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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2015)Forest restoration is a priority for the U.S. Forest Service, but many have argued that the agency is constrained in meeting restoration objectives by its budget structure. In 2012, Congress approved on a pilot basis the ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2015)Wood-based biomass energy plays key roles in Oregon’s wood products economy and in the state’s commitment to renewable energy. The state has developed numerous policies and programs to support biomass energy harvesting, ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2015)The U.S. Forest Service is facing unprecedented challenges in wildfire suppression, and increasingly depends on resources outside the agency to maintain adequate wildfire response capacity. Reliance on private wildfire ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2016)In 2012, Congress authorized the Integrated Resource Restoration (IRR) budget line item, which consolidates previously separated budget line items into a single funding stream to support integrated restoration planning ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2016)As federal spending on wildland fire suppression has increased dramatically in recent decades, significant policymaking has been designed, at least in part, to address and temper rising costs. Effective strategies for ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2016)As wildfire has grown, a central challenge has been to develop systems to ensure that suppression resources are in the right place at the right time. As federal agencies increasingly depend on private contracting resources, ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2016)The US Forest Service primarily engages the private sector through service contracts, stewardship contracts, and timber sales. Both stewardship project and timber sales can generate commercially valuable wood products, ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2016)Community-based organizations (CBOs) are non-profit organizations based in rural communities that work on both local economic development and natural resource stewardship. CBOs were established in many places across the ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2016)The National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy is a collaborative effort that seeks, in part, to improve multi-jurisdictional coordination of wildfire management and expand local preparedness and response capacity. ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2016)Federal agencies are increasingly relying on contracts to respond to wildfire. Although present since the 1970s, private equipment contractors have come to play an important role following extreme fire seasons in the ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2017)In 2017, we studied the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program (CFLRP), which was established by Congress in 2009 to provide 8-10 years of funding for collaborative implementation of restoration projects on ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2017)The US Forest Service manages over 7 million acres of areas protected either by Congress through legislation or by the Executive Branch via proclamation under the authority of the Antiquities Act. These sites are singled ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2017)Forest and watershed restoration on national forests and grasslands has ecological, social, and economic objectives. Forest Service performance measures have largely focused on outputs associated with land treatments, ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2017)In 2017, we studied the Joint Chiefs Landscape Restoration Partnership (JCLRP), a partnership between the Forest Service and Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) designed to promote coordinated, landscape-scale ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2017)In response to growing concerns around the management and implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Pacific Northwest Research Station and Ecosystem Management Coordination in the Washington ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2017)Wildfires are growing in size, frequency, and severity across rangelands in the U.S. West. Although fire is a natural component of sagebrush steppe ecosystems, it can also threaten values such as sage-grouse habitat, ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2017)In 2017, we studied two restoration initiatives: 1) The Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program (CFLRP), which was established by Congress in 2009 to provide 8-10 years of funding for collaborative implementation ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2017)Wood-based biomass energy plays a key role in Wisconsin’s wood products economy and in the state’s commitment to renewable energy. The state has developed numerous policies and programs to support biomass energy harvesting, ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2017)Wood-based biomass energy plays a key role in California’s wood products economy and in the state’s commitment to renewable energy. The state has developed numerous policies and programs to support biomass energy harvesting, ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2017)Wood-based biomass energy plays a key role in Michigan’s wood products economy and in the state’s commitment to renewable energy. The state has developed numerous policies and programs to support biomass energy harvesting, ...
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