Monitoring Innovative Contracting on the Malheur National Forest: Did Local Communities Benefit?
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Date
2006
Authors
Presley, Jacquelyn
Spencer, Charles
Moseley, Cassandra
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Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon
Abstract
In 2003, the Malheur National Forest experimented
with innovative contracting mechanisms to carry out
fuels reduction work in the Blue Mountains Demonstration
Area (BMDA). The BMDA was initiated in June
1999 to test new strategies for accelerating ecosystem
restoration in the Blue Mountains of Eastern Oregon
to address the dire need for ecological restoration and
economic and social risk in nearby communities (BMDA
Business Plan, 2000). Because these contracts targeted
fuels in the BMDA, the Forest Service piloted innovative
contracting mechanisms to stimulate local community
benefit while simultaneously restoring fire-adapted
ecosystems. This paper presents the results of interviews with
eight contractors that were awarded thinning contracts.
We intended to examine how the contracting mechanisms
used in these thinning solicitations affected local
communities and contractors.
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7 p.