Abstract:
In 2017, we studied two restoration initiatives: the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program
(CFLRP) and the Joint Chiefs Landscape Restoration Partnership (JCLRP). Both programs competitively
award multi-year funding for collaborative, landscape-scale restoration work on high-priority landscapes.
To understand how other forests and landscapes viewed these programs and accomplish high-priority
restoration work, we interviewed forest-level leadership and collaborative partners on national forests that
had never participated in either program. Through interviews with 38 people on 20 national forests, we investigated
how forests are conducting large-scale collaborative restoration in the absence of these targeted
funding initiatives.