Increase the Pace and Scale of Forest Health for Old-Growth Ecosystems

Old-Growth Forest Trees are naturally resistant to wildfire and natural disasters. The rehabilitation of Old-Growth conditions within Wild Forest Ecosystems is the most sustainable option for long-term fire protection safety for the State of California’s Natural Resources. Watershed Waterpark Irrigation Systems will promote the year-round moisture content within the Jacoby Creek Redwood Forest Ecosystem to maximize vegetation production during the dry season, boost climate resilience, increase carbon sequestration, protect water supplies, improve air quality, cool communities, provide wildlife habitats, promote biodiversity, and support local economies and sustainable rural economic development. In 2020, Governor Newsom signed executive order N-82-20, directing state agencies to accelerate action to combat climate change, protect biodiversity, and build resilience through nature-based solutions. The executive order directs state agencies to create a Natural and Working Lands Climate Smart Strategy to help meet the state’s carbon neutrality goal and build climate resilience, and to consider this strategy in the development of an updated target for the natural and working lands sector in the 2022 Climate Change Scoping Plan Update (Scoping Plan Update). The production of Watershed Waterpark Forest Irrigation Systems is established to meet all the agendas set forth by the State of California. 

Watershed Irrigation Systems established from Water Hole and Water Basin infrastructure will be developed into Watershed Waterparks by hanging tube-waterslides throughout the Redwood Trees, pouring into designated water holes/basin. Aquarium-based waterholes and water basins will be selected for integration of waterslide irrigation systems for recreational use and wildfire emergencies. Water will be pumped from the Jacoby Creek during the wintertime, through the waterslides, into the water holes/basin, and back into the Jacoby Creek. During the Summertime, water will pump water from the water basin, through the water tubes, into the water holes/basin, and back into the Jacoby Creek. 

Waterslides will provide access to large water sources anywhere throughout the forest ecosystem without affecting surrounding land habitats through stream water leakage into the soil. Waterslides will be created with sprinkler-mist systems on the exterior of the slides. The sprinkler-mist systems will be designed with control setting for regulating mist-watering in the surrounding wildlife habitats to provide fresh, moist, nutrient rich air for surrounding vegetation habitats. Gentle mist systems will periodically water surrounding habitats during dry season to maximize vegetative health and growth within the surrounding ecosystems while simultaneously decreasing wildfire risks. In addition to basic mist settings for promoting crop vegetation, an emergency wildfire protection system will be installed into the waterslides for heavy water sprinkler systems to extinguish rampant wildfires within the regions surrounding the waterslides. This system will be computer operated to enable fire control throughout vast forest ecosystems with minimal to no manpower required. Basic computer settings can be integrating with smoke detection devices that can be activated automatically, manually, or have control setting changed for controlled fire burnings. 

The Watershed Waterslide Irrigation System enables full access to watershed water supplies throughout entire forest regions to maximize beneficial impacts on native habitats for the rehabilitation of Old-Growth Forest Conditions within the Jacoby Creek Watershed. Natural Seasonal and yearly water streams establish basic ground water circulation while the Waterslide Irrigation Systems will provide optimal water output from higher altitudes in the trees to maximize vegetation production from the bark and the leaves in conjunction with water being absorbed from the streams by the root systems (during the dry seasons when the plants are obtaining the most sun). Waterslide Irrigation will accelerate ecological rehabilitation for the re-establishment of Old-Growth Conditions within the Ancient Redwood Forest Vegetative Habitats.   

 Watershed Waterslide Irrigation systems establish the first fully sustainable water parks on the planet. No chlorine or artificial chemicals are needed since the cleanliness of the water is based on the natural irrigation systems established by the healthy forest ecosystem. The water is constantly running, keeping it clean. Currently, recreational access to forest ecosystems is based largely in passive activities within the ecosystem, such as hiking or biking. Camping offers somewhat of a more interactive experience within the forest but can also be limiting based on the individual’s craftsmanship to engage with the wild ecosystem. Watershed Waterparks establish an intermediary means of interactive activities within forest ecosystems that promotes the use of our wildlife habitats in harmonious ways, minimalizing detrimental impacts to the environment due to human activities while maximizing ecological benefits for human presence within the wild forest ecosystems. Designation of waterslide entrances and exits creates a controlled mitigation for human activities, capable of being arranged to keep low human activity in delicate wild regions while directing human activity where the ecosystem will not be harmed, and potentially benefit through healthy acceleration in the decomposition rate of nutrients within the ground.