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Stewardship Project Update

Stewardship Project Update. Martina Barnes, NA Regional Planner. NAASF Forest Resource Planning Committee Meeting August 24-26, 2010. Stewardship Project. By dramatically expanding our influence and impact – keeping forest as forest States benefit because:

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Stewardship Project Update

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  1. Stewardship Project Update Martina Barnes, NA Regional Planner NAASF Forest Resource Planning Committee Meeting August 24-26, 2010

  2. Stewardship Project By dramatically expanding our influence and impact – keeping forest as forest States benefit because: • Implementation path for State Assess & Strategies • Responds to declining staff and resources • Introduces new resources (public/private partnerships) • Greater degree of influence, impact, and awareness • Builds on existing landscape scale efforts

  3. Stewardship Project • State Forest Resource Assessments • Analyze conditions and trends; identify priority landscape areas • Strategies • Address priorities and resources for implementation • Forest Stewardship Project • Working in priority landscapes to address critical resource issues for multiple stakeholders

  4. Stewardship ProjectState Staff participation

  5. Stewardship ProjectA Partnership Driven Effort NAASF Exec Director NEMO/FREMO NRCS: Natl. Forester & Eastern Regional Forester USFS R-9 w/communication to USFS S&PF Regions • Penn State University • University of Minnesota • Yale – Global Institute of Sustainable Forestry • Dovetail Partners • USFS Northern Research Station • Minnesota Forest Resources Council

  6. Landscape scale Seamless government Financial viability A NEW APPROACH

  7. WORK AT A LANDSCAPE SCALE • “Landscape stewardship is an approach to the conservation of privately-owned forestland that seeks to engage all stakeholders within a community of place or interest in developing and implementing collaborative natural resource solutions to social, economic and environmental issues.” • Collaborative process • Convergence of landowner & societal objectives • Progress toward measurable outcomes

  8. PROVIDE SEAMLESS GOVERNMENT

  9. Enhance Financial Viability

  10. The Stewardship Project

  11. Supplemental Income 15% Woodland Retreat 40% Working the Land 22% Uninvolved 23% ENGAGING LANDOWNERS Family Forest Owners: An In-depth Profile GfK NOP for Sustaining Family Forests Initiative, 2006

  12. Forest Resource Assessments & Strategies Habitat Social Issues Water Resources Economic Issues Agriculture and Forestry Environmental Issues Recreational Resources PRIORITY AREA Stewardship COMMUNITY ISSUES RESOURCE ISSUES LAND-USE CONTEXT CONSERVATION CONTEXT BUILDING COMMUNITY SUPPORT LANDSCAPE STEWARDSHIP PROJECT AREA

  13. Priority forest landscape Rum River Watershed Consider the needs of client communities within the landscape: • Anoka Sand Plain Partnership • Community of interest addressing biodiversity and hydrology issues • Four-Corner Partnership • Four townships with water quality concerns • Aitkin County • Community of place pursuing certification of private forestland and related hydrology issues Upper Mississippi River Conservation Area Address the needs of individual forest landowners CASE STUDIES Priority Forest Model – HUC 8

  14. Stewardship Project: Work Group Coordination • Landscape-Scale Planning • Communications & Marketing • Reporting / Measures of Success • Engaging Communities • Enhanced Financial Viability

  15. Landscape-Scale Planning • Documents: • Program guidance • Landscape scenarios • User’s Guide • Sections: • Landscape approach • Planning • Coordination • Implementation • Monitoring/evaluation • Timeline: • Mid-Sept – SF and CFM review complete • Nov NAASF meeting – final review complete, requesting approval

  16. Stewardship Project • Take home messages • Partnerships are critical • Landscape scale for maximum benefit • Flexibility for each state • New metrics likely

  17. “…forest stewardship must pay (be financially rewarding)… government policies must make it easier for landowners to continue to maintain their forests as forests. .” “States and the states foresters are also playing an important role in addressing the stewardship of private working forests.” “…power of collaborative, focused efforts in protecting large landscapes.” Tom Vilsack, Secretary, USDA August 9, 2010 The Stewardship Project

  18. Contact Information Mark Buccowich 610-557-4103 mbuccowich@fs.fed.us

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