CENTRAL COLORADO ROCKIES
Wildlands Restoration Volunteers (CO)
WRV 2005 Partnership for Stewardship
Arapaho-Roosevelt NF
To aid in the restoration of Phase II of the Lefthand Canyon project by removing unintended trails and re-vegetating trails as well as making drainage improvements.
www.wlrv.org
Headwaters Trails Alliance (CO)
Grand County National Public Lands Day Event
Arapaho-Roosevelt NF
To reduce unfunded USFS trail maintenance backlogs, improve health and condition of trails, and encourage a sense of stewardship towards public lands by involving 200+ volunteers in National Public Lands Day projects.
www.headwaterstrails.com
Eagle County Youth Conservation Corps (CO)
Eagle County's Youth Land Stewardship Program 2005
White River NF
To help young people learn about forest management while they explore future career opportunities and assist the Forest Service with needed watershed restoration, urban-interface fuels reduction, recreation facilities maintenance and general forest health restoration.
www.eaglecounty.com
Continental Divide Trail Alliance (CO)
Completing the CDT through the Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forest
Arapaho-Roosevelt NF
To engage volunteers and youth corps crews in the completion of the Continental Divide Trail through the Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forest in 2005. Upon completion of the five projects outlined by the Arapaho Roosevelt NF and CDTA, a critical 100-mile stretch of the CDT will be complete.
www.cdtrail.org
Colorado Fourteeners Initiative (CO)
2005 Mt. Massive Peak Preservation Project
Pike & San Isabel NF
To complete high-priority trail construction and restoration work on the most remote sections of the North Halfmoon approach to Mt. Massive.
www.14ers.org
CENTRAL SIERRAS
WildPlaces (CA)
Manter/Stormy Fire Black Oak Recovery and Seed Propagation
Sequoia NF
To organize and train volunteers as community forest restoration teams to prune and monitor Black Oak re-growth after two stand replacing fires in the Sequoia National Forest.
www.wildplaces.net
MULTIPLE SITES
Great Burn Study Group (MT, ID)
Forest Stewards Project
Lolo, Clearwater & Idaho Panhandle NF
To link citizens with the Forest Service for projects at campsites, trails, lakes and other locations in the Selway-Bitterroot to support forest health and community involvement.
Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado (CO)
VOC 2005 USFS Centennial Partnership Project
Arapaho-Roosevelt, Routt, Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, Gunnison, Rio Grande, & White River NF
To engage 640 volunteers in the completion of seven projects - one in each of Colorado's National Forests- in celebration of the Forest Service Centennial Year.
www.voc.org
WILD Foundation (AK)
Capacity-Building of U.S. Organizations through the 8th World Wilderness Congress
NFF geographic focus areas
To mentor select NFF Wilderness Stewardship Challenge grantees through sponsorship as delegates to the 8th World Wilderness Congress in Anchorage, AK in 2005.
www.wild.org
National Network of Forest Practitioners (CA, OR, CO, MT)
Engaging and Strengthening Community-Based Forestry Practitioners
NFF geographic focus areas
To provide outreach and support to minority youth and underserved communities in the NFF’s target regions by sponsoring community-based forestry workshops and technical assistance.
www.nnfp.org
OREGON COAST AND CENTRAL CASCADES
Heart of Oregon Corps, Inc. (OR)
Crooked River National Grassland Upland Sage Initiative
Ochoco & Deschutes NF, Crooked River NG
To enable six youth crews to gain valuable job skills, earn high school credits and participate in hands-on science and wildlife habitat restoration projects.
Oregon Youth Conservation Corps (OR)
Central Oregon Cascades Science Initiative
Ochoco & Deschutes NF
To employ Youth Crew Leaders and involve local Oregon teens in needed watershed and wildlife projects on two National Forests.
www.oycc.state.or.us
Deschutes Basin Land Trust (OR)
Metolius Preserve South Fork Interpretive Area
Deschutes NF
To mitigate the ecological damage caused by dispersed recreation in a sensitive riparian and wildlife corridor by building two pedestrian bridges and two stream viewing platforms at the Land Trust’s Metolius preserve.
www.deschuteslandtrust.org
Alliance of Forest Workers and Harvesters (OR)
Community-based Alliance for Training & Sustainable Stewardship
Umpqua NF
To employ people from Tiller and other impoverished communities to implement innovative on-the-ground forest restoration projects with multiple benefits for Umpqua National Forest and adjacent private lands.
www.alliancefwh.org
SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS
American Hiking Society (GA, AL)
Closing the Gaps in Northwest Georgia
Chattahoochee & Talladega NF
To provide volunteer outreach and training to close three of five gaps identified as top priorities in the proposed Southern Appalachians Initiative system, a total of approximately 100 miles.
www.AmericanHiking.org
Southern Appalachian Man and the Biosphere Foundation (NC, VA)
Utilizing Citizen Scientists in National Forest Invasive Exotic Plant Control
Pisgah & George Washington/Jefferson NF
To facilitate citizen involvement in invasive exotic plant data collection and implementation of control efforts around critical natural heritage areas in National Forests.
www.samab.org
American Chestnut Foundation (TN, NC, GA, KY)
American Chestnut Restoration IV
Pisgah, Nantahala, Cherokee, Chattahoochee & Daniel Boone NF
To assist in American chestnut breeding efforts throughout the Southern Appalachians, provide support for TACF's main research farms and aid the regional office in Asheville in community outreach efforts.
www.acf.org
SELWAY BITTERROOT
Clearwater Resource Conservation and Development Council, Inc. (ID, MT)
Frank Church - River of No Return Integrated Weed Management Strategy 2005
Salmon-Challis, Bitterroot, Nez Perce & Payette NF
To restore and maintain pristine wilderness plant communities and healthy watersheds by detecting and controlling exotic invasive weeds.
Bitterroot Cross-Country Ski Club (MT, ID)
Pick-Up for Grooming
Beaverhead/Deerlodge, Bitterroot & Salmon NF
To purchase a used pick-up truck to pull a snowmobile trailer and transport groomers to the ski area.
www.bitterrootxcskiclub.net
Wildlands CPR (MT)
Monitoring Road Decommissioning and Watershed Restoration through Citizen Science Clearwater NF
To continue a community watershed monitoring program for road decommissioning on the Clearwater National Forest in northwest Idaho.
www.wildlandscpr.org
Bitterroot Ecological Awareness Resources (MT)
Teen Outdoor Programs & Community Forest Project
Bitterroot NF
To train and supervise area youth in projects that mitigate recreational impacts on the Bitterroot National Forest in collaboration with the BNF's Healthy Forests = Healthy Children project, resulting in 252 hours of community service projects.
OUTSIDE OF FOCUS AREAS
EarthCorps (WA)
EarthCorps' Summer Youth Service Programs
Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie & Gifford Pinchot NF
To involve up to 40 youth in hands-on environmental restoration through trail maintenance and construction and logging road decommissioning projects.
www.earthcorps.org
Rural Action- Appalachian Forest Resource Center (OH)
Appalachian Ohio Invasive Plant Project
Wayne NF
To implement cutting-edge invasive plant inventory and control methods in the Wayne National Forest and adjacent private lands in a watershed with critical wildlife habitat.
www.appalachianforest.org
Four Corners School of Outdoor Education (UT)
Canyon Country Youth Corps
Manti La Sal NF
To employ and educate primarily Navajo youth ages 16-23 by involving them in watershed and wildlife habitat restoration, recreation and resource management projects on National Forest lands.
www.fourcornersschool.org
Friends of the Trail (WA)
Gifford Pinchot- Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie Clean-Up
Gifford-Pinchot & Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie NF
To do a hands-on initial clean-up of areas in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest and conduct regular trash clean-ups and monitoring of heavily-used recreational areas of the Mt. Baker/Snoqualmie National Forest.
www.friendsofthetrail.org
Coquille Indian Tribe (OR)
Hazardous Fuels Reduction, Habitat Improvement and Cultural Enhancement
Rogue River-Siskiyou NF
To involve the Tribal community center after-school youth program in accomplishment of projects to reduce hazardous fuels and improve habitat through thinning of overstocked conifer forest stands.
www.coquilletribe.org
Wallowa Resources (OR)
Watershed Restoration and Small Log Utilization in the Wallowa Whitman National Forest
Wallowa-Whitman NF
To combine priority watershed restoration projects in the Upper Joseph Creek Watershed with small log utilization demonstration in a new multipurpose recreation building.
www.wallowaresources.org
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