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Item Open Access Quick guide : social and economic monitoring of the Tongass National Forest and southeast Alaska communities(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2020) Huber-Stearns, Heidi; Santo, Anna; Steinkruger, ErinThe purpose of this Quick Guide is to present the social and economic monitoring guide for the Tongass National Forest and Southeast Alaska Communities, developed by the Ecosystem Workforce Program, in consultation with stakeholders. This monitoring plan contains four main questions for which we analyzed baseline conditions in the companion report to this guide: Social and Economic Monitoring of the Tongass National Forest and Southeast Alaska Communities: A Monitoring Plan and Baseline Report.Item Open Access Incorporating resilience in national forest planning and management : an EWP quick guide(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2020) Chapin, James; Abrams, JesseThe goal of this quick guide is to help national forest planners and managers achieve resilient outcomes by clarifying the meaning of resilience and reviewing relevant lessons from recent research. Through research methods that included a review of planning documents, case studies of recent forest plan revisions, and a survey of USFS planning staff, we have identified both challenges and possible solutions to the successful operationalization of resilience. This quick guide will offer lessons learned from these analyses along with tips for practitioners looking to put resilience into action.Item Open Access Quick guide : innovative contracting : a guide for collaborative groups and community partners(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2015) Moseley, Cassandra; Davis, Emily Jane; Bixler, R. Patrick (Richard Patrick)The U.S. Forest Service purchases goods and services to help meet its land management objectives. Forest collaboratives, community-based organizations, and others frequently express interest in increasing local economic activity and community outcomes from service contracts and timber sales. But they may not be sure of how federal contracting operates, or what actions they might take to obtain their desired outcomes. The Ecosystem Workforce Program has provided numerous resources for community-based groups in the past, such as lists of definitions and case examples. In this document, we update and compile several of these resources.Item Open Access Quick guide : assessing, planning, and monitoring to increase local economic opportunities from restoration(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2015) Moseley, Cassandra; Ellison, Autumn; Davis, Emily JaneThe increased interest in restoration on both public and private lands has led to opportunities for advancing a more robust restoration economy in some rural communities. However, achieving local economic benefits for businesses and workers may require deliberate strategies that are carefully matched to local strengths and limitations. This quick guide aims to help collaborative groups, community stakeholders, and agency partners develop and implement strategies to improve the local economic outcomes from forest and watershed restoration.Item Open Access A quick guide for incorporating collaboration into the Watershed Condition Framework(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2012) Moseley, Cassandra; Medley-Daniel, Michelle; Davis, Emily JaneThe Watershed Condition Framework (WCF) asks Forest Service program managers and line officers to plan and implement integrated watershed restoration. Collaborating to restore watersheds can help you, as a national forest or grassland staff member, achieve diverse benefits. In addition, engaging with partners inside and outside of the agency can help you address community priorities, build capacity, leverage resources, and increase accomplishments across the landscape. This quick guide provides strategies for collaborating at each of the steps in the WCF.Item Open Access A quick guide for creating high-quality jobs through restoration on national forests(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2012) Moseley, Cassandra; Davis, Emily Jane; Medley-Daniel, MichelleForest Service policies and programs promote the integration of forest and watershed restoration with local economic development....The purpose of this quick guide is to help you, as a national forests and grasslands staff person, work with key stakeholders and partners to develop and implement strategies to create jobs from restoration using tools already at your disposal.Item Open Access Quick guide to monitoring economic impacts of ecosystem restoration and stewardship(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2011) Sundstrom, Shiloh; Moseley, Cassandra; Nielsen-Pincus, Max; Davis, Emily JaneThis guide will help you develop an economic monitoring program by setting goals, selecting monitoring measures, collecting data, and reporting and using monitoring results. Specifically, it describes how to obtain and utilize detailed information about job numbers, job quality, wages, contracting and subcontracting opportunities, and other related economic impacts of restoration.Item Open Access A quick guide to conducting an ecosystem workforce assessment(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2007) Moseley, CassandraAn ecosystem workforce assessment collects information about the state of the industry in a particular locale. It generally includes information about the types and amount of work undertaken in a particular area, the businesses contracted to perform that work, and workers hired to do the work.Item Open Access A quick guide for planning a quality jobs program(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2007) Moseley, CassandraThis quick guide aims to help collaborative groups and their agency partners develop and implement strategies to improve the quality and quantity of the local economic opportunities that are being created through private and public land restoration. This guide is a companion to A Quick Guide to Conducting an Ecosystem Workforce Assessment, which describes how to conduct an assessment. This document describes how to use the assessment to create an action plan for improving local economic benefit from the restoration of forests and watersheds.