Montana Conservation Corps (MT)
Mill Creek Trail Relocation and Maintenance
Bitterroot National Forest
To relocate an 800-foot trail through a talus slope and 11 miles of heavy maintenance in Mill Creek Canyon.
www.mtcorps.org
Wildlands CPR (MT)
Monitoring Road Decommissioning & Watershed Restoration through Citizen Science
Clearwater National Forest
To continue a community-based watershed monitoring program for road decommissioning on the Clearwater NF in northeast ID. This is a collaborative effort among Wildlands CPR, the Nez Perce Tribe, the University of Montana and the Clearwater NF.
www.wildlandscpr.org
Blackfoot Challenge (MT)
The Blackfoot Community Conservation Area Project
Lolo National Forest
To engage the Blackfoot watershed community in promoting sustainable recreational use and travel on the Blackfoot Community Conservation Area through road and trail restoration and mitigation management.
www.blackfootchallenge.org
Yaak Valley Forest Council (MT)
Headwaters Restoration Project, Callahan Phase II
Kootenai National Forest
To continue stream surveys and decommission approximately nine miles of highly-degraded logging roads, which are depositing large amounts of sediment into the Callahan drainage, a redband rainbow trout and bull trout fishery.
www.yaakvalley.org
Rocky Mountain Field Institute (CO)
North Crystal Creek Basin Erosion and Restoration Project
Pike National Forest
To address severe sedimentation and erosion impacts caused by stormwater runoff from the Pikes Peak Highway and improve the ecological health of the watershed.
www.rmfi.org
Southern Rockies Ecosystem Project (SREP) (CO)
Wildlife Bridge West of Vail Pass - Wildlife Monitoring
White River National Forest
To conduct pre-construction wildlife monitoring to establish baseline data to evaluate a new vegetated overpass at I-70 to restore wildlife habitat, ensure safe wildlife passage and driver safety, and to help determine its exact location.
www.RestoreTheRockies.org
Wildlands Restoration Volunteers (CO)
WRV 2006 Partnership for Stewardship
Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forest
To engage 470 volunteers in nine important habitat restoration and trail projects, thus fostering community commitment to the stewardship and restoration of local forests, streams, wetlands, wildlife habitat and trails.
www.wlrv.org
Colorado Fourteeners Initiative (CO)
2006 Mt. Evans Preservation Project
Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forest
To complete high-priority trail construction and restoration work on the Chicago Lakes approach to Mt. Evans to stabilize erosion problems in this fragile alpine Wilderness basin, using CFI staff, Youth Corps, and volunteers.
www.14ers.org
Wolftree, Inc. (OR)
Whychus Creek Plant Salvage & Riparian Protection Project
Deschutes National Forest
To engage Sisters community members in Phase II of the Deschutes NF's riparian protection project to provide shade and streambank stability to devegetated riparian areas within the watershed.
www.beoutside.org
Sandy River Basin Watershed Council (OR)
Nutrient Supplementation for Salmon Production
Mt. Hood National Forest
To increase the production of naturally spawning salmon and steelhead in the Sandy River basin on the Mt. Hood NF using volunteers from area high schools to distribute surplus adult salmon carcasses from a local fish hatchery.
Upper Deschutes River Natural Resources Coalition (OR)
Upper Deschutes Watershed Restoration and Stewardship Project
Deschutes National Forest
To enhance deer and elk habitat, restore riparian areas and close user-created roads in 5 non-motorized sections of the Upper Deschutes River Wild & Scenic corridor. The project will involve volunteers in citizen monitoring and stewardship.
www.udrnrc.org
Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado (CO)
VOC 2006 USFS Partnership Projects
San Isabel, Arapaho-Roosevelt, San Juan, Routt National Forest
To engage 855 volunteers on eight high-priority land stewardship projects taking place throughout 2006 on seven National Forests throughout Colorado. Volunteers will build and maintain six miles of trail and remove invasives from over 100 acres.
www.voc.org
Coalition for the Upper South Platte (CO)
Rampart Range Motorized Trails Project, Phase I
Pike National Forest
To begin implementing a management plan for the 148-mile Rampart Range trail system, which is one of the most heavily-used OHV recreation areas with National Forest System lands. This phase will involve trail closures, construction and maintenance.
www.uppersouthplatte.net
Public Lands Partnership (CO)
Improving the health of public lands in Colorado
Uncompahgre, Grand Mesa National Forest
To improve the health of public lands in west-central Colorado through community-based monitoring, civic dialogue, conflict resolution and demonstration.
www.upproject.org/UPP/PLP.html
Hells Canyon Preservation Council (OR)
Improving Fish and Wildlife Habitat in Hells Canyon Recreation Area
Wallowa Whitman National Forest
To identify and decommission roads built in the 1950's to keep them from releasing sediment into streams within the Upper Imnaha-Gumboot drainage, providing critical habitat for threatened steelhead, salmon and bull trout.
www.hellscanyon.org
The Confluence Project (WA)
Enhancements at Sandy River Delta, Oregon
Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area National Forest
To conduct riparian habitat improvements along a newly-constructed 1.2 mile recreational trail connecting public artwork by Maya Lin (a bird-blind viewing area) to the Lewis & Clark Historical Trail.
www.confluenceproject.org
Jefferson Center for Education and Research (OR)
Participatory Salal Inventory on the Olympic National Forest
Olympic National Forest
To engage harvesters, Forest Service personnel and other stakeholders in implementing a participatory inventory of salal to provide baseline data on the availability of commercially-harvestable salal and establish a multi-party monitoring program.
www.jeffctr.org
Four Corners School of Outdoor Education (UT)
Canyon Country Youth Corps 2006
Manti la-Sal National Forest
To continue a successful employment, education and leadership program for primarily Navajo youth who perform service projects on public lands, including National Forests.
www.fourcornersschool.org
Karuk Tribe of California (CA)
Haypress Creek Restoration Project
Six Rivers National Forest
To reduce non-point source pollution through a cooperative road decommissioning project that provides employment opportunities to unemployed Karuk tribal members and to conduct widespread community outreach.
www.karuk.us
Center for Economics and the Environment (CEED) (CA)
One Forest at a Time
NFF geographic focus areas National Forest
To increase the use of community-based collaborative stewardship practices by the USFS in partnership with various local, regional and national groups through sharing of a successful model of collaborative stewardship and direct technical assistance.
www.nrsrcaa.org
Friends of the Inyo (CA)
Collaborative Jeffrey Pine Forest Restoration Project
Inyo National Forest
To develop a scientifically-sound habitat monitoring plan to evaluate the relative effectiveness of proposed restoration techniques and guide their future implementation, and engage more people in restoration efforts through hands-on stewardship.
www.friendsoftheinyo.org
Upper Sacramento River Exchange (CA)
Trout Creek Restoration Project
Shasta Trinity National Forest
To actively involve community members, stakeholders, students and conservation partners in a large-scale restoration project on Trout Creek. Community and school groups will implement fishery habitat and water quality improvement projects.
www.riverexchange.org
WildPlaces (CA)
Wildplaces Black Oak Habitat Recovery Project-2006
Sequoia National Forest
To create a restoration model that will accelerate montane conifer-hardwood habitat recovery after wildfire through restoration of 200 acres using community and youth volunteers over four work weekends.
www.wildplaces.net
Applegate River Watershed Council (OR)
Applegate Riparian Restoration-2006
Rogue-Siskiyou National Forest
To continue to plant native riparian shrubs within streams listed on the 2002 Clean Water Act 303. This project will help reduce stream temperatures, prevent soil erosion, restore flood plain processes and enhance wildlife habitat.
www.arwc.org
Pacific Northwest Trail Association (WA)
Methow Valley Ranger District Trail Maintenance Project
Okanogan National Forest
To conduct major tread reconstruction and drainage work on Oval Lakes Trail, Oval Creek Trail, Twisp Pass Trail, North Creek Trail and Copper Pass Trail, including puncheon and turnpikes.
www.pnt.org
MBS Friends of the Forest (WA)
Gilligan Recreation Enhancement and Riparian Restoration
Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest
To provide recreational opportunities near local communities and protect and restore fish and wildlife habitat.
Oregon Zoo Foundation (OR)
Oregon Silverspot Butterfly Population Supplementation
Siuslaw National Forest
To provide up to six summer entomology internships during 2006 to high school students, including low-income/minority teens, to improve larval survivorship and participate in the release of federally-endangered butterfly pupae in FS habitat.
www.oregonzoo.org
American Chestnut Foundation (VT)
American Chestnut Restoration V
Pisgah, Nantahala, Cherokee, Chattahoochee, Daniel Boone, Bankhead National Forest
To continue the breeding program in the Southern Appalachians, provide support for the main research farms and associated pollen and breeding methodologies, and provide for regional outreach.
www.acf.org
Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy (NC)
Highlands of Roan Community Land Stewardship Program- Phase II
Pisgah, Cherokee National Forest
To engage local volunteers and partners in restoring and maintaining this globally-rare ecosystem, document, evaluate and communicate the impacts of the restoration work, and manage key lands adjacent to National Forests to enhance water quality.
www.appalachian.org
National Wild Turkey Federation (SC)
Cherokee National Forest Habitat Creation and Maintenance Project
Cherokee National Forest
To implement a series of projects designed to create new diverse habitat and maintain existing habitat for many species of game and non-game wildlife. The projects will include prescribed burning, mowing wildlife openings, plowing and fertilizing.
www.nwtf.org
Upper Columbia Regional Fish Enhancement Group (WA)
Respect the River: Chiwawa River
Okanogan and Wenatchee National Forest
To enhance watershed health by resotring unmanaged recreation camp sites on 14 acres of riparian and streamside habitat.
Great Burn Study Group (MT)
Forest Stewards Projects 2006-2007
Clearwater and Lolo National Forest
To involve volunteers in weed patrol, monitoring, special partnership projects, and sign patrol on the Clearwater and Lolo National Forests.
Partners of Cherokee National Forest (TN)
Conservation Awareness 2006
Cherokee National Forest
To address Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (HWA) infestations on the Cherokee National Forest in partnership with the Forest Service.
lugh.sunsite.utk.edu/drupalsites/ess462/
Wonalancet Out Door Club (NH)
Lawrence Trail Relocation
White Mountain National Forest
To support the Forest Service in the relocation and restoration of trails in the White Mountain National Forest while enabling SCA volunteers to have a life changing experience.
www.wodc.org |
