Timber Camp Recreation Site and Timber Camp Equestrian Campground

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Haigler Canyon Recreation Site
Haigler Canyon Recreation Site
Haigler Canyon Recreation Site
Tonto National Forest Pleasant
Valley Ranger District
Tonto National Forest Pleasant
Valley Ranger District
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Public Participation
Business Plan
Project Summary
Haigler Canyon Recreation Site

• Location FR 200, 8 miles north of Young, AZ.
• Pre-Development facilities
• 4 vault toilets (not barrier-free)
• Undeveloped parking
• Throw down campsites and expanding barren areas
• Party area trampling riparian habitat
• Lower water crossing that vehicles were bogging
  down in the stream

• 1994 submitted as a capital improvement project

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Haigler Canyon Recreation Site

Haigler Creek
Perennial stream and Riparian Habitat
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Haigler Canyon Recreation Site

Motivations for Project
Barren Areas Adjacent to Stream And Loss of
Riparian Habitat
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Design Narrative Concept Areas adjacent to
stream were closed and revegetated. Old toilets
in the flood plain were removed. New use areas
were located outside of stream channel at higher
elevations.
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Haigler Canyon Recreation Site
Closed Day-Use Site
PRE - DEVELOPMENT
WORK IN PROGRESS
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Project Summary

• Post-Development
• Congress appropriated funds in FY 2006 FS
  recreation site capital investment budget
• Construction began Fall 2006 and will continue
  until July 2007
• The site will consist of the following
  facilities 2 camping areas and 2 day use areas
  and four vault toilets
• The creek crossing will be upgraded as an add
  on contract
• With 14 camp sites the PAOT will be held to 70

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Haigler Canyon Recreation Site
Campground
PRE - DEVELOPMENT
WORK IN PROGRESS
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Haigler Canyon Recreation Site

DAY USE SITE
PRE - DEVELOPMENT
WORK IN PROGRESS
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Haigler Canyon Recreation Site
Existing Ford
Built by CCC -- CMRD Funding for Reconstruction
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Business Plan

• Financial Analysis
• Proposed Fee Rates
• Single-Family Camping - 6 per vehicle per
  night. Collected via Iron Rangers and the Tonto
  Pass program available at commercial vendors and
  at Tonto National Forest office locations.
• Single-Family Day Use 6 per vehicle

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Business Plan
Financial Analysis (continued)
Estimated Visitation By Year for 5 Years Starting
in 2007 (RVDs/year) 1
2 3 4
5 ACTIVITY Camping 3,400
3,500 3,600 3,800
4,000 Day-Use 3,200 3,300
3,400 3,600
3,800 TOTAL RVDs 6,600 6,800
7,000 7,400 7,800 RVD
Recreation Visitor Day (one person for 12
hours) Estimated Receipts By Year For 5 Years
Starting in 2007 (dollars/year) 1
2 3 4
5 ACTIVITY Camping 4,300
4,500 4,600 4,900
5,200 Day-Use 1,800 1,900
2,000 2,100 2,200 TOTAL
6,100 6,400 6,600
7,000 7,400 Estimated Operation and
Maintenance Costs By Year For 5 Years
(dollars/year) 1 2
3 4 5 ACTIVITY Camping
5,000 5,100 5,200
5,300 5,400 Day-Use 3,300
3,400 3,500 3,600
3,700 TOTAL COSTS 8,300 8,500
8,700 8,900 9,100 Fee
Revenue will be supplemented with appropriated
funds to provide the balance of OM costs.
Fee information posted at site
Tonto Pass program logo
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Comparisons Group and individual camping fees
at similar nearby campgrounds are charged as
follows ARIZONA STATE PARKS Fool Hollow State
Park - No reservation fee, First Come-First
Served, 15/camp unit 20/camp unit with
hook-ups Roper Lake State Park - 10 reservation
fee, 12/camp unit Lost Dutchman State Park - 25
reservation fee, 12/camp unit USDA FOREST
SERVICE Houston Mesa Horse Camp Single family
camping 12/camp unit. Upper Tonto Creek
Campground - 10/camp unit, 5 for second vehicle


Black Canyon
Rim Campground - 12/vehicle Fraizer Campground -
Single Family Camping 6/vehicle
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Public Participation

• The public has been a part of planning the
  Haigler Canyon Recreation Site project since
  October, 2005, when public scoping started the
  National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process.
  
• The public was supportive of the efforts to
  improve the site throughout the planning and
  development phases.
• It was made clear in all correspondence and
  publications that a fee for use of the finished
  site was planned to provide partial funding for
  the operation and maintenance of the new
  facilities.

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Public Participation

• Public Notification Efforts
• Scoping Letters mailed to 259 individuals 10/7/05
• Payson Roundup Public notices 10/11/05 and
  3/27/07
• East Valley Tribune Public notices and news
  releases 4/2/06
• Federal Register notice 1/19/07
• District Ranger meetings with Haigler homeowners
  and Community Council
• Forest website and District Office publications
  and information posted
• E-mail/Fax/Telephone/In-person communications
  with numerous interested parties