Because the public values our public forests for a number of reasons, people feel passionately about their management – and this can lead to controversy and disagreement.

But dig a little deeper and you will find there is more that unites us than divides us. Some citizens across the West have begun to work with diverse stakeholders to develop areas of agreement around contentious forest management issues, which has led to healthier forests and communities. Investing in this kind of “collaborative conservation” has promise for restoring forested landscapes in our region.

Effort in Sisters saved homes but highlights obstacles

Lightning started a forest fire one August afternoon near this Oregon tourist town, and it was spreading fast. Residents in outlying areas evacuated as flames marched toward their homes. Just a few months earlier, the U.S. Forest Service and a…

Planning Tools to Reduce Montana’s Wildfire Risk

County governments, fire districts and service areas, and landowners have many opportunities to reduce wildfire risk in the wildland-urban interface through land use planning tools and strategies, though challenges in Montana’s regulatory framework remain.

Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program

Between April-September of 2017 third-party researchers investigated Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program (CFLRP) and the Joint Chiefs’ Landscape Restoration Partnership (JCLRP) to obtain detailed perspective about our questions and reach external partners. The objectives were to understand the value added…

Forests – Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program Q & A

Our policy expert introduces the forest restoration program that’s garnering impressive results around the nation. Five years ago, the USDA Forest Service initiated the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration program. The purpose of this program was to improve the health of…

CFLRP Projects

There are 23 CFLR projects, spanning the states of Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, and Washington. The list below includes links to each project’s website, original CFLR proposal, and monitoring…

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