Institute for Resilient Organizations, Communities, and Environments (IROCE)

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The Institute for Resilient Organizations, Communities, and Environments (IROCE) at the University of Oregon links, leverages, and aligns applied social science research and resources to help organizations and communities adapt and thrive in the face of adversity.

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Browsing Institute for Resilient Organizations, Communities, and Environments (IROCE) by Subject "Blue Mountains (Or. and Wash.)"

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    Lessons learned from the Blue Mountains restoration strategy team
    (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2018) Huber-Stearns, Heidi; Santo, Anna; Davis, Emily Jane; Moseley, Cassandra; Ellison, Autumn
    In January 2013, the Pacific Northwest Region of the Forest Service initiated the Eastside Restoration Strategy to improve forest health conditions by accelerating the pace and scale of restoration on national forests in eastern Oregon and Washington. As part of this effort, the Region created a dedicated interdisciplinary (ID) Blue Mountains Restoration Strategy team to conduct landscape-level planning across three national forests and innovate strategies to more effectively reach planning decisions. The team worked on two NEPA processes: a 100,000-acre project on one forest, and 600,000 acres of dry forest restoration activities across three forests. In 2016, the Forest Service requested a review to identify transferrable insights from the project.
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    Monitoring of outcomes from Oregon’s Federal Forest Health Program
    (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2015) White, Eric M.; Davis, Emily Jane; Bennett, Drew E.; Moseley, Cassandra
    There has been focused investment from the USDA Forest Service (USFS), the State of Oregon, local governments, and others to increase the quality and pace and scale of forest restoration on national forests in eastern Oregon. The USFS expanded planning capacity, especially in the Blue Mountains. The Oregon legislature, through the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF), devoted $2.88 million in the 2013–2015 biennial budget. This funding became the “Federal Forest Health Program” (FFH) within ODF and was organized into three focal areas for targeted investment: a) State/Federal Implementation Partnership, b) Collaborative Capacity Grants, and c) Technical Assistance and Science Support for collaborative efforts. To gauge effectiveness of these increased investments, the Federal Forest Working Group (FFWG; formerly the Federal Forest Advisory Committee) facilitated the development of a list of performance measures to gauge the success of the State’s investment.
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    Restoring resilience at the landscape scale : lessons learned from the Blue Mountains restoration strategy team
    (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2018) Huber-Stearns, Heidi; Santo, Anna
    The Pacific Northwest Region of the Forest Service’s “Eastside Restoration Strategy” aimed to improve forest health conditions by accelerating the pace and scale of restoration on national forests in eastern Oregon and Washington. As part of this effort, the Regional Office created a dedicated interdisciplinary Blue Mountains Restoration Strategy Team (ID Team) to conduct landscape-level planning across four national forests and innovate strategies to more effectively reach planning decisions. We conducted interviews with 25 key informants, observed meetings, analyzed documents, and worked with an advisory group to understand transferrable insights from the project.
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    Social and economic monitoring for the Southern Blues Restoration Coalition Project, fiscal years 2012 and 2013
    (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2015) White, Eric M.; Bennett, Drew E.; Moseley, Cassandra
    Collaboration on Forest Restoration and the Southern Blues Project: In the wake of changing ecological and social conditions, a diverse group of community leaders, loggers, ranchers, conservationists, and USFS representatives began to come together to explore options to address many of the challenges facing the MNF and adjacent communities.
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    Successes, challenges, and opportunities for collaborative accelerated restoration in Oregon's Blue Mountains
    (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2018) Santo, Anna; Davis, Emily Jane; Huber-Stearns, Heidi; Ellison, Autumn
    The 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.