Santo, AnnaDavis, Emily JaneHuber-Stearns, HeidiEllison, Autumn2018-10-172018-10-172018https://hdl.handle.net/1794/2389224 pagesThe USDA Forest Service (Forest Service) and the Oregon Department of Forestry have made targeted investments to increase the pace, scale, and quality of forest restoration in the Blue Mountains region of eastern Oregon (which includes the Ochoco, Malheur, Umatilla, and Wallowa- Whitman National Forests). These accelerated restoration strategies have been underway for more than five years, but there has been little recent exploration of how members of collaborative groups, agency staff, and partner organizations currently perceive the strategies, or how these efforts complement or challenge the work of collaboratives. The purpose of this study was to present some perceptions and opinions of collaborative group members and other key stakeholders regarding their interpretations of accelerated restoration and the roles and functioning of collaborative groups in the Blue Mountains. For this assessment, we conducted semi-structured phone or in-person interviews with 25 key informant stakeholders working on restoration on the four national forests in the Blue Mountains region.en-USCreative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0-USForest restorationForest managementForest healthUnited States. Forest ServiceOregon. Department of ForestryBlue Mountains (Or. and Wash.)Working Paper