Planning and managing for resilience : lessons from national forest plan revisions
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Date
2020
Authors
Abrams, Jesse
Greiner, Michelle
Timberlake, Thomas
Schultz, Courtney A.
Evans, Alexander M.
Huber-Stearns, Heidi
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Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon
Abstract
The forest plan revision process presents an
opportunity for managers to reorient a national
forest’s management direction in pursuit of resilient
landscapes, among other goals. It also represents
an opportunity for public engagement and
the identification of new roles and responsibilities
for governmental and non-governmental entities.
Through a Joint Fire Science Program-funded
project, we compared three recently completed
national forest plan revision processes to determine
whether and how planners were able to plan
for resilient landscape outcomes. Our work helps
illustrate the ways that front-line forest planners
attempt to promote landscape resilience while
reconciling potentially conflicting pressures and
management directions. The lessons from our
comparative analysis are relevant for forest managers
and key stakeholders attempting to plan in
pursuit of more resilient landscapes.
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16 pages