The State of the Dry Forest Zone
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Date
2010
Authors
Moseley, Cassandra
Davis, Emily Jane
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Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon
Abstract
The Dry Forest Zone of eastern and central Oregon and northern California is a region with high rates of
poverty and unemployment, degraded landscapes, and severe wildfire risk. But it also has strong traditions
of innovative entrepreneurship and natural resource stewardship. Local stakeholders and communitybased
organizations have fostered collaborative approaches to solving these common problems. The Dry Forest
Zone project is an effort to bring these local solutions to a regional scale, allowing diverse communities to
learn from one another. The purpose of this briefing paper is to summarize our key findings from an assessment
of the social, economic, and biophysical conditions in the zone, and the opportunities and barriers to
economic development and sustainable forest stewardship.
Description
2 p.
Keywords
Dry Forest Zone Project, California, Northern, Oregon, Eastern, Oregon, Central