Ellison, AutumnCoughlan, Michael R.Kooistra, ChadSchultz, Courtney A.2018-09-252018-09-252018https://hdl.handle.net/1794/2385924 pagesOver the last decade, the U.S. Forest Service has been implementing a series of new initiatives designed to accelerate cross-boundary, collaborative, integrated restoration. Many national forests have applied for and been awarded funding for projects under competitive funding initiatives, like the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program (CFLRP) and the Joint Chiefs’ Landscape Restoration Partnership (Joint Chiefs’), which are represented on the majority of national forests. However, some forests have not had projects under these initiatives. Along with our prior research investigating the CFLRP and Joint Chiefs’, we were also interested in understanding how forests that have not participated in either of these initiatives conceptualized, planned for, and engaged in collaborative, landscape-scale restoration efforts. We identified forests that did not have CFLRP or Joint Chiefs’ projects and randomly selected three from each region to contact for interviews. We conducted 29 interviews with 37 people, including Forest Service personnel and external collaborative partners, on 18 national forests.en-USCreative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0-USForest restorationForest managementForest landscape managementUnited States. Forest ServiceWorking Paper