Ochoco Forest Restoration
Collaborative
A diverse group of stakeholders who work together to create and
implement a shared vision to improve the resilience and wellbeing of forests and communities in the Ochoco Mountains.
Why collaborate on the Ochoco?
• History of
disagreement and
conflict
• Convergence of
interests and desire for
community-led
dialogue
• Local, county, and
regional leadership
• Evidence of outcomes
Goals
• Ecologically-sound restoration
• Tangible land management
outcomes that address the
broadest range of needs
• Work together on solutions to local
socioeconomic and ecological
issues
• Collaboration early, at the
watershed analysis stage
• Understand and support viable
• Grassroots community-driven role in
workforce and forest processing
infrastructure that can make
public land management
restoration possible—and
understand what it takes to make
management economically viable
• Proactive management for forest
health
• Increasing forest management and
timber production that is
• A safe environment to share needs
ecologically and economically
sustainable
and ideas, and build solutions
Governance
• Executive committee
• Main stakeholder
body
• Facilitator and
supporters
– Jack Southworth,
Central Oregon
Intergovernmental
Council, TNC
• Conveners
– Crook County and the
City of Prineville
First year accomplishments
• Collaborative input to
Wolf Watershed
Analysis (ongoing)
• Discussion of Forestlevel issues: roads,
mixed conifer
• Development of
organizational
structure and charter
Wolf Watershed Analysis
Wolf collaborative process
• Eight full group meetings from AprilNovember 2012, including one field trip
• Formation of subcommittees for each
broad resource area, which drafted and
revised material before presenting it to the
full group
• Feedback and revision of subcommittee
work by the full group
• Compilation of all subcommittee work into
one document
Identify existing
conditions
Describe desired
conditions
• Share knowledge and
experiences, articulate
interests and values
• Cohere around resource
priorities and themes of
interest
•
Secure
adequate
trust
on
Make broad-scale
broad strokes; identify
management
issues
for
future
work
recommendations
Specific issues of interest
• Stand density and thinning in clumps
(partiularly large/old trees) for forest health
• Possible exceptions to removing >21” trees
(e.g., large/young grand fir)
• Management in RHCAs
• Use of Upper/Lower Management Zones
• Use of Forest Plan amendments
Ongoing work
• Shared learning on mixed conifer forests in
the Ochoco Mountains (e.g., diversity,
distribution, ecology, historic/current
condition)
• Collaborative input to Wolf NEPA alternatives
• Discussion/input on Son Stewardship project
• Forest-level restoration and values mapping
analysis
Thank you
https://sites.google.com/site/ochococollaborative
Contact: Phil Chang, pchang@coic.org