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Water From Colorado's Bark Beetle Forests -Scope of Work <br />Elder, Rhoades, Hubbard and Lee; USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station; 5/15/08 <br />II. Personnel <br />Kelly Elder is a Research Hydrologist with the US Forest Service, Rocky Mountain <br />Research Station in Fort Collins, Colorado and manages the Fraser Experimental Forest, <br />in Fraser, Colorado. His research focuses on forest hydrology in the subalpine zone <br />where snow and trees are the primary players in water distribution and delivery. <br />Chuck Rhoades is a USFS watershed researcher who studies the interactions between <br />soil and water nutrients and chemistry in Colorado's high elevation watersheds. His <br />work evaluates how natural disturbances and forest practices influence the sustained <br />delivery of clean water and the productivity of forests. <br />Rob Hubbard is a USFS Research Ecologist who studies the roles forests play in <br />ecosystem water and carbon cycling. His research focuses on how forest productivity <br />and water use respond to disturbance, management and climate change. <br />Brook Lee is Assistant District Forester for the Steamboat District of the Colorado State <br />Forest Service. He is responsible for forest management and outreach activities on the <br />Colorado State Forest. <br />Other Personnel: <br />A full time technician, seasonal employees and students will be contracted and utilized to <br />assist infield work and project execution. <br />III. Budget <br />See attached Excel Spreadsheet. <br />Cost sharing: USFS and CSFS will provide salaries for three scientists and State Forester <br />(Elder, Rhoades, Hubbard, Lee), vehicles, computing, field instruments for snow surveys, <br />full-suite meteorological stations for site comparison and calibration, and housing for <br />personnel. <br />IV. Schedule <br />Fall 2008 Establish treatment locations, mark field data collection sites <br />Winter 2009 Begin snow surveys <br />Spring 2009 Instrument plots <br />Summer 2009 Characterize soil, vegetation and moisture measurements <br />Apply management treatments to field sites <br />Winter 2010 Complete treatments <br />2010-2012 Continue measurements and field work <br />Fall 2012 Prepare final analyses and reports