the Road to WOS trail. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
Attendees of Basin Recreation’s forest health and fuels reduction project meeting walk along the Road to WOS trail in the Summit Park neighborhood Monday evening, August 23, 2021. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
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Betsy Hochman, Basin Recreation trails and open space stewardship lead, cradles a pinecone from a Douglas fir in her hands as she talks about the differences between a Douglas and a Spruce during the Basin’s forest health and fuels reduction hike Monday evening, August 23, 2021. Attendees were able to learn about the project and hike along the Road to WOS trail. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
Attendees of Basin Recreation’s forest health and fuels reduction project meeting walk along the Road to WOS trail in the Summit Park neighborhood Monday evening, August 23, 2021. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
Justine Kadziel, marketing operations and IT supervisor at Snyderville Basin Special Recreation District, talks about the thinning process that happens while working on keeping a forest healthy during the Basin’s forest health and fuels reduction hike Monday evening, August 23, 2021. Attendees were able to learn about the project and hike along the Road to WOS trail. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
Mike Quinones, second from left, speaks about tree health along the Road to WOS trail during the Basin’s forest health and fuels reduction hike Monday evening, August 23, 2021. Attendees were able to learn about the project and hike. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
Betsy Hochman, Basin Recreation trails and open space stewardship lead, talks about the types of flora that had been regenerated in a project area along the Road to WOS trail during an informational hike Monday evening, August 23, 2021. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
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