- Monitoring: It's nearly time to revisit the Calverton Ponds Preserve and record observations. But before we go, Quality Parks has to organize what we will be looking for with respect to differences between natural fire recovery and dozer impacts. This will requires local experience coupled with researching online.
- Tactics: Brushing over trails (a tactic developed by trail maintainers), may not be suitable for dozer lines. Quality Parks will benchmark who is doing what, and how effective has their approach been. Will hand tools be sufficient? This will involve Internet searching and followup conversations.
- Procedures: How does emergency response and recovery differ? Is dozer line rehab part of the emergency response or the emergency recovery? How are dozer fire line impacts reported? Does this vary depending upon property ownership? This will involve Internet searching and followup conversations.
- Finances: Who pays for recovery or response, at the federal, state, county, etc. levels? Does funds target such suppression impacts as dozer lines? How does funding compare across varying environmental conditions? This will involve Internet searching and followup conversations.
- Training: Who is doing what if any training at the federal, state, and/or local levels with regard to suppression impacts? Is dozer line repair part of dozer or chainsaw training class? Who can we work with us to prepare a local lessons with field training. This will involve benchmarking and feasibility conversations.