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 by the CFLRP and JCLRP, to identify factors that support success and per¬sistent challenges, and to inform future implementation and design of collaborative restoration approaches.