Restoring Oregon and Washington's Fire-Prone Forested Wildlife Habitat
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Project Description
The Nature Conservancy is analyzing forest landscapes at four sites in central and eastern Oregon and one site in Eastern Washington to determine, via mapping and other analyses, what the forest looked like historically before large-scale fire suppression, what conditions currently are, how the two differ, and how to return to a more natural fire regime, thus protecting wildlife habitat, human life and property.
Project Map
County: Deschutes County, OR; Grant County, OR; Jackson County, OR; Klamath County, OR; Yakima County, WA
Project Size:
- 1.3786456E7 acres
Project Sites
- Applegate Watershed
- Lakeview Stewardship Unit
- Malheur National Forest
- Tapash Sustainable Forest Collaborative
- Upper Deschutes Basin
Goals and Targets
Primary Motivations:
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Public Benefit
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Conservation Mission
Primary Goals:
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Produce a map for each of the five landscape sites that shows departure from natural or historic ecosystem condition
Progress: Complete -
Develop methods for evaulating and incorporating wildlife into desired contion maps
Progress: In progress -
Complete a collaborative vision for desired future condition on the landscape
Progress: In progress -
Develop priority locations for ecological restoration using a collaborative framework.
Progress: In progress -
Implement demonstration projects
Progress: In progress
Consistent With Plans:
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Forest Plan
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Nature Conservancy Ecoregional Plan
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State Wildlife Action Plan
Targeted Habitats:
- Forests and Woodlands
- Conifer Forests
- Ponderosa Pine Forest and Woodland
- Mixed Conifer (Grand Fir/White fir/Douglas Fir/Pine) Forest
Targeted Species:
No targeted species were identified for this project.
Conservation Actions
| Action | Status | Start Year | End Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other - Terrestrial habitat restoration and management: Landscape Level Planning | In Progress | 2008 | 2009 |
Outcomes
Is the success of this project's actions being monitored? No/UnknownLessons Learned and/or Suggestions for Similar Activities
It takes considerable time and patience to work in a collaborative framework to create support for ecological restoration actions in public land frequent fire forests.