Ochoco Forest Restoration Ochoco Forest Restoration CollaborativeCollaborative

A diverse group of stakeholders who work together to A diverse group of stakeholders who work together to create and implement a shared vision to improve the create and implement a shared vision to improve the

resilience and well-being of forests and communities in resilience and well-being of forests and communities in the Ochoco Mountains.the Ochoco Mountains.

Why collaborate on the Why collaborate on the Ochoco?Ochoco?

• History of History of disagreement and disagreement and conflictconflict

• Convergence of Convergence of interests and desire interests and desire for community-led for community-led dialogue dialogue

• Local, county, and Local, county, and regional leadershipregional leadership

• Evidence of Evidence of outcomes across outcomes across OregonOregon

GoalsGoals•Ecologically-sound restoration Ecologically-sound restoration

•Work together on solutions Work together on solutions to to local socioeconomic and local socioeconomic and ecological issues ecological issues

•Grassroots community-driven role Grassroots community-driven role in public land management in public land management

•Proactive management Proactive management for forest for forest health health

•A safe environment A safe environment to share to share needs and ideas, and build needs and ideas, and build solutions solutions

• Tangible land management Tangible land management outcomes outcomes that address the that address the broadest range of needs broadest range of needs

• Collaboration earlyCollaboration early, at the , at the watershed analysis stage watershed analysis stage

• Understand and support viable Understand and support viable workforce and forest workforce and forest processing infrastructureprocessing infrastructure that that can make restoration possiblecan make restoration possible—and understand what it —and understand what it takes to make management takes to make management economically viable economically viable

• Increasing forest management Increasing forest management and timber production and timber production that is that is ecologically and economically ecologically and economically sustainablesustainable

GovernanceGovernance

• Executive Executive committeecommittee

• Main stakeholder Main stakeholder bodybody

• Facilitator and Facilitator and supporterssupporters– Jack Southworth, Jack Southworth,

Central Oregon Central Oregon Intergovernmental Intergovernmental Council, TNC Council, TNC

• ConvenersConveners– Crook County and Crook County and

the City of Prinevillethe City of Prineville

First year accomplishmentsFirst year accomplishments

• Collaborative input Collaborative input to Wolf Watershed to Wolf Watershed Analysis (ongoing)Analysis (ongoing)

• Discussion of Forest-Discussion of Forest-level issues: roads, level issues: roads, mixed conifermixed conifer

• Development of Development of organizational organizational structure and structure and chartercharter

Wolf Watershed AnalysisWolf Watershed Analysis

Wolf collaborative processWolf collaborative process

• Eight full group meetings from April-Eight full group meetings from April-November 2012, including one field tripNovember 2012, including one field trip

• Formation of subcommittees for each Formation of subcommittees for each broad resource area, which drafted and broad resource area, which drafted and revised material before presenting it to revised material before presenting it to the full groupthe full group

• Feedback and revision of subcommittee Feedback and revision of subcommittee work by the full groupwork by the full group

• Compilation of all subcommittee work Compilation of all subcommittee work into one documentinto one document

Specific issues of interestSpecific issues of interest• Stand density and thinning in clumps Stand density and thinning in clumps

(partiularly large/old trees) for forest (partiularly large/old trees) for forest healthhealth

• Possible exceptions to removing >21” Possible exceptions to removing >21” trees (e.g., large/young grand fir)trees (e.g., large/young grand fir)

• Management in RHCAsManagement in RHCAs• Use of Upper/Lower Management ZonesUse of Upper/Lower Management Zones• Use of Forest Plan amendmentsUse of Forest Plan amendments

• Shared learning on mixed conifer Shared learning on mixed conifer forests in the Ochoco Mountains (e.g., forests in the Ochoco Mountains (e.g., diversity, distribution, ecology, diversity, distribution, ecology, historic/current condition)historic/current condition)

• Collaborative input to Wolf NEPA Collaborative input to Wolf NEPA alternativesalternatives

• Discussion/input on Son Stewardship Discussion/input on Son Stewardship projectproject

• Forest-level restoration and values Forest-level restoration and values mapping analysismapping analysis

Ongoing workOngoing work

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ochococollaborativeContact: Phil Chang, pchang@coic.orgContact: Phil Chang, pchang@coic.org