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  • Moseley, Cassandra; Davis, Emily Jane; Medley-Daniel, Michelle (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2012)
    The Watershed Condition Framework (WCF) will help national forests assess and prioritize activities, and measure progress towards improved watershed condition. The USDA Forest Service also expects restoration to create ...
  • Almquist, Bill (Resource Innovations, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2005-09)
    This report aims to help communities and JCIFP partners by cataloguing and describing local efforts, presenting case studies of activities underway in other parts of Oregon and around the country, and providing recommendations ...
  • Ellison, Autumn; Moote, Ann; Huber-Stearns, Heidi; Jacobson, Kelly (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2017)
    Restoration contracts and timber sales on national forests and grasslands can generate economic activity and social benefits in nearby communities. The extent to which local communities realize these benefits depends ...
  • Bonner, Kristin; Hibbard, Michael (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2002)
    This report examines some of the issues involved in setting up a system for monitoring the socio-economic effects of Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board (O-WEB) grants on an on-going basis. We conducted telephone interviews ...
  • Moseley, Cassandra; Reyes, Yolanda E. (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2006)
    This working paper compares the job quality of logging and forestry services, which represent one segment of the forest restoration industry. The forestry services sector includes much of the labor-intensive and some of ...
  • Josephine County (Or.); University of Oregon. Program for Watershed and Community Health (Josephine County (Or.), 2004-11-08)
    Goals [for this Plan are]: protect against potential losses to life, property and natural resources from wildfire; build and maintain active participation from each Fire Protection District; set realistic expectations for ...
  • University of Oregon. Institute for a Sustainable Environment. Resource Innovations (Resource Innovations, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2005-06)
    Josephine County officials initiated development of the Josephine County Integrated Fire Plan (JCIFP) in July 2003, along with several federal, state, and local partners. The Plan mission is to protect against potential ...
  • Almquist, Bill (Resource Innovations, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2005-07)
    This paper evaluates the JCIFP risk assessment process using information gathered from interviews conducted in February and March 2005 with members of the Risk Assessment Committee. This report is intended to assist other ...
  • University of Oregon. Institute for a Sustainable Environment. Resource Innovations (Resource Innovations, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2005-05)
    The first annual Woody Vegetation Disposal Day occurred in Southwestern Oregon on April 16, 2005. The event gave participants an opportunity to dispose of their woody vegetation for free. Josephine County’s event was held ...
  • University of Oregon. Institute for a Sustainable Environment. Resource Innovations (University of Oregon, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, Resource Innovations, 2006)
    In 2002, the Biscuit Fire burned over 500,000 acres and resulted in costs exceeding 150 million dollars. A majority of the acres burned in Josephine County, Oregon. Lessons learned from the fire resulted in the development ...
  • Doppelt, Bob; Watson, Lisa (Center for Watershed and Community Health, Mark O. Hatfield School of Government, Portland State University, 2000)
    This report describes how over 160 companies and organizations have adopted practices and programs that generated savings of over $55 million annually while dramatically reducing their environment impacts. It follows the ...
  • Robertson, Sara; Nielsen-Pincus, Max (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2009)
  • Markus, Amy; Olszewski, Julia; Huber-Stearns, Heidi; Ellison, Autumn (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2021)
    To guide monitoring efforts within the Lakeview Stewardship Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Project (CFLRP) and Klamath-Lake Forest Health Partnership (KLFHP) All-Lands Projects in Klamath and Lake Counties.
  • Markus, Amy; Davis, Emily Jane; DeMeo, Thomas; Bormann, Bernard T. (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2015)
    The Lakeview Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Project (CFLR) was selected for funding in 2012. Multiparty monitoring, evaluation, and accountability are required to assess the positive or negative ecological, ...
  • Olszewski, Julia; Ellison, Autumn (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2021)
    This report represents an analysis of ecological, social, and economic monitoring data for restoration activities conducted by the Lakeview Stewardship Group (LSG) from 2012 to 2019. The treatments analyzed here include ...
  • Coughlan, Michael R.; Ellison, Autumn; Abrams, Jesse; Huber-Stearns, Heidi (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2020)
    As the concept of resilience has gained importance as a guiding principle in land management objectives and policies in recent years, there has been some question about how the concept is operationalized in forest planning ...
  • Coughlan, Michael R.; Ellison, Autumn; Abrams, Jesse; Huber-Stearns, Heidi (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2020)
    Through a Joint Fire Science-funded research project, we investigated the concept of resilience as a means of constructively living with disturbances such as fire and insect outbreaks on national forest lands, including ...
  • Rosenberg, Stacy; Moseley, Cassandra (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2016)
    In November 2015, the Oregon Board of Forestry proposed the development of a new rule to expand streamside buffers in western Oregon to better protect salmon, steelhead, and bull trout. The proposed rule would affect the ...
  • University of Oregon. Program for Watershed and Community Health; University of Oregon. Institute for a Sustainable Environment (Program for Watershed and Community Health, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2002-12-03)
    The Green Building Initiative operated by the City of Portland, Oregon, defines green building as "innovative building and site design techniques that improve the quality and performance of buildings while simultaneously ...
  • University of Oregon. Program for Watershed and Community Health; University of Oregon. Institute for a Sustainable Environment (Program for Watershed and Community Health, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2003-02-25)
    This document provides background information on the benefits communities in Lane County and vicinity can gain in terms of job retention and growth by expanding, incubating, and recruiting businesses in “sustainable” ...

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