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Restoring Forested Watersheds

What's up with Collaboration?HintNO SHORTCUTS!

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What is the expected product in forest restoration?Current Expectations, aka“asks”

◦ Clean and/or plentifulwater?

◦ Clean air?

◦ Sustained yield?

◦ Safe communities?

◦ Safe homes?

◦ Fire fighter safety?

◦ Resilient or healthyforests?

◦ Sustainable wildlife populations?

◦ Conservation and/or economicimportance?

What is the expected product in forest restoration?

Current Expectations, aka,“asks”:

◦ Clean and/or plentifulwater?

◦ Clean air?

◦ Sustained yield?

◦ Safe communities?

◦ Sustainable Industry?

◦ Safe homes?

◦ Fire fighter safety?

◦ Resilient or healthyforests?

◦ Sustainable wildlife populations?

◦ Conservation and/or economicimportance?

• Reshape our Expectations:• Engaged and InformedCommunities

Of local

• Watershed and ResourceProcesses

That inform a sustainable andachievable set of

• “Asks” of thewatershed

Good outcomes require “good”counting

“Counting acres” = Random actsof randomly applied conservation

“Make the acres Count” = Deliberateacts of concertedconservation

Inspire opportunity by reimagining thepossible

Inspire opportunity by reimagining thepossible

Connect the dots and embrace things we“dread”

Versus the things we truly dread,and ultimately manifests…

To be open to practicing differing relevantperspectives

Before After

Promoting science based collaborativemonitoringFireBehavior

Surface fire

Crown fire

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Post-treatment

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To outcomes that reflect synchrony betweenand amongst values

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and the opportunity of a functioning watershed…