Necessary Activity List TO DO/MUST DO (not necessarily in essential order)
AND
For which volunteer help is needed to accomplish successfully

  1. Training of beetle tree locators, markers and mappers (detection)
  2. Authorization of selected beetle identifiers for federal lands (if necessary)
  3. Obtaining permission from landowners for beetle tree detection
  4. Scheduling and tracking progress of detection effort and informing WIND (ongoing problem definition)
  5. Informing landowners of their beetle trees and determine their intentions
  6. Follow up before beetle flight to confirm treatment and inform WIND of progress
  7. Updating beetle tree locator maps for scheduling detection, treated and untreated record.
  8. Acceptable beetle tree treatment methods handout (maybe CSFS can do)
  9. Coordination of Beetle Committee activities with commercial vendors results
  10. Beetle tree cutting and treatment teams (by neighborhood when/where needed)
  11. Slash disposal coordination (potential slash/mulch program or recycle to fuel)
  12. Presenters to area organizations/clubs—personal updates
  13. Coordination of outside help (county youth corps, etc. if available)
  14. Grant writing for FMI/FMI grant administration
  15. Political activism—county/state federal
  16. Coaching of uninformed or hesitant landowners
  17. Organize public information meeting for summer (when most landowners are present) and include fire danger and community wildfire protection info
  18. Purchasing supplies (maps, flagging, paint, files etc.)
  19. Banking donations and reimbursements of expenses (FMI treasurer)
  20. Engaging daily print, radio and TV media
  21. Web page/blog/communication system
  22. Season end control effort evaluation (goal: treat 100% of detected trees and 95%+ overall control)—maybe for CSFS to do with suggestions for improved control effectiveness. Report to WIND.
  23. Winter control coordination
  24. Spring 2008 kick-off meeting
  25. Monitor, assess problems and successes, community feedback, report
  26. Community notification of spraying
  27. Rumor control clearing house
  28. Designated Control Area and neighborhood control area boundaries mapped
  29. Meeting refreshments
  30. Chain saw safety training/safe operation/equipment
  31. Overall ABC activity coordination
  32. ABC meeting record keeping