Join us for a presentation by wildlife biologist Joe Doerr to discuss the Youngs Rock Rigdon project area!
When: Wednesday, January 16
1:00PM - 3:00PM
Where: Middle Fork Ranger District
You’re Invited to a Stewardship Contracting Workshop!
When?
April 12th, 2018 from 9:00am – 4:00pm
Why?
Stewardship contracting is one of the newer management tools used by the Willamette and other National Forests. Stewardship contracting is a useful tool which allows federal agencies to keep timber revenue local and be reinvested into local roads and service work. The USFS and South Santiam Watershed Council are partnering on this workshop to help contractors understand what stewardship contracting consists of, how the contracting process works, and how to write a successful stewardship bid proposal.
What?
Morning presentations will be followed by an afternoon field trip to visit the recently completed Rock Thin stewardship sale site and discuss implementation of stewardship contracts. Lunch and field trip transportation provided.
Who?
Special presenter: Tim Daugherty from Idaho Forest Group LLC
Resource specialists:
Mark Phillipp, Regional Stewardship Team Contracting Officer, US Forest Service
David Bishop, Forester, Willamette National Forest, US Forest Service
Where?
Best Western, 1100 Price Road SE, Albany, OR
For more information and to RSVP, contact:
Jane Barth, Facilitator, at jbbarth@comcast.net or 541-760-4693
Please RSVP no later than April 2nd so we can plan meals, transportation, and workshop materials. Please indicate if you need any special accommodations.
And, please forward this invitation to others who would be interested in stewardship contracting. Thank you!
Rigdon Collaboration Committee Learns about FLAD Process
FLAD Learning Session
The Facilitated Landscape Design Process (FLAD) provides a way to look at the landscape as an ecosystem. It is a way to see the interactions between living and non-living components and understand relationships to look at whole landscape.
The FLAD design process was created in 1992 by Diaz (ecologist) and Apostle (landscape architect). The goal of this work is to create or maintain resilient landscapes, which can be defined as the ability of an ecosystem to maintain its elements, flows and functions in the face of disturbance.
There are 8 steps to the FLAD process with two logical stopping points where the District interdisciplinary team (IDT) and Rigdon Collaboration Committee (RCC) will join together to discuss options:
Landscape elements and flows
Landscape objectives or target landscapes
This process will help identify where target patterns belong on the landscape based on the current landscape and its capacity. Understanding existing landscape patterns and desired targets helps inform the types of projects that are needed to create resilient landscapes.
Future Learning Sessions - FLAD Step 7 - Landscape Pattern
Objectives: Develop statements that describe the “target” landscape pattern (kinds, shapes, sizes, arrangement of landscape structures) in different parts of the planning area, using information from the analysis steps and local resource objectives specific to the analysis area.
Outlook Learning Sessions Wrap Up
The SWFC has officially wrapped up Outlook Learning Sessions and have since moved to Roundtable Discussions!
The Collaborative visited a number of different proposed project sites and discussed a broad range of treatments!
We looked through a number of different lenses:
Terrestrial Landscape, Invasives & Habitat
Vegetation Treatments, Biomass & Fire
Aquatics & Roads
Economic Impacts of Restoration Work
With restoration efforts ranging from
Early-Seral Habitat Maintenance
Treatment of Existing Noxious Weed Populations
Snag and Down Wood Creation in Mature Stands
In-Channel Stream Wood Placement
Road Maintenance
Road Closures
Mitigation of Existing Soil Compaction