Lomakatsi Restoration Project

Lomakatsi’s approach to Forestry Education, in Tiller and elsewhere, is twofold. One is for the general public, whereby all stakeholders are invited to tour projects and participate in discussions about all aspects of the forest and projects highlighted. These events typically include Agency personnel, local landowners and neighbors, watershed council members, conservationists and environmental organization [...]

By Marko Bey

CATSS PROGRAM
This Community-based Alliance for Training and Sustainable Stewardship (CATSS) program seeks to implement innovative on-the-ground forest & watershed restoration projects with multiple benefits for Umpqua National Forest and adjacent private lands.
The CATSS program supports the Alliance of Forest Workers And Harvesters (AFWH) efforts to expand forestry services work availability, improve forest [...]

Stewardship End Result Contracting (stewardship contracting) is a relatively new tool that Congress gave to the USDA Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for managing and restoring federal lands. Stewardship End Result Contracting includes natural resource management practices seeking to promote a closer working relationship with local communities in a broad range of activities that [...]