MULTIPLE
SITES
Pacific West Community Forestry Center (OR)
Crescent Lake Mushroom
Monitoring Project
Deschutes, Winema, Umpqua, Willamette, Fremont
NF
To maximize participation
by matsutake mushroom harvesters in multi-party
monitoring of the social and environmental impacts
of non-timber forest product harvesting and related
issues on and around five national forests.
www.fcresearch.org
Rural Action- Appalachian
Forest Resource Center (NC, TN, VA)
Building Capacity for Citizen-Based Monitoring
and Research in the Southern Appalachians
Multiple National Forests in the Southern Appalachians
To work with a
number of partners to conduct a 2-day regional
convening conference for Southern Appalachia which
will focus on building the capacity of land managers,
local community groups, and others to carry out
citizen-based monitoring and research.
www.appalachianforest.org
OREGON COAST &
CENTRAL CASCADES (OR)
Siuslaw Watershed Council/Ecosystem Workforce
Program
Collaborative Action for Community Benefit in
Siuslaw Basin Restoration
Siuslaw NF
To conduct outreach
on high value-added small log utilization strategies
for the Siuslaw Basin; to develop a collaborative
process for the design and implementation of employment
plans for new local restoration projects, and
emphasize participation in multi-party monitoring
for the National Stewardship Pilot.
ewp.uoregon.edu
Lake County Resources
Initiative (OR)
Green Energy for Healthy Forests
Fremont-Willamette NF
To demonstrate
how the sale of carbon credits for forest additionality
can assist private landowners and the Forest Service
in reducing costs for fuel reduction efforts.
www.lcri.org
Siuslaw Watershed
Council (OR)
North Fork Siuslaw Restoration Project
Siuslaw NF
To use a large
helicopter to place mature whole conifer trees
in high-priority stream systems in Indian Creek
and the North Fork Siuslaw River sub basins of
the watershed in order to promote healthy stream
dynamics, habitat complexity, and overall opportunity
for salmonids and other species.
Midcoast Watersheds
Council (OR)
Three Sub-basins Instream Restoration
Siuslaw NF
To place whole
trees in the main stem and tributaries of the
South Fork Yachats river basin to improve stream
habitats for threatened salmon species, and to
plant conifer
seedlings on the riparian areas.
www.midcoastwatershedcouncil.org
Upper Deschutes Watershed
Council (OR)
Trout Creek Wetland Restoration Project
Deschutes NF
To restore site
hydrology, improve downstream habitat conditions,
control invasive weeds, and enhance available
habitat for wetland plant species at the 28-acre
Trout Creek Wetland in Oregon.
www.deschuteswatersheds.org/udwc
Upper Deschutes Watershed
Council (OR)
Tumalo Creek Restoration Project
Deschutes NF
To develop a stream
rehabilitation project on approximately 2.2 miles
of Tumalo Creek near Bend, Oregon. The project
is designed to restore hydrologic function and
riparian
vegetation, reduce erosion and land loss, improve
redband trout populations and increase local awareness
of watershed restoration and management.
www.deschuteswatersheds.org/udwc
Heart of Oregon Corps,
Inc. (OR)
Crooked River National Grassland Habitat Restoration
Project
Crooked River National Grassland
To employ and train
at-risk youth to restore and enhance upland sagebrush
and riparian habitat to benefit the threatened
Mountain Quail, California Quail and more than
300 other species of birds and animals.
OUTSIDE OF FOCUS
AREAS
San Juan Mountains
Association (CO)
Healthy Forests Stewardship Initiative in the
San Juan
San Juan NF
To educate the
community and provide volunteer project assistance
with regard to forest health issues (forest ecology,
hazardous fuels management, and long-term fire
recovery projects).
www.sjma.org
Friends of the Trail
(WA)
White River District Project
Snoqualmie NF
To conduct illegal
dump and litter clean-up efforts and litter prevention
education and outreach, focusing on abused areas
in the White River drainages on the Snoqualmie
NF.
www.friendsofthetrail.org
Yaak Valley Forest
Council (MT)
Yaak Headwaters Restoration Partnership
Kootenai NF
To improve sensitive
fish habitat in the headwaters of the Yaak River,
located in extreme northwest Montana, through
stream surveys, fish distribution surveys, genetic
lab work, and implementation of several smaller-scale
rehabilitation projects as well as a large-scale
native plant revegetation project.
SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS
Chuckey Elementary
School (TN)
Project Rocky Top Climb
Cherokee NF
To construct a
climb and five observation areas to simulate the
life zones of the Great Smoky Mountains while
correcting an eroding hill, due to the removal
of diseased and damaged trees that leads to the
outdoor classroom. This is part of a collaborative
community effort to create lifelong learning about
forest preservation, conservation, and the use
and care of public lands.
Land Trust for the
Little Tennessee (NC)
The Little Tennessee Sustainable Forestry Partnership
(III)
Nantahala NF
To conduct and
expand a landscape-level conservation project
coupling sustainable forest management and conservation
easements in the uplands with riparian protection
and restoration along the Little Tennessee River
corridor.
www.ltlt.org
Southern Appalachian
Man and the Biosphere (GA, NC, TN)
Southern Appalachian Volunteer Environmental Monitoring
(III)
Chattahoochee, Cherokee, Nantahala, Pisgah, Jefferson
NF
To support volunteer
monitoring efforts in and around gateway communities
of the national forests and parks of the southern
Appalachians. This year's work will emphasize
information sharing and community and federal
land manager planning using volunteer data.
www.samab.org
Partners of Cherokee
National Forest (TN)
Unicoi Turnpike Trail Project
Cherokee NF
To complete the
hiking portion of the Unicoi Turnpike Trail project,
and make it available for public use. This 3-mile
section of trail exists inside the borders of
the Cherokee National Forest.
Cradle of Forestry
in America Interpretive (NC)
Sycamore Flats Centennial Project
Pisgah NF
To create a series
of stream enhancements which will stabilize the
Davidson River riverbank, create improved access
points to the river, and help improve water flow,
resulting in healthier trout habitat. Hardened
paths and a covered pavilion will improve accessibility
and serve as an outdoor classroom for visiting
school and other groups.
Chattooga Conservancy
(GA, NC, SC)
Partnership Work with the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid
Project
Nantahala, Chattahoochee, Sumter NF
To support the
Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Biological Control effort
in three main ways: 1. Use GIS to create a map
of HWA infested spots in the watershed; 2. Conduct
widespread public outreach and education, lead
a regional HWA strategy session.
www.chattoogariver.org
Clemson University
(GA, NC, SC)
Biological Control of the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid
(II)
Sumter, Pisgah, Nantahala, Chattahoochee NF
To build on previously-support
lab work to control the outbreak of HWA by rearing
the beneficial predatory insect, P. tsugae
SELWAY-BITTERROOT
Darby Community
Public Library (MT)
An Innovatively Constructed New Library
Bitterroot NF
To construct
a new community library featuring locally-obtained
forest products, and how-casing exposed round
wood root trusses and support columns.
Bitterroot RC&D
(ID, MT)
Bitterroot Pilot Project of the Great Montana
Birding and Wildlife Trail
Bitterroot, Lolo NF
To link birding
and wildlife viewing sites into a cohesive Trail
that showcases the Selway-Bitterroot ecosystem,
expands recreational opportunities, and generates
long-term revenue for local communities.
Montana Water Trust
(MT)
The Bitterroot Watershed Instream Flow Enhancement
Project
Bitterroot NF
To work with
communities in the Bitterroot Watershed to identify
instream flow enhancement opportunities, to
negotiate agreements with wiling water right
holders for the transfer of consumptive water
rights to instream use, to apply to the DNRC
for approval of these rights, and to measure/monitor
instream rights to ensure their protection and
evaluate their ecological benefits to native
fish species.
Clearwater Resource
Conservation and Development (ID, MT)
Frank Church- River of No Return Wilderness,
Integrated Noxious Weed Management Strategy
Nez Perce, Bitterroot, Salmon-Challis, Payette
NF
To restore and
maintain pristine wilderness plant communities
and healthy watersheds by detecting and controlling
exotic noxious/invasive weeds through a collaborative
project within the wilderness. |
