Glacier preservation

Glaciers are melting faster than ever.

As the planet gets hotter, our frozen world is shrinking, making the water cycle more unpredictable.

For billions of people, meltwater flows are changing, causing floods, droughts, landslides and sea level rise.

Countless communities and ecosystems are at risk of devastation.

As we work together to mitigate and adapt to climate change, glacier preservation is a top priority.

We must reduce greenhouse gas emissions to slow down glacial retreat.

And, we must manage meltwater more sustainably.

Saving our glaciers is a survival strategy for people and the planet.

Protecting frozen water resources for the future

The theme of World Water Day 2025 is ‘Glacier Preservation’.

Glaciers are critical to life – their meltwater is essential for drinking water, agriculture, industry, clean energy production and healthy ecosystems.

Rapidly melting glaciers are causing uncertainty to water flows, with profound impacts on people and the planet.

Global reductions in carbon emissions and local strategies to adapt to shrinking glaciers are essential.

This World Water Day, we must work together to put glacier preservation at the core of our plans to tackle climate change and the global water crisis.

Key messages for World Water Day 2025

• Glaciers are melting faster than ever. As the planet gets hotter due to climate change, our frozen world is shrinking, making the water cycle more unpredictable and extreme.

• Glacial retreat threatens devastation. For billions of people, meltwater flows are changing, causing floods, droughts, landslides and sea level rise, and damaging ecosystems.

• Glacier preservation is a survival strategy. We must work together to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and manage meltwater more sustainably for people and the planet. 

4FRI Day On the Land

Join us for a Day on the Land with the Four Forest Restoration Initiative! We'll take a tour of their facilities and learn about the project and their long-term goals for our regional forests. In line with our annual theme around the economics of our open spaces, we'll also learn about the "money" side of the initiative!

Join us for our June Book Club meeting, where we'll be discussing The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America.

Brought forth by popular demand, our first Annual Picnic!

This event will simply be a get-together on the land, in conjunction with a volunteer work project! For those interested in the work project, see here!

For those who just want to have a fun day on the land, this is the event for you.

Lunch will be a potluck, so bring something tasty to share! Some drinks will be provided by Diablo Trust.

Bring field games to play and stories to tell, and come spend the day with us!

Please RSVP by 5:00PM Wednesday, May 23:
info@diablotrust.org • (928) 523-0588

Diablo Trust & Friends of Northern Arizona Forests

Hay Lake Exclosure Fence Repair

Mogollon Rim Ranger District, Coconino National Forest

June 02, 2018

Project Location:

We will be working on the exclosure fence around the Hay Lake wetland.

Project Begins:

Saturday June 2nd, please arrive at the project site by 8:30 AM.  This is a one day project for all attendees.

Project Activity:

We will be installing elk jumps, repairing any breaks in fence, and insuring that wire spacing facilitates wildlife passage.

Benefits:

This fence repair project will improve the ability of big game species and other wildlife to move more freely and safely across the landscape.

What to Bring:

Work gloves, pliers if you have a pair, water, and personal gear.

Contact:

If you are planning to attend, please RSVP via email to Jeremy by Thursday May 31st.

Directions to Hay Meadow:

From Flagstaff take Lake Mary Rd. south to Forest Road 211 (CCP #1 Access Rd). Distance from the Mormon Lake Ranger Station to FR 211 is approximately 44 miles. Take a left (east) on 211 and travel approximately 8 miles to FR 82. Take a left (north) on FR 82 for about 7.5 miles to unnumbered Forest Road which is the east entrance to Hay Lake. We’ll meet at the gate about 8:30 am and proceed into the work area together.

Estimated travel time from Flagstaff is about 1.5 hours.

This event is in conjunction with our First Annual Picnic! Please see here for more information.

Come join us for our first field event of 2018: a trip to the Perkinsville Meat Processors! This will be an educational and interactive tour of a local, family-owned business that has worked closely with the Flying M Ranch and a vast number of other ranchers, farmers, and hunters throughout northern Arizona. This trip will allow us to see the inside of the plant . . . to be "in the room where it happens."

On this trip we will learn about the history of the business, the intricacies of meat processing and packing, and how closely the Ducote family works with open lands owners, managers, and users.

We will get an introduction to this industry and some of the finer points at the 2018 Annual Meeting, by Sam Garcia, Ph.D., who is the program manager of the Food Product and Safety Lab in the School of Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences at the University of Arizona.

No need to bring a lunch! We'll all be eating at the Casa Grande Mexican Restuarant in Chino Valley. Payment TBA.

Please bring:

• plenty of water
• snacks
• long pants
• closed-toe shoes/boots

This is primarily an indoor visit, so weather-oriented clothes aren't necessary!

Bison Day on the Land

Come join us for our last (and rescheduled) field event of 2017: a Bison Day on the Land! This will be an educational and interactive tour of Raymond Wildlife Area (RWA), 15,000 acres of open land managed by the AZ Game & Fish Department, east of Flagstaff on Rte 40. Bison have been at RWA since the 1940s, and this year they got a brand new herd of pure-bred bison. This trip will allow us to be some of the first visitors to the ranch with the new animals.

On this trip we will learn about these ancient native creatures, mangement of bison and the landscape, and how collaborative land and resource management plays into RWA's interactions with its neighbors: the Flying M and Bar T Bar ranches!

You can read about bison in the Fall 2017 issue of Ground Truth!

Please bring a brown-bag lunch, and:

• hat & sunglasses
• warm coat
• windbreaker and/or rainjacket
• plenty of water
• snacks
• long pants
• closed-toe shoes/boots

Ranch Day on the Land

Have you ever wanted to visit a ranch?

Have you ever wanted to meet a cowboy?

Have you ever wanted to see cows in the pasture?

If you answered 'yes' to any of those questions, then come join us for a Ranch Day on the Land! This will be a general tour of the Bar T Bar Ranch, complete with a Q&A with the ranchers and a tour of locations at HQ and elsewhere on the ranch.

Please bring a brown-bag lunch, and:

• hat & sunglasses
• sunscreen
• windbreaker and/or rainjacket
• plenty of water
• snacks
• long pants
• closed-toe shoes/boots

Please RSVP: info@diablotrust.org or (928) 523-0588

AGENDA

9:00 – Welcome, Agenda & Introductions

Jeremy Krones, Program Manager, Diablo Trust
Tom Mackin, Wildlife Committee Chair, Diablo Trust

9:45 – Presentations:

Ian Harrison (freshwater conservation, collaboration, etc)
Shelly Shepherd (watchable wildlife)
Scott Rogers (fish biologist)

1:00 – Authentic Ranch Picnic

Diana Kessler, Linda Blosser, Sylvia Meakin

1:15 – 10J Rule for the Mexican Grey Wolf Project

Jon Cooley, AZ Game & Fish Department

1:45 – Landowner Relations

Steve Cassady, Landowner Relations Specialist, AGFD

2:15 – Wildlife & Water Management on the Ranches

Kit Metzger, Flying M Ranch

2:50 – Closing Remarks

Jeremy Krones, Program Manager, Diablo Trust

3:00 End

Day on the Land: Condor Conservation

Come join us for a great day at the Vermilion Cliffs, learning about conservation in northern Arizona with Chris Parish from the Peregrine Fund and his team. We'll visit the condor center to observe the largest North American bird, see some of the most beautiful scenery our great state, and experience what it's like to work in the field as a conservation biologist.

This field trip is free of charge, but participants are responsible for bringing their own food and supplies. Please be prepared for any weather. All participants should bring:

• food (snacks & lunch)
• plenty of water (3 liters)
• jacket
• raincoat
• sunscreen
• hat
• sturdy shoes/boots *good for walking in the sand*
• camera

We will leave Flagstaff at around 7:00am and return around 7:00pm. We will carpool from the large public parking lot on W. Phoenix Ave & S. Mikes Pike Street. Please comment below if you would like to drive. All passengers should bring money to compensate their driver!

We will drive to the Lees Ferry Lodge at Vermilion Cliffs, at milepost 541.5 on Hwy 89-A, Marble Canyon, AZ.

To learn more:

• https://www.peregrinefund.org/
• https://www.blm.gov/az/st/en/prog/recreation/watchable/condors.html
• https://www.azgfd.com/wildlife/speciesofgreatestconservneed/californiacondors

Are you curious about the work that goes into maintaining a working landscape? Ever seen a bulldozer in the middle of a forest and wondered what it was for? What about how the water gets to those man-made ponds?

Here's your chance to find out! Come on out and spend the day on the Bar T Bar Ranch to learn about some big projects happening on the ranch, that will benefit both the Flying M and Bar T Bar ranches, as well as the wildlife and ecosystems of the surrounding landscapes.

Come with questions and a camera - you'll be using both!