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ASHLAND FOREST RESILIENCY
STEWARDSHIP PROJECT
Si
Siskiyou Mountains Ranger District Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest
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WHAT IS AFR?
A 10-year stewardship project to reduce the risk of severe wildfire in the municipal
watershed and to protect water quality, older forests, wildlife, people, property and
quality of life.
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ASHLAND FOREST RESILIENCY MASTER STEWARDSHIP
AGREEMENT
Funding, Project Design,
Oversight
Technical Expertise
Community Engagement
Multi-Party Monitoring,
Fiscal Sponsor
Contracting, Workforce Training
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Understory Fuel Treatments
Prescribed Underburning
ACTIVE STEWARDSHIP
7,600 Acres over 10 years
Density Management
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Mar '10 Jun '10 Sep '10 Dec '10 Mar '11 Jun '11 Sep '11 Dec '11 Mar '12 Jun '12 Sep '12 Dec '12 Mar '13 Jun '13 Sep '130.00
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AFR Partner Quarterly Full Time Equivalents
LRPCOATNC
Quarter
FTE
AFR AND ARRA: CREATING JOBS
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Partnership Board
ImplementationFS, COA, LRP
Community Engagement
COA
MonitoringTNC
Implementation Review Team
Effectiveness Monitoring
Advisory Committee
Subcommittees
Public Review
FS + FWS Interdisciplinary
Team
STEWARDSHIP ORGANIZATION
Project Review Process
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Implementation Review Team
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Southern Oregon Forest
Restoration Collaborative
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ASHLAND FOREST RESILIENCY STEWARDSHIP PROJECT
Marking and cruising on 694 acres
Prescriptions and plans prepared on 2,900 acres
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ASHLAND FOREST RESILIENCY STEWARDSHIP PROJECT
Fuels mitigation completed on over 3,200 acres
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ASHLAND FOREST RESILIENCY STEWARDSHIP PROJECT
355 acres helicopter thinning
2.2 million board feet of wood trucked to local mills
344 acres ground-based thinning
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Forest Energy Group
Grayback Forestry
AFRWorkforceHilltop
Logging
High Sierra Enterprises JD
Forestry
RB Brown Trucking
Columbia Helicopters
LomakatsiWorkforce
AFR Partnershipproject
management Klamath Tribal
Workforce
Youth Employment
Programs High Country Timber
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AFR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
• 45 events and tours • AFR website, Facebook • Local media • Interpretive Signage
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Multiparty MonitoringAshland Forest Resiliency Partnership
Late Successional Wildlife Habitat
Water Quality and Aquatic Habitat
Large Tree Retention and Survival
Birds as IndicatorsHerbaceous
Recovery
Soils
Fire Histories
Stakeholder Driven Plan
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MULTI-PARTY MONITORING
Implementation Review Team
"They are doing what we want to see — thinning small-diameter trees and leaving the legacy trees," he said. "And they are getting out a byproduct.”-Joseph Vaile (KS Wild) in Medford Mail Tribune
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AFR JOB TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT
Ecological Workforce Training
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AFR YOUTH ENGAGEMENT
Kids in the Watershed
1,927 children instructed during 5,328hours of classroom and field sessions
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WORK REMAINS
• Current ARRA funds spent by September 2013.• 1.2 million dollars in timber receipts for federal FY 2014• Roughly ½ of the work will be completed with current funds• Estimate 4 million dollars to complete our goal of 7600 acres
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www.ashlandwatershed.org
Thank You