Lomakatsi Restoration Project

ARRA - HOPE MOUNTAIN STEWARDSHIP

MEDFORD DISTRICT CONSERVATION STEWARDSHIP

NPS AND LOMAKATSI RESTORATION PROJECT (LOMAKATSI) WILL COLLABORATE ON AN INDIAN YOUTH SERVICE CORPS (IYSC) INITIATIVE TO SUPPORT TRIBES AND TRIBAL COMMUNITIES IN BUILDING CAPACITY IN HABITAT RESTORATION, CLIMATE ADAPTATION AND ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE, FUELS REDUCTION, AND STEWARDSHIP OF ECOCULTURAL RESOURCES THROUGH TRAINING AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES. LOMAKATSI WILL FACILITATE THIS INITIATIVE THROUGH THEIR TRIBALLY-LED TRIBAL ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM, BUILDING ON OVER TWO DECADES OF SUCCESSFUL COLLABORATION WITH TRIBAL PARTNERS. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES WILL BE LAYERED INTO EXISTING PROJECTS, PROVIDING PARTICIPANTS WITH HIGHLY RELEVANT TRAINING EXPERIENCES WHILE ALSO ACCOMPLISHING ADDITIONAL RESTORATION TREATMENTS ON THE GROUND. THIS TRAINING WILL INCLUDE THE PUBLIC LAND CORPS HIRING CERTIFICATION THAT PROVIDES PREFERENCE FOR HIRING IN FEDERAL JOBS. THE PUBLIC LAND CORPS CERTIFICATION PROVIDES 640 HOURS OF DOCUMENTED WORK, PER PARTICIPANT, ON PUBLIC AND OR TRIBAL LANDS. LOMAKATSI WILL UTILIZE THEIR TRIBAL ECOLOGICAL FORESTRY TRAINING EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM, WHICH ENGAGES INDIGENOUS PARTICIPANTS IN HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE TO GAIN NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS REQUIRED FOR WILDLAND FIREFIGHTING, FOREST RESTORATION, WATERSHED AND WETLAND RESTORATION, CULTURAL RESOURCE MONITORING, AND LAND MANAGEMENT ON FEDERAL LANDS. THIS PROGRAM INTEGRATED WITH IYSC IS DESIGNED TO INTRODUCE YOUNG ADULTS AGES 18-30, AND VETERANS UP TO AGE 35, TO A WIDE RANGE OF NATURAL RESOURCE CAREER PATHWAYS THROUGH ENGAGEMENT WITH EXPERTS FROM THE U.S. FOREST SERVICE AND OTHER PARTNERS. THE INTER-TRIBAL ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION PARTNERSHIP (ITERP), CURRENTLY CHAIRED BY LOMAKATSIS TRIBAL PARTNERSHIPS DIRECTOR, WILL ALSO BE LEVERAGED TO ENGAGE THE TRIBAL COMMUNITY, TRIBAL DEPARTMENTS AND TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS WITHIN THE PROJECT GEOGRAPHY TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS, AND DEVELOP NEW PROJECTS, OPPORTUNITIES, AND PARTNERSHIPS. ITERP IS COMPOSED OF INITIATIVE AND PROJECT-BASED STEERING COMMITTEES AND PARTNERS REPRESENTING REGIONAL TRIBES, TRIBAL COMMUNITY LEADERS, NATIVE AMERICAN OWNED FORESTRY, WILDLAND FIRE AND NATURAL RESOURCE CONTRACTING BUSINESSES, AND TRIBALLY-LED NON-PROFIT RESTORATION AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS. ITERP IS COMMITTED TO THE CREATION OF ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION JOBS AND THE INCUBATION OF TRIBAL BUSINESSES, SUPPORTING TRIBAL MEMBERS TO WORK ON THEIR TIME IMMEMORIAL ANCESTRAL LAND BASES, AS THE FIRST, BEST STEWARDS. THIS PROJECT WILL COLLABORATIVELY DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION PROJECTS BY NPS AND LOMAKATSI , AND WITH PROJECT PARTNERS, FOR PUBLIC PURPOSE TO BENEFIT THE AMERICAN PUBLIC, PROVIDE EMPLOYMENT AND EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES TO YOUNG PEOPLE AND VETERANS FROM TRIBAL AND RURAL COMMUNITIES IN AND AROUND NPS UNITS.THE PROJECT WILL PROVIDE PARTICIPANTS WITH JOB TRAINING, EDUCATION, AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING PUBLIC LAND CORPS HIRING CERTIFICATION, THROUGH CREW-BASED WORK AND TEAMS THAT MAY ALSO INVOLVE SOME INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENTS TO MEET THE PROJECT GOALS. THE SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES OF THIS PROJECT ARE TO IMPROVE THE RESILIENCY OF SAGEBRUSH STEPPE, WOODLANDS, AND RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATED CULTURAL LANDSCAPES AND RESOURCES IN AND AROUND THE NPS UNITS OF THE WESTERN US. THE PROJECT WILL BE DEVELOPED AND IMPLEMENTED IN PHASES. PHASE 1 OF THIS PROJECT WILL OCCUR OVER THREE YEARS TO RESTORE AND ENHANCE RESILIENCY OF THE CITY OF ROCKS NATIONAL RESERVE AND CO-MANAGED CASTLE ROCKS STATE PARK (IN COMBINATION, CIRO), AND IN CRATERS OF THE MOON NATIONAL MONUMENT AND PRESERVE (CRMO). SUBSEQUENT PHASES OF THIS PROJECT WILL BE DESCRIBED IN FUTURE AGREEMENT MODIFICATIONS.

LOMAKATSI RESTORATION PROJECT (LRP) AND ITS PARTNERS WILL EXPAND IMPLEMENTATION OF STRATEGIC FOREST HEALTH AND WILDFIRE FUELS REDUCTION TREATMENTS ADJACENT TO COMMUNITIES SUPPORTING THE PARTNERSHIPS GOAL OF TREATING 40 OF THE WEST BEAR LANDSCAPE. THE GOAL OF THE PROJECT WILL BE TO TREAT EXCESSIVELY HIGH FUEL LOADING SCENARIOS ON AT LEAST 500 ACRES OF PRIVATE LAND TO MINIMIZE WILDFIRE PATHWAYS IN THE WILDLAND-URBAN INTERPHASE, WHILE PROTECTING SERVICE TRUST RESOURCES. THE RESULT WILL BE 400-500 ACRES OF PRIVATE LAND TREATED AND 15 FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT POSITIONS IN BOTH TECHNICAL AND FOREST LABOR POSITIONS WITH MANY OF THOSE JOBS STRENGTHENING THE TRIBAL AND LATINX WORKFORCES.

ASHLAND FOREST RESILIENCY ALL-LANDS INITIATIVE WILL IMPLEMENT CONTINUED MAINTENANCE OF SEVERELY FIRE-PRONE AREAS IN THE WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE WITHIN THE GEOGRAPHICAL BOUNDS OF THE ASHLAND ALL-LANDS FOREST RESTORATION (AFR), ABOVE THE CITY OF ASHLAND, OR. WITH THE INITIAL FOREST RESTORATION AND FUELS REDUCTION TREATMENTS ACCOMPLISHED, LOMAKATSI RESTORATION PROJECT WITH ITS PARTNERS IS NOW COMMITTED TO MAINTENANCE OF TREATED AREAS INCLUDING BRUSH-CUTTING AND LOW-INTENSITY CONTROLLED BURNS IN AN AREA THAT HAS MORE THAN A DECADE OF STRATEGIC FUELS REDUCTION, THINNING, AND PRESCRIBED BURNING THROUGH PARTNER ACTIVITIES. THE RESULT OF THIS PROJECT WILL BE 800 ACRES OF PRIVATE LANDS STRATEGICALLY TREATED TO PROTECT A MUNICIPAL WATER SOURCE.THE 58,000-ACRE AFR PROJECT AREA SPANS THE ASHLAND WATERSHED AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS, ENCOMPASSING FEDERAL (ROGUE-SISKIYOU NATIONAL FOREST), MUNICIPAL (CITY OF ASHLAND), AND PRIVATE LANDS. IT SERVES AS AN OUTDOOR CLASSROOM FOR RESEARCHERS AND STUDENTS OF ALL AGES, AND AN IMPORTANT RECREATION SITE FOR THE COMMUNITY. AFTER MORE THAN A DECADE OF STRATEGIC FUELS REDUCTION, THINNING AND PRESCRIBED BURNING, THE PROJECT REQUIRES CONTINUED ATTENTION TO BOTH STRENGTHEN THE LONG-TERM DATA EMERGING FOR THIS BEST-PRACTICE MODEL AND CONTINUE THE PERPETUAL WORK OF RESTORING A FIRE-ADAPTED LANDSCAPE. ONGOING LANDSCAPE, FOREST, AND WATERSHED HEALTH THAT BENEFITS WILDLIFE SPECIES, WILDFIRES RESILIENCE, AND COMMUNITY SAFETY.

FY24 IYSC

JACKSONVILLE COMMUNITY WILDFIRE PROTECTION PROJECT

WITHIN THE SCOTT RIVER VALLEY THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY AND FIRE PROTECTION HAS IDENTIFIED THE COMMUNITIES OF FORT JONES, ETNA, AND CALLAHAN, CA AS BEING COMMUNITIES AT HIGH RISK OF DAMAGE FROM WILDFIRE ON FEDERAL LANDS. ADDITIONALLY, MUCH OF THE PRIVATE LANDS WITHIN AND ADJACENT TO THESE COMMUNITIES CONTAIN OAK HABITATS CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING OAK ASSOCIATED BIRDS OF CONSERVATION CONCERN INCLUDING THE OAK TITMOUSE AND WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH. AS SUCH, THE GOALS OF THE SCOTT RIVER VALLEY OAK HABITAT FUELS REDUCTION AND COMMUNITY PROTECTION PROJECT ARE TO MAKE LANDS ADJACENT TO THE COMMUNITIES OF FORT JONES, ETNA, AND CALLAHAN, CA, MORE RESILIENT TO WILDFIRE WHILE CONCURRENTLY RESTORING AND CONSERVING HABITAT FOR OAK ASSOCIATED BIRDS. TO ACHIEVE THESE GOALS, THIS PROJECT WILL REMOVE OR THIN CONIFERS THAT ARE INCREASING FUEL LOADS AND DEGRADING OAK HABITAT FUNCTION BETWEEN THESE COMMUNITIES AND ADJACENT FEDERAL LANDS. SPECIFICALLY, CONIFERS UP TO 12 INCHES IN DIAMETER THAT ARE ENCROACHING UPON OAK HABITATS WILL BE REMOVED OR THINNED ON 300 ACRES. PROJECT GENERATED SLASH WILL BE PILED BY HAND AND BURNED OR CHIPPED. UP TO 200 ACRES OF OAK HABITATS WILL ALSO BE TREATED WITH PRESCRIBED UNDERBURNS. UNDERBURN ACRES WILL INCLUDE APPROXIMATELY 50 TO 100 ACRES OF THE 300 ACRES TREATED FOR CONIFER ENCROACHMENT AS PART OF THIS PROJECT AS WELL AS 50 TO 100 ACRES OF PREVIOUSLY THINNED AREAS OR AREAS ONLY NEEDING FIRE TO RESTORE THEIR HABITAT FUNCTION AND REDUCE FUELS. THE PROJECT CONSISTS OF THREE TREATMENT AREAS (NORTH VALLEY, ETNA, AND SOUTH VALLEY), ALL OF WHICH OCCUR IN THE WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE BETWEEN NEIGHBORING FEDERAL LANDS AND THE COMMUNITIES OF FORT JONES, ETNA, AND CALLAHAN, CA.

JACKSONVILLE COMMUNITY PROTECTION LANDSCAPE SCALE RESTORATION PROJECT

OR-OFWO-FA-LOMAKATSI RESTORATION 2018

FY 2020 SUSAN HARWOOD TRAINING GRANT FOR LOMAKATSI RESTORATION PROJECT

YOUTH NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PROJECTS

WAGNER CREEK FUELS REDUCTION PROJECT, PHASE II

COTTONWOOD CREEK RIPARIAN HABITAT RESTORATION AND ENHANCEMENT

LOMAKATSI MULTI PROGRAM RESTORATION

LOMAKATSI OAK RCPP ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT

SCOTT VALLEY OAK RESTORATION PROJECT

SRS RESTORING FOREST ECO-SYSTEMS

POST-FIRE RIPARIAN RECOVERY IN THE SOUTH OBENCHAIN FIRE FOOTPRINT ALONG ROCK CREEK AND TRIBAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT THROUGH POST-FIRE RECOVERY ACTIVITIES.

KLAMATH ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

IMPLEMENT IMPORTANT MAINTENANCE TREATMENTS ON 120 ACRES OF BLM LANDS ADJACENT TO THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, OR. THE PROJECT WILL UTILIZE ECOLOGICAL THINNING, LOPPING AND SCATTERING, AND HAND PILE BURNING AS NEEDED. THE PRESCRIBED UNDER BURNING WILL BE CONDUCTED ACROSS THE PROJECT AREA. PARTNERS WILL COMPLETE A BURN PLAN AND SELECT, THROUGH AN RFP PROCESS, A PRESCRIBED FIRE OPERATOR. COMPLETE FIRE EFFECTS MONITORING AFTER THE PROJECT IS COMPLETED.GOALS ARE TO REDUCE THE RISK OF SEVERE WILDFIRE AND ENHANCE EVACUATION AND FIRE RESPONSE OPTIONS IN ONE OF THE COMMUNITIES AT HIGHEST RISK FROM WILDFIRE IN THE ENTIRE STATE. TRIBAL CREW MEMBERSINCLUDING YOUNG ADULTS WHO RECENTLY COMPLETED OUR TRIBAL YOUTH ECOLOGICAL FORESTRY TRAINING PROGRAM FUNDED BY OREGON CONSERVATION CORPSWILL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE THROUGH THIS WORK.

JEFFERSON YOUTH CONSERVATION CORP

ORWA SRS ANDERSON CREEK HAZARDOUS FUELS

KLAMATH-ROGUE OAK WOODLAND HEALTH AND HABITAT CONSERVATION PROJECT RCPP 2015

NORTHERN SURPRISE VALLEY ALLLANDS RESTORATION PROJECT PROJECT ABSTRACTTHE NORTHERN SURPRISE VALLEY ALL LANDS RESTORATION PROJECT WILL IMPLEMENT ECOLOGICALLY BASED FORESTRY AND RANGE TREATMENTS TO MITIGATE POTENTIAL IMPACTS TO ECOSYSTEM SERVICES AND CULTURAL RESOURCESSUCH AS TRADITIONAL FOODS WILDLIFE HABITAT AND SACRED SITES ON TRIBAL TRUST LANDS AND PRIVATE LANDS. THE PROJECT WILL COMPLEMENT ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION FOREST HEALTH AND FUELS REDUCTION TREATMENTS ON ADJACENT FEDERAL LANDS HELPING TO SAFEGUARD THE TRIBES DRINKING WATER SUPPLY AND ECOCULTURAL RESOURCES FROM THE RISK OF SEVERE WILDFIRE.

MOD 1 2011-TY-03

WEST BEAR SOUTHERN OREGON ALL LANDS RESTORATION PROJECT AIMS TO COMPLETE A MINIMUM OF 7,500 ACRES OF FOREST RESILIENCY TREATMENTS SERVING MULTIPLE PRIVATE LANDOWNERS IN THE TALENT PHOENIX MEDFORD JACKSONVILLE WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE AREA AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS OF THE UPPER BEAR CREEK VALLEY SYSKIYOU MOUNTAINS IN SOUTHWESTERN OREGON LOMAKATSI S PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND TECHNICAL FORESTRY TEAMS WILL RECRUIT LANDOWNERS, DESIGN AND WRITE TREATMENT PLANS UTILIZING ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY, CONDUCT FOREST INVENTORIES AND OVERSEE PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION THIS INCLUDES INSPECTIONS FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE FOR ECOLOGICAL FOREST RESTORATION AND FUELS REDUCTION THAT ENHANCES HABITAT AND REDUCES WILDFIRE SEVERITY RISK PARTNERS PROGRAM FUNDING WILL ALLOW LOMAKATSI TO WORK WITH ADDITIONAL LANDOWNERS ADJACENT TO THESE EFFORTS ACROSS PRIVATE LANDS, WHICH WILL INCREASE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TREATMENTS BENEFITING LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND ECOSYSTEMS

FUNDING PROVIDED WILL SUPPORT 2 DIFFERENT INITIATIVES:1- FUNDING WILL PROVIDE RESTORATION SUPPORT TO LANDOWNERS IN THE LITTLE BUTTE UPPER ROGUE OAK INITIATIVE (INITIATIVE) FOCUS AREA, IN COOPERATION WITH THE KLAMATH-SISKIYOU OAK NETWORK (KSON). LOMAKATSI WILL ASSIST LANDOWNERS WITH PLANNING TO LEVERAGE OTHER FUNDING TO INCREASE FIRE RESILIENCY. BY ADDRESSING FUEL LOADS ON PRIVATE LANDS, THERE WILL BE IMPROVED OVERALL WATER QUALITY QUANTITY, IMPROVED WILDLIFE HABITAT FOR DECLINING SPECIES AS WELL AS LOWERING THE OVERALL RISK OF WILDFIRE DAMAGE TO WILDLIFE HABITAT, DWELLINGS STRUCTURES AND ULTIMATELY, HUMAN SAFETY IN SOUTHERN OREGON.2- AS PART OF THE WEST BEAR-SOUTHERN OREGON ALL-LANDS RESTORATION PROJECT, USFWS PARTNERS PROGRAM FUNDING WILL SUPPORT AN INITIATIVE THAT AIMS TO COMPLETE A MINIMUM OF 7,500 ACRES OF FOREST RESILIENCY TREATMENTS SERVING MULTIPLE PRIVATE LANDOWNERS IN THE TALENT-PHOENIX-MEDFORD WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE AREA AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS OF THE UPPER BEAR CREEK VALLEY- SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS IN SOUTHWESTERN OREGON. LOMAKATSIS PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND TECHNICAL FORESTRY TEAMS WILL RECRUIT LANDOWNERS, DESIGN AND WRITE TREATMENT PLANS UTILIZING ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY, CONDUCT FOREST INVENTORIES AND OVERSEE IMPLEMENTATION OF ECOLOGICAL FOREST RESTORATION AND FUELS REDUCTION THAT ENHANCES HABITAT AND REDUCES WILDFIRE SEVERITY RISK. PARTNERS PROGRAM FUNDING WILL ALLOW LOMAKATSI TO WORK WITH PRIVATE LANDOWNERS, WHICH WILL INCREASE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TREATMENTS BENEFITING LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND ECOSYSTEMS.

FUNDING PROVIDED WILL SUPPORT 3 DIFFERENT INITIATIVES:1- FUNDING WILL PROVIDE RESTORATION SUPPORT TO LANDOWNERS IN THE LITTLE BUTTE UPPER ROGUE OAK INITIATIVE (INITIATIVE) FOCUS AREA, IN COOPERATION WITH THE KLAMATH-SISKIYOU OAK NETWORK (KSON). LOMAKATSI WILL ASSIST LANDOWNERS WITH PLANNING TO LEVERAGE OTHER FUNDING TO INCREASE FIRE RESILIENCY. BY ADDRESSING FUEL LOADS ON PRIVATE LANDS, THERE WILL BE IMPROVED OVERALL WATER QUALITY QUANTITY, IMPROVED WILDLIFE HABITAT FOR DECLINING SPECIES AS WELL AS LOWERING THE OVERALL RISK OF WILDFIRE DAMAGE TO WILDLIFE HABITAT, DWELLINGS STRUCTURES AND ULTIMATELY, HUMAN SAFETY IN SOUTHERN OREGON.2- LOMAKATSI AND THE MEYER MEMORIAL TRUST ARE PARTNERING TO HOST ITERP PEER-TO-PEER LEARNING SUMMIT IN 2023. THE EVENT AIMS TO ELEVATE TRIBAL PARTNERSHIPS IN COLLABORATIVE FOREST AND WATERSHED RESTORATION AND INCREASE TRIBAL INCLUSION IN THE RESTORATIVE FORESTRY AGREEMENTS AND AQUATIC RESTORATION INITIATIVES THAT BENEFIT THEIR COMMUNITIES AND EMPOWER PARTNERSHIP TO CO-MANAGE, COINVEST, AND COLLABORATE ON LARGE, LANDSCAPE-SCALE INITIATIVES. 3- FUNDING SUPPORT FOR THE PRIVATE LANDS PARTNERS DAY 2024 AND TO HELP LOMAKATSI WORK WITH LANDOWNERS AND ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION IN THE 2024 PARTNERSCAPES PRIVATE LANDS PARTNERS DAY IN REDMOND, OREGON.

SCOTT RIVER VALLEY PRESCRIBED FIRE PROJECT

WEST BEAR ALL-LANDS RESTORATION RCPP

LOMAKATSI MULTI PROGRAM RESTORATION FY2017

LOMAKATSI MULTI-PROJECT INITIATIVE

LOMAKATSI RESTORATION PRIVATE LANDS 2014

2013-TY-08

LOMAKATSI RESTORATION, NRCS CCPI, FY-12

2017 LOMAKATSI REGIONAL CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM (RCCP)

2013-PARTNERS-05

GARVEY GLADE MOUNTAIN MEADOW FENCING PROJECT

OAK AND PINE-OAK HABITAT RESTORATION

THE PROPOSED STEWARDSHIP AGREEMENT WOULD SERVE AS THE INSTRUMENT FOR IMPLEMENTATION, UTILIZING THE ROGUE BASIN COHESIVE FOREST RESTORATION STRATEGY (RBS) AND KSON STRATEGIC CONSERVATION ACTION PLAN (SAP). THE STEWARDSHIP AGREEMENT WOULD MEET THE FOLLOWING BLM LAND MANAGEMENT GOALS: 1) REMOVING VEGETATION OR OTHER ACTIVITIES TO PROMOTE HEALTHY FOREST STANDS, REDUCE FIRE HAZARDS, OR ACHIEVE OTHER LAND MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES 2) SETTING OF PRESCRIBED FIRES TO IMPROVE THE COMPOSITION, STRUCTURE, CONDITION, AND HEALTH OF STANDS OR TO IMPROVE WILDLIFE HABITAT 3) CONTROL OF NOXIOUS AND EXOTIC WEEDS AND REESTABLISHING NATIVE PLANT SPECIES AND 4) RESTORATION AND MAINTENANCE OF WILDLIFE AND FISH HABITAT.AS THE FIRST PHASE OF THIS STEWARDSHIP AGREEMENT AND THE UROI, THIS NOFO REQUEST WILL FUND 250 ACRES OF OAK RESTORATION ON BLM ADMINISTERED LANDS BETWEEN 2024-2026. AS PART OF THE LARGER UROI, RESTORATION TREATMENTS WILL BE IMPLEMENTED ON APPROXIMATELY 3,000 ACRES OF PRIVATE NON-INDUSTRIAL AND BLM ADMINISTERED LANDS WITH SECURED MATCHING INVESTMENTS FROM STATE, FEDERAL, AND PHILANTHROPIC FUNDING SOURCES.

BEAR CREEK SCHOOLYARD HABITAT PROGRAM FY15

SCOTT RIVER RANCH UNDERBURN PROJECT

MOD 1 - SNOW CREEK FOREST HEALTH PROJECT

CONCERNS WITHIN ALL THESE AREAS INCLUDE HIGH DENSITIES OF SMALL TREES (BOTH HARDWOODS AND CONIFERS), HIGH SURFACE AND LADDER FUEL LOADS, AND/OR ABUNDANCE OF DOWNED OR STANDING DEAD WOOD. INITIAL TREATMENTS IN ALL UNITS INVOLVE THE REDUCTION OF SURFACE AND LADDER FUELS BY MECHANICALLY CUTTING MAINLY NONCOMMERCIAL TREES AND SHRUBS. FOLLOWING INITIAL CUTTING, CREWS WILL HAND PILE ACTIVITY FUELS TO ENABLE SUBSEQUENT PILE-BURNING. DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS INCLUDE STRUCTURAL, SPATIAL, AND COMPOSITIONAL DIVERSITY RELATING TO OVERALL FOREST HEALTH AND RESILIENCE. IMPLEMENTERS WILL UTILIZE PRINCIPLES OF VARIABLE DENSITY THINNING, THINNING FROM BELOW, AND RADIAL THINNING DURING TREATMENTS. PRESCRIPTIONS MIMIC THE EFFECTS OF LOW TO MODERATE SEVERITY WILDFIRE SO THAT FIRE CAN BE REINTRODUCED SAFELY INTO THIS ECOSYSTEM AFTER MORE THAN A CENTURY OF EXCLUSION.TREATMENTS WILL RESULT IN TREE, STAND, AND FOREST LANDSCAPE RESILIENCE TO WILDFIRES. CUTTING AND PILING TREATMENTS ON THE 80 ACRES OF BLM LANDS WILL BE DELIVERED THROUGH AN EXISTING OWEB FIP AWARD.PROJECT BENEFITS: THIS PROJECT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE LARGER ROGUE FOREST RESTORATION INITIATIVE WHOSE GOALS INCLUDE INCREASING THE PROPORTION OF OPEN DRY-TYPE FOREST HABITAT AND REDUCING THE RISK OF WILDFIRE TO FOREST HABITAT AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES FROM CURRENT LEVELS BY 50 PERCENT WHERE THE ROGUE BASIN STRATEGY APPROACH AND TOOLS ARE FULLY IMPLEMENTED. THE RFRI WILLIAMS PROJECT HAS DEELOPED 274 ACRES OF RESTORATION TREATMENTS ON BOTH BLM AND ADJACENT PRIVATE LANDS. OWEB AND NRCS FUNDING WILL COMPLETE ALL CUTTING, PILING AND BURNING ON PRIVATE LANDS. THIS TITLE II FUNDING FROM BLM PROVIDES THE FINAL FUNDING NEED TO COMPLETE THE PILE BURNING ON BLM LANDS IN THE PROJECT.

""IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL LAKE TROUT SPAWNING HABITAT IN LAKE ERIE""

MT. ASHLAND LATE SUCCESSIONAL RESERVE POST-TREATMENT FOREST INVENTORY PROJECT

LOMAKATSI LOMATIUM HABITAT PROGRAM

ORWA SRS TABLE ROCKS YOUTH HABITAT RESTORATION

BLM OR/WA ANALYSIS AND MONITORING OF THE CASCADE SISKIYOU NATIONAL MONUMENT RESOURCES

RURAL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE GRANTS

LOMAKATSI SW AND CENTRAL OREGON SCHOOLYARD HABITAT 2 PROJECTS

MID KLAMATH OAK HABITAT CONSERVATION PROJECT

LOMAKATSI SCHOOLYARD HABITAT SOUTH MEDFORD HS AND ORCHARD HILL ES

LITTLE CREEK UNDERBURN PROJECT

MOD TO CORRECT POP LOMAKATSI RESTORATION, NRCS CCPI, FY-13, $20K ADD-ON

MOD 1 CHANGES THE END DATE PRIOR TO CLOSEOUT LOMAKATSI RESTORATION, FY-12

HABITAT RESTORATION - COMPLETE

HABITAT RESTORATION - COMPLETE

HABITAT RESTORATION

LITTLE CREEK UNDERBURN PROJECT

MOD TO CONTINUE CCPI 2012 PROJECT

SUSAN HARWOOD GRANTS