Bitter Root Land Trust (MT)              
2006 Bitter Root Conservation Easement Program          
Bitterroot NF
To provide financial and technical assistance to a minimum of three landowners    
to create conservation easements on their properties adjacent to National Forest land to   strengthen the Bitterroot wildland-urban interface buffer.
www.bitterrootlandtrust.org

Federation of Fly Fishers (MT)  
Upper Missouri River Westslope Cutthroat Recovery Program
Beaverhead, Gallatin and Helena NF      
To develop a genetically pure westslope cutthroat broodstock from gametes taken in the wild.  The eggs will be used to re-establish pure westslope cutthroat trout in their native waters throughout the upper Missouri River basin. 
www.fedflyfishers.org
           
Montana Trout Unlimited (MT)
Upper Madison Westslope Cutthroat Restoration Initiative         
Beaverhead-Deerlodge NF
To remove a barrier culvert on Soap Creek and improve meander patterns and stabilize banks on four other streams located on the Beaverhead-Deerlodge Forest.
www.montanatu.org

Montana Water Trust (MT)  
Bitterroot Watershed Streamflow Restoration Program          
Bitterroot NF
To develop new streamflow restoration projects that improve habitat for native fish (i.e. westslope cutthroat and bull trout) as well as monitor and work cooperatively with landowners to develop 5 new water transfer agreements.
www.montanawatertrust.org

Native Forest Network (MT)
DeBorgia Community Wildfire Protection Work Weekend(s)    
Lolo NF
To bring people together to create defensible space around the DeBorgia community through education, action and fellowship.      
www.nativeforest.org

Partnership for Youth dba AmeriCorps St. Louis (MT)
Beaverhead-Deerlodge Trail Maintenance and Restoration    
Beaverhead-Deerlodge NF
To involve youth in providing trail maintenance to meet FS design standards. This project will restore impacts from unmanaged recreation use in sensitive riparian areas by stabilizing slopes and reducing sediment.        
www.americorps-stl.org

Trout Unlimited (MT)  
Eustache Creek Abandoned Mine Restoration    
Lolo NF
To improve water quality and fisheries in the Ninemile Creek watershed with a collaborative, community-based approach.  TU and partners will restore a 1.3 mile stretch of a headwater tributary disturbed by mining and use it as a demonstration site.
www.tu.org

Backcountry Snowsports Alliance (CO)
Routt National Forest Winter Recreation Collaboration
Routt NF
To address unmanaged recreation on the Routt National Forest by bringing together motorized and non-motorized recreationists to reduce conflict and by generating suggested use boundaries for the North Routt section.  
www.backcountryalliance.org

City WILD (CO)  
Youth in Service Project (YSP) 
San-Isabel NF
To address the issue of human impact by recreation on the San Isabel National Forest near the community of Buena Vista, Colorado, by improving the condition of high visibility and high use sections of these public lands involving work crews of at-risk youth.
www.cityWILD.org

Friends of Dillon Ranger District (CO)
FDRD Forest Stewards Program          
White River NF
To improve the quality of our natural resources and improve the quality of the multiple-use recreation experiences on local National Forest lands through the development of a Forest Stewards Program to provide education, inventorying and monitoring, and improved trail systems.

Hilltop Community Resources, Inc. (CO)
Hilltop Camp Kiwanis Fire Fuels Mitigation      
Grand Mesa NF
To improve access and egress at the Camp Kiwanis location on 7.5 acres on the Grand Mesa National Forest while mitigating fuels for urban interfaced buildings. The crews will create defensible space around buildings and reduce the risk of fire in the wildland-urban interface.
www.htop.org

International Mountain Biking Association (Nationwide)
IMBA National Forest Trail Care Crew      
10 National Forests
To send trail experts to 10 National Forest Units to work with USFS staff and local volunteers to enhance, restore and maintain shared-use trail systems.  This project will mobilize and educate volunteers nationwide.
www.imba.com

San Juan Mountains Association (CO)  
Healthy Forests Stewardship Initiative         
San Juan NF
To build a stronger presence with on-the-ground monitoring and restoration of areas impacted by unmanaged recreational use. This new program will be based on volunteer participation, collaboration with diverse user groups and public education.
www.sjma.org

Arizona Wilderness Coalition (AZ)
Prescott National Forest Inventoried Roadless Area Route
Prescott NF
To complete a comprehensive route inventory of all unauthorized user-created routes on the Prescott Forest. The inventory will be used to create a GIS database of routes and their impacts, establish a monitoring mechanism and to present results.
www.azwild.org

Arizona Wildlife Federation (AZ)
Anderson Springs Wetlands Habitat Protection Project
Coconino NF
To create exclosure fences to protect seasonal and semi-permanent wetlands during the waterfowl-nesting season and to improve habitat for pronghorn antelope.         
www.awf.org

Greater Flagstaff Forests Partnership (AZ)
Monitoring the Effectiveness of Fuel Reduction Treatments
Coconino NF
To design and implement a monitoring program to evaluate the cumulative effectiveness of collaboratively planned and implemented forest restoration and fuel reduction projects in the Flagstaff area.
www.gfpp.org

Santa Fe Watershed Association (NM)  
Facilitating Monitoring and Community Outreach
Santa Fe NF
To facilitate monitoring and communication on the Santa Fe National Forest. To implement a thinning and prescribed burning project based on adaptive management contingent upon academic monitoring and communication with the public.
www.santafewatershed.org

Taos Land Trust (NM)   
Forest Landowner Assistance Project
Carson NF
To conduct three public workshops in three key local watersheds to provide education and assistance to private landowners regarding voluntary conservation easements and other conservation programs.
www.taoslandtrust.org

Tree New Mexico, Inc. (NM)  
Bosque Tree Centennial Restoration Project
Cibola NF
To provide community-based, hands-on volunteer involvement through planting and educational activities in the restoration efforts of the Albuquerque Bosque. The project will enhance the Bosque Forest by removing invasives, planting, and re-seeding.
www.treenm.com

Upper Hondo Soil and Water Conservation District (NM)
Removal of Invasive Species on and around the Lincoln National Forest
Lincoln NF
To conduct a follow-up project that would allow for the treatment of noxious herbaceous vegetation that is spilling over into surrounding Lincoln Forest and the removal of invasive woody vegetation from watershed areas.
www.

Mountainland RC & D Council (UT)
Restoration of Battle Creek and Dry Canyons         
Uinta NF
To restore a portion of the Dry Canyon and Lower American Fork Canyon   municipal watersheds on or adjacent to Uinta National Forest. Restoration includes ripping and seeding 20 miles of roads to increase wildlife habitat and combat noxious weeds.

Summit County Cooperative Weed Management Association (UT)   
Noxious Weed Management  
Wasatch-Cache NF
To create a comprehensive mapping, community outreach and participation program to preserve critical big game habitat and watershed health from the many new and still small and controllable noxious weed populations that pose a threat. 

Auburn Lake Trails Fire Safety and Improvement Council (CA)            
Auburn Lake Trails Fire Safety, Watershed & Environmental Improvement
Eldorado NF
To provide defensible space education and inspections for individual homeowners, lead fuels reduction, pond management, and reed removal efforts, remove brush on trails, maintain the fuel break, remove noxious weeds & conduct fire safety outreach.

Pit Resource Conservation (CA)   
Rose Creek Canyon Meadow Restoration
Modoc NF     
To restore the natural meadow hydrology of Rose Creek Meadow by using the "pond and plug" technique. Currently, the channel is deeply incised and has resulted in meadow desiccation and reduced water quality.

Watershed Research & Training Center (CA) 
Hayfork Backcountry Volunteer Trails Program
Shasta-Trinity NF
To continue restoration of the South Fork National Recreation Trail as part of a collaborative effort involving local and regional user groups and volunteers. The project will increase visitor usage, improve trail condition and prevent erosion.          
www.thewatershedcenter.org

Audubon Washington (WA)  
Olympic Loop of the Great Washington State Birding Trail   
Olympic NF
To develop a high quality, full-color map featuring birding sites in the Olympic NF. The trail will provide educational/recreational opportunities for residents and visitors, strengthen communities through tourism and protect natural resources.
wa.audubon.org

Cascade Pacific RC & D, Inc. (OR)  
Controlling Invasive Weeds Through Partnerships   
Willamette NF
To inventory, map, and control knotweed on private lands in watersheds connected to the Willamette National Forest. Multiple partners will work together for the purposes of education/outreach, mapping, GIS/data management, and invasive weed control.

EarthCorps (WA)  
EarthCorps Summer Youth Service Programs
Mt. Baker Snoqualmie NF
To provide environmental education, leadership development, and hands-on environmental restoration, including 30 miles of trail maintenance and construction, invasive plant removal, and improving trails for recreational use in National Forests.          
www.earthcorps.org

Friends of the Columbia Gorge (OR)   
Columbia Gorge Invasive Species Education and Eradication
Mt. Hood NF
To tackle the problem of invasive species through education, invasive species removal, and by taking steps to create a broader Gorge-wide invasive species plan working with local, state and federal partners.
www.gorgefriends.org

Pinchot Partnership (WA)  
Plantation Restoration Program
Gifford Pinchot NF    
To provide a predictable and steady supply of timber products removed from overstocked plantations that are thinned for the development of older forest habitat characteristics. The program will include monitoring, contracting, training and analysis.
www.pinchotpartnership.org         

Heart of Oregon Corps, Inc. (OR)  
Crooked River National Grassland Upland Sage Initiative
Ochoco & Deschutes NF; Crooked River NG
To undertake restoration and rehabilitation projects by using six youth crews that will gain valuable job skills, earn high school credits and participate in hands-on science and environmental educational projects through their work.  

Lake County Resources Initiative (OR)  
Chewaucan Restoration for Redband Trout
Fremont-Winema NF
To remove a 15 foot high fish barrier, restoring fish passage for Redband Trout to the Chewaucan River in Lake County, Oregon. In addition, screen and pipeline will be installed.
www.lcri.org

The Nature Conservancy (OR)
Cascade Head Preserve Trail Improvements
Siuslaw NF
To improve public access over Siuslaw National Forest lands to TNC's Cascade Head Preserve, to reduce negative environmental impacts of  overused portions of this trail, and to bring sections of the trail into compliance with FS trail standards.
www.nature.org

Northwest Youth Corps (OR)  
Rogue River and Willamette Stewardship Project
Rogue River and Willamette NF
To address projects related to fire and fuels, unmanaged recreation, and the creation of new recreation opportunities. Approximately 150 youth and staff NYC participants will carry out up to 13 weeks of activities across western Oregon.
www.nwyouthcorps.org

Opal Creek Ancient Forest Center (OR) 
Native Ecosystem Restoration Education Project
Willamette NF
To train area youth in techniques to stem the spread of invasive species and recreation impacts in the Opal Creek Wilderness of Willamette National Forest. Activities will include monitoring, species identification and treatment methods.
www.opalcreek.org
Friends of Haystack Rock (OR)
Oregon Coast Birding Trail
Siuslaw & Siskiyou NF
To create a self-guided driving tour of the Oregon Coast and Coast Range highlighting the best birding and wildlife-viewing locations. The project promotes conservation and sustainable economic development.  
www.friendsofhaystackrock.org

SOLV (OR)
SOLV Beaver Creek Watershed Restoration    
Mt. Hood NF
To restore stream function to an area of the Beaver Creek watershed, a high priority habitat critical to endangered species. The project will improve water quality, stabilize banks, provide a functioning riparian area and restore channel shade.
www.solv.org

Tri-County Weed Management Area (OR)     
Cooperative Invasive Species Management in the Blue Mountains and Hells Canyon
Wallowa-Whitman & Umatilla NF
To survey, control, and monitor noxious weed infestations, and restore competitive vegetation on National Forest and adjacent lands to protect the ecologic and economic values of these wild lands.

Upper Deschutes Watershed Council (OR)
Tumalo Creek Restoration Project (Phase III)      
Deschutes NF
To complete stream restoration on phase III of the Tumalo Creek Project. This phase includes the final 1.1 miles of restoration to improve hydrologic function/riparian vegetation, reduce erosion and land loss, and increase trout populations.
www.deschuteswatersheds.org/udwc

Washington Trails Association (WA)
Recruiting Hiking Trail Stewards for the Gifford Pinchot NF
Gifford Pinchot NF
To build a volunteer base that can reduce trail maintenance backlogs and creates new hiking opportunities where appropriate. WTA will field over 6000 hours of trail work in Southwest Washington state.
www.wta.org

McKenzie River Trust (OR)
Tenmile Creek Corridor Easement Project (TCCEP)
To protect private lands in the basin, representing critical riparian habitat, salmonid refugia, and upland forests in the watershed through the development of stewardship plans and surveys of invasive species.
www.mckenzieriver.org

Oregon Youth Conservation Corps (OR)   
Central Oregon Cascades Science Initiative 2006
Ochoco and Deschutes NF
To involve 110-126 youth from fourteen communities to work on rehabilitation and restoration projects on the Ochoco and Deschutes National Forests in Oregon and to gain leadership and land stewardship skills.  
www.oycc.state.or.us

Forestry Action Committee (OR)
2006 Takilma Road Knapweed Removal         
Siskiyou NF
To control the spread of Meadow Knapweed on a private section of road that leads through FS land. The project hires a local crew and a coordinator to do education and outreach and to facilitate volunteer participation of neighboring landowners.

Chattooga Conservancy (GA)   
Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Suppression in the Chattooga River Watershed
Chattahoochee NF
To produce GIS records of predator beetle release sites, to monitor information and data, to carry out on-the-ground HWA surveys, to conduct relevant field work, and advance public education and community involvement.
www.chattoogariver.org

East Piedmont RC & D (SC)
Indian Creek Wildlife Habitat Restoration Initiative         
Sumter NF
To improve habitat for species that depend on grasslands and similar habitats while providing educational and recreational opportunities.

Land Between the Lakes Association (KY)
Turkey Bay OHV Area Designation, Closure and Restoration
Land Between the Lakes RA
To address unmanaged recreation by further refining the designated trail system to reduce the impact to the immediate watershed, curtail user created trails, and provide enhanced sustainable OHV trail riding opportunities on designated trails.
www.friendsoflbl.org

Land Trust for the Little Tennessee (NC)
Little Tennessee Landscape Conservation Initiative         
Nantahala NF
To expand LTLT’s outreach to landowners, protect land along the riparian corridor through conservation easement assistance, and conduct invasive plant control in partnership with local stakeholders.
www.ltlt.org

Ouachita Mountains RC&D, Inc. (OK)  
Prescribed Burn & Firewise Landscape Demonstration Workshops
Ouachita NF
To plan, host, and conduct one-day workshops for information, education and demonstration on the value and importance of prescribed burning and firewise landscaping for local landowners bordering the National Forest.

SAMAB Foundation (TN)   
SAMAB-EBCI Training on Invasive Plant Identification and Control
Nantahala, Cherokee NF
To train Cherokee natural resource gatherers to identify invasive plants and to enhance the capabilities of the EBCI forestry and environmental/natural resource office.
www.samab.org

Wild South (AL)
Protection and Restoration of National Forests in the South  
Bankhead NF
To support the mapping of canyons, to assist the USFS on restoration activity monitoring, and to develop information to assist other organizations in natural forest restoration throughout the South.
www.wildsouth.org

Appalachian Mountain Club (NH)     
Franconia Ridge Alpine Trail Reconstruction Project
White Mountain NF
To reconstruct sections of a heavily used alpine trail in New Hampshire. The goal is to preserve and protect rare and fragile alpine flora.
www.outdoors.org

Conservation Resource Alliance (MI)
Pine River Watershed Road / Stream Crossing Inventory       
Huron-Manistee NF
To consolidate and quantify stream crossing data in the Pine River watershed in a current electronic format for use in prioritizing improvements to major sediment delivery sources.
www.rivercare.org

Equestrian Land Conservation Resource (Nationwide)
The Trail Trotters Program
National Forests Nationwide    
To involve thousands of equestrians in volunteer work to maintain and restore trails on National Forests on June 3, 2006, National Trails Day.     
www.elcr.org

Muskegon River Watershed Assembly (WRWA) (MI)           
Cedar Creek Improvement Project
Huron-Manistee NF
To implement recommendations from the "Cedar Creek Habitat Assessment & Improvement Plan" to restore and improve watershed health. The project will involve the installation of woody structures, shore stabilization and  include citizen involvement.
www.mrwa.org

The Nature Conservancy in Michigan (MI)   
Preserving Open Space on the Manistee National Forest 
Manistee NF
To protect key inholdings in two landscapes of high ecological value. Additional work will educate landowners and stakeholders, and extend treatment of key non-federal holdings for invasive species and fire suppression.
www.nature.org

Northern Forest Alliance (VT)
The Vermont Town Forest Project
Green Mountain NF
To increase community awareness of and connection to town and national forest land through community celebrations, collaborations and educational initiatives.  Two pilot towns will be host venues for hands-on stewardship projects.
www.northernforestalliance.org

White River Partnership (VT)   
Trees for Streams Project
To restore two miles of healthy, forested riparian and aquatic habitat throughout the White River watershed in north-central Vermont by working with local landowners to plant native trees and shrubs along their streamside property.       
www.whiteriverpartnership.org 

Forest Guild (WI)   
Addressing the Threat of Invasive Species in Wisconsin Forests
Chequamegnon-Nicolet NF
To address the threat of invasive species on and near national forests through the development of best management practices, demonstration of methods, and education to increase awareness. The project will use a hands-on approach to manage invasives.       
www.forestguild.org 

Youth Restoration Corps (AK)   
Resurrection Creek Restoration Project
Chugach NF