Common Successes and Challenges in

Collaborative Implementation

Utilizing Master Stewardship Agreements

Region 6 Forest Collaboratives Workshop

March 30-31, 2016

Marko Bey, Lomakatsi Restoration Project

Stewardship

Agreement

Additional Lead

Partners

MSA

Area

Current

SPA Acres

Klamath Tribes

Fremont-Winema

Klamath Tribes,

Nature Conservancy

1.7 million 30,000

Ashland Forest

Resiliency

City of Ashland,

The Nature Conservancy

7,600 7,600

Wild Rivers None 10,000 1,600

Medford BLM Klamath Bird Observatory

The Nature Conservancy

800,000 2,500

Pit River Tribe

Region 5 USFS

Pit River Tribe

3.5 million In development

LRP Current Stewardship Agreements

USFS Region 6 / Medford BLM

38, 800 6,017,600

Klamath Tribes and partners enter into a 10-year MSA

encompassing approximately 1.7 million acres.

Klamath Tribes’ Forest Restoration

Master Stewardship Agreement (MSA)

Formation of strategic partnerships

Klamath Tribe formed strategic partnerships with NGOs

experienced in MSA management.

Klamath Tribal Ecosystem Restoration

Partnership Initiative

The Partnership

1958

1919

Klamath Tribes have a substantial history conducting

sound forest, resource, and watershed management

within the Klamath Basin.

Basic principles guiding restoration of the

Klamath Tribal Forest: • Restoration of diverse,

structurally complex forest ecosystems

• Enhancement and protection of the forest, wildlife, water, and soil resources of the reservation.

Goals for Restorative Management of the Klamath Reservation

KLAMATH TRIBES’ FOREST RESTORATION

MASTER STEWARDSHIP AGREEMENT

Technical support, Project Design, Administrative

Oversight

Senior Partner, Project Design, Technical Expertise

Multi-Party Monitoring, Science delivery, Technical Expertise

Contracting, Workforce Training & Development,

Fiscal lead Technical Expertise

Williamson River Watershed

Upper Klamath Lake Watershed

Sprague River Watershed

Winema N.F.

Chemult R.D.

Winema N.F.

Chiloquin R.D.

Fremont N.F.

Silver Lake R.D.

Fremont N.F.

Bly R.D.

NEPA: Landscape Restoration Projects within Reservation over Past 10 yrs

Klamath Tribes / Fremont-Winema NF Master Stewardship Agreement

Black Hills SPA

9,000 acres

Coyote Fuels SPA

3,000 acres

Red Knight SPA

30,000 acres

Master Stewardship Agreement with

Supplemental Project Agreements

(MSA with SPA’s)

MSA Industry Partners

-Quicksilver Inc. -Wampler Inc. -Murphy Co.

Stewardship Agreements

“ingredients for Success”

• Establishment of strategic partnerships

• Formal agreements between partners (MOU)

• Partner roles and responsibilities clearly defined

• Secured funding for MSA and SPA development

Foundation

Stewardship Agreements-

“ingredients for Success”

Agreement Development

• Leadership of FS staff person with adequate time allocated

• Availability of FS support personnel

• Integration of FS staff: agreements, timber, contracting, specialists

• Frequent engagement by partners with Forest Service

• Establishment of timelines and deliverables

Stewardship Agreements-

“ingredients for Success” (cont.)

Implementation 1): Sales Prep., Administration

• Project administration, inspections, oversight done collaboratively

• Prescription development done collaboratively

• Partners perform project (“sales”) preparation including layout, tree marking, tallying etc.

Stewardship Agreements-

“ingredients for Success”

Implementation 2): Contactor and workforce development

• Partners and FS select contractor using “Best Value”

• Workforce training in ecological forestry is ongoing

Stewardship Agreements-

“ingredients for Success”

Implementation 3): Contact Arrangements and Sale Administration

• Timber operators are hired for the forest restoration service (logging, roads, and material transport)

• Partners administer forest product sales, purchase orders with mills and biomass facilities

• FS and partners oversee on the ground operations and inspections

Questions?