WCAA Walker Firewise

 

 

THE WCAA FIREWISE 2025 CHIP & HAUL is OVER

Previous record was 37, 40-cubic yard containers

New record this year - 59, 40-cubic yard containers

Donations to Walker Community Action Alliance (WCAA) this year's for Chip and Haul exceeded our forecast, but so did the amount of vegetation and the cost of hauling chips.

 

WCAA Firewise was successful in obtaining a very reasonable disposal rate for wood chips. Zero disposal costs, a savings of at least $34,456.00 if we were forced to use a landfill.

 

WCAA was awarded a $5,125.00 Title III Grant from the Yavapai County Board of Supervisors for WCAA Firewise activities. The entire grant was used to help fund Chip and Haul this year.

 

  Total WCAA hauling cost for this year's Chip and Haul is $19,801.50

Miscelleanus costs (timesheets and clip board) is $74.94

TOTAL PAID BY WCAA FOR 2025 CHIP & HAUL = $19,876.44

 

2360 cubic yards of wildfire fuel removed

(approximately 472 tons)

 

A huge THANK YOU to all who contributed to WCAA for this event! $11.040.73 after fees. Add additional $5,125.00 from the Title III Grant is $16,165.73.

WCAA donated the shortfall of $3,710.73.

 

Volunteer time/milage/expenses reported = $346,189.37

 

OUTSTANDING! - GOOD JOB WALKER!

You are the best in Yavapai County

 

Residents Reducing Wildfire Risks

 

Note: The figures above do not reflect funds solicited by the Walker Fire Protection Association (WFPA) or for any expenses it incurred for the 2025 Firewise Chip and Haul.

 

 

Alternate methods to dispose forest wildfire fuel

1. Deliver to Sundog Transfer Station - $73.00/ton, $15.00 minimum. Each Load

 

2. Deliver to a county yard for free. (ends annually by June 15) Mayer, Skull Valley, Camp Verde, Paulden, Bagdad...

 

    
       
     
       
       
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Walker Firewise Documents
The Walker Firewise Action Plan
Walker Community Assessment
The Walker Forest Stewardship Plan		    
       
  Can Your Home Survive A Wildland Fire?
 Assess Your Own Property (pdf)
    
 
Your WCAA Walker Firewise committee is constantly on the lookout for grant funding and other means to assist Walker property owners to help improve their properties for wildfire protection and to improve overall forest health.

Our Walker forest is currently overstocked as a result of natrural fire suppression for over 150 years. The result is our current unhealthy forest condition.

The Forest Service is doing their part. Do a search for "Hassayampa Restoration Project". This project is the reason for the trees marked with orange paint. Those are the trees to keep and not be removed.

As property owners, we must do our part to regain a healthier forest which will reduce the intensity of a wildland fire and reduce the likelyhood of a new full-scale bark beetle attact exacerbated by the current drought.
    
       
  2024/25 Title III Grant
This $5,125.00 grant was awarded to WCAA by Yavapai County for the purpose of covering a portion of the 2025 Chip and Haul costs. The grant is now closed and WCAA has been reimbursed the full amount.
 		   
       
  CURRENT ACTIVE GRANT
HFI 23-353		    
  On July 29, 2024, Walker Community Action Alliance (WCAA) received notification that it received a reimbusable grant of $162,528.00 to treat 70.64 acres within our community. This is a reimbursable grant with cap of $2,300.80 per acre treated.
Contact Walkerfirewise@gmail.com to see if your parcel qualifies. This grant is scheduled to end on March 31, 2026. There is still time to take advantage and a lot of money still available for reimbursements.
    
  HFI 23-353 GRANT RULES    
  1.  A Wildfire Risk Assessment must be performed by Walker Firewise.
2.  The acreage must not have had federal grant funds used for mitigation in the past.
3.  A current Wildfire Risk Assessment must be performed with property owner in attendance.
4.  Maximum Reimbursement Amount per acre treated is $2,300.80.
5.  A minimum of two bids from qualified contractors must be obtained.
6.  Property owner is responsible for obtaining bids & hiring the work done.
7.  The property owner may not be their own contractor for reimbursement.
8.  The project when completed must reflect the prescription presented on the Wildfire Risk Assessment.
9.  A post assessment must be performed before final payment is paid to contractor.
10. Proofs of payment must be submitted (front & rear of checks or credit card info)
11. Contractor must provide an invoice marked "Paid in Full".
12. Cash payments will not be reimbursed.
13. Reimbursement may take as long as 120+ days. (Typically 50 - 90 days)		    
       
  NRCS - EQIP Projects    
  Round 1 -  Now closed

Round 2 - Now closed

Round 3 - Project is scheduled to close November 2025


    
  Contact us: walkerfirewise@gmail.com
Walker Community Action Alliance
P.O. Box 25202
Prescott Valley, 86312
602-370-8020
updated 9/23/2025