Collaboration Across Boundaries: Sharing Knowledge & Advancing Solutions, March 30-31, 2016
On March 30-31, Sustainable Northwest hosted the Region 6 Forest Collaboratives Workshop in Hood River, Oregon. The event was the first time all thirty-three forest collaboratives across Oregon and Washington came together to share knowledge and lessons learned, and advance solutions to common challenges.
The workshop included a series of plenary sessions and tracks that engaged participants in a dialogue about relevant forest management issues.
Presentations from the workshop:
Conserving Western Landscapes: Why Collaboration Matters ~ Dr. Susan Charnley, Research Social Scientist, PNW Research Station, US Forest Service
A Science Foundation for Restoring Pacific Northwest Forests ~ Dr. Ryan Haugo, Senior Forest Ecologist, The Nature Conservancy Washington Field Office
In Search of NEPA Efficiencies within the Forest Service ~ David Seesholtz, Research Liaison, USDA Forest Service
Common Successes and Challenges in Collaborative Implementation Utilizing Master Stewardship Agreements ~ Marko Bey, Lomakatsi Restoration Project
Collaborative Landscape Scale Restoration: Agency Engagement and Collaborative Legitimacy ~ William Butler, Associate Professor, Florida State University
Restoration Treatments in Douglas Fir Forests: Lessons Learned ~ Klaus Puettmann, Edmund Hayes Professor in Silviculture Alternatives, Oregon States University
Experimental Design of Post-fire Salvage Logging: “Can we manage to concurrently benefit economics and wildlife?”- ~ Victoria Saab, Quresh Latif, and Jonathan Dudley
Wildlife Response to Young Stand Thinning: Are we on the way to late-seral habitat ~ Joan Hagar, USGS Forest & Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center
Young stand thinning=Restoration?- ~ Cheryl Friesen, Science Liaison, USFS
Wild Rivers Forest Collaborative
The Forest Service’s 2012 Forest Planning Rule ~ Susan Jane Brown, Staff Attorney Western Environmental Law Center and Lindsey Warness, Forest Policy Liaison, Boise Cascade Company
Mill Creek A to Z Project –Lessons Learned from Thirdparty NEPA Contracting ~ Mark Tepley, Senior Scientist, Cramer Fish Sciences
Working with Federal Partners: Federal Budget & Appropriations ~ Cecilia Clavet, Senior Policy Advisor, The Nature Conservancy
Working with Federal Partners: Forest Service Budgeting Priorities ~ Tracy Beck, Forest Supervisor, Willamette National Forest
Integrating Aquatic Restoration and Riparian Buffer Management ~ Dede Olson, Research Ecologist and Team Leader, USDA Forest Service
Integrating Aquatic Restoration and Riparian Buffer Management ~Crystal Elliot, Restoration Ecologist, Trout Unlimited
Monitoring, Modeling, Mapping, on the Siuslaw National Forest~Marc Barnes, Integrated Resource Management
Adaptive Management on the Malheur National Forest ~James Johnston, Blue Mountain Forest Partners
Trust Ecology: Building Relationships for Resilient Collaboration ~Dr. Marc J. Stern, Associate Professor, College of Natural Resources and Environment, Virginia Tech
2012 Planning Rule FACA Committee Documents:
For more information about the workshop, please contact Andrew Spaeth at Sustainable Northwest: (503) 221-6911 x117; aspaeth@sustainablenorthwest.org
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