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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2010)Over the past fifteen years, natural resource management on federal and private lands and streams has shifted toward restoration of ecological functions. I n addition to federal land management agencies, community-based ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2010)In Oregon, community-based organizations have become major agents of watershed restoration. The most common of these organizations are watershed councils, which began to emerge in the mid-1990s as the State of Oregon ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2010)Congress and President Obama designed the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA) to preserve and create jobs, assist people in need, and stabilize state and local government budgets. The Act also directs federal ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2010)With the current focus on developing the green economy as a strategy for economic recovery, there has been an increasing emphasis on investing in renewable energy development, energy efficiency, and businesses that ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2010)
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2010)Congress passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to create immediate job opportunities and stimulate long-term economic growth. The United States Forest Service received approximately $1.15 billion to ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2010)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 ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2011)Congress granted broad stewardship contracting authority to the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management in the FY 2003 appropriations act to help these agencies accomplish restoration and hazardous fuels reduction ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2011)The Forest Service faces a long-standing challenge of reporting accomplishments in ways that Congress and the public find compelling. Over the past several years, the Forest Service has made significant improvements to ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2011)Over the last fifteen years, rural communities in the Pacific Northwest have been trying to redevelop their economies to meet new federal land management priorities. Numerous state and federal agencies and nonprofit ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2011)Oregon’s South Coast communities have long relied on their forests and watersheds for forestry, fishing, agriculture, and sustenance. Over the past 20 years, logging and fishing activity has declined. The Northwest Forest ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2011)Reliance on community-based natural resource management in the western US has been growing since the 1990s. Collaboration is increasingly essential, and community-based organizations are often relied upon to facilitate ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2011)In recent years, federal and state governments across the United States have sought to foster the development of renewable energy using a variety of policies. One such program is Oregon’s Biomass Producer or Collector ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2011)Severe wildland fire has become one of the most significant resource management challenges that the USDA Forest Service faces. National policy has focused on reducing uncharacteristic fuel loads and wildfire risk. However, ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2012)Community-based organizations (CBOs) in Oregon are fostering natural resource management and economic development, particularly in public lands communities where the capacity of federal agencies, businesses, and others ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2012)The Dry Forest Zone (DFZ) project is a five-year collaborative effort to foster an integrated approach to forest stewardship and economic development in eastern Oregon and northern California. The DFZ project invests in ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2012)The USDA Forest Service needs performance measures to track the social and economic outcomes of its investments. But there are inherent challenges to developing, adapting, and using new measures in the Forest Service’s ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2012)The amount of suppression money spent locally influences the economic impact of large wildfires on nearby communities. Increased local spending leads to greater gains in employment during large wildfires. The amount of ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2012)Large wildfires disrupt the lives of families, workers, and employers. However, fire suppression and recovery efforts may provide economic opportunities. Understanding the impacts of large fires can help fire managers, ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2012)The USDA Forest Service has emphasized how forest and watershed restoration can support jobs and economic development. However, the Forest Service currently has few performance measures to track the socioeconomic outcomes ...
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