Use of Criteria & Indicators and Sustainable Forest Management at Different Scales

1. Use of Criteria & Indicators and Sustainable ForestManagement at Different Scales Oregon Department of Forestry Kevin Birch Planning Coordinator

2. What We’ll Cover • Why Use C&I’s of Sustainability • Sustainability as Part of the Policy and Vision for Oregon’s Forests • Using the Framework at Different Scales • Examples • Summary Kevin Birch Planning Coordinator

3. Sustainability is a Unifying Theme that resonates with the public • “Sustainability” is defined as: “Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” (Brundtland Commission Report) Kevin Birch Planning Coordinator

4. There is Power in the Ideas and Language of Sustainability • We can significantly change the dynamics of confrontation by latching onto some of the sustainable forestry ideas being developed nationally and internationally. • Sustainability affects public values both in terms of opinion and behavior. Kevin Birch Planning Coordinator

5. What We’ll Cover • Why Use C&I’s of Sustainability • Sustainability as Part of the Policy and Vision for Oregon’s Forests • Using the Framework at Different Scales • The Department and Board’s work • Summary Kevin Birch Planning Coordinator

6. Developing a Policy for Oregon’s Forestland that Includes Sustainability Oregon Board of Forestry Strategic Planning -- The Forestry Program for Oregon Kevin Birch Planning Coordinator

7. Sustainability as Part of the Vision for Oregon’s Forests • Oregon’s forests provide a sustainable flow of goods, values, and services • Landowners willingly investing to provide this array • The public understands and accepts their responsibility Kevin Birch Planning Coordinator

8. Incorporating Sustainability into Strategic Planning/Policy Making Criteria form the framework needed to organize forest issues Core indicators - a tool to evaluate conditions at the landscape level Kevin Birch Planning Coordinator

9. Montreal Process Criteria - Goals of sustainability and a way to organize issues • Biological diversity • Productive capacity • Ecosystem health • Soil and water resources • Contribution to global carbon cycles • Socioeconomic benefits • Legal and institutional framework Kevin Birch Planning Coordinator

10. USING THE FPFO AS A CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT PROCESS • FPFO • Policy Formation • Public dialogue to set goals • Ability to set measurable objectives • Design programs/incentives as needed to achieve goals Plan Goals (Criteria) of Sustainability Maintain Biodiversity Maintain Productive Capacity Maintain Ecosystem Health Conservation of Soil and Water Maintain Global Carbon Cycles Maintain Socio-economic benefits Legal / Institutional Framework • Department Programs • Implement objectives • Address issues • Landscape Scale Assessments • Indicators of Sustainability • Examine forest conditions • Objective information • Model alternative policies • Evaluate progress to objectives Evaluate Act • Other Programs • Coordinate with other agencies • Research • Economic Development • Certification Monitor • Collect data on Indicators of Sustainability to examine effectiveness of policies at achieving goals • Collect data on agency performance measures to evaluate efficiency of program delivery

11. What We’ll Cover • Why Use C&I’s of Sustainability • Sustainability as Part of the Policy and Vision for Oregon’s Forests • Using the Framework at Different Scales • Examples • Summary Kevin Birch Planning Coordinator

12. INPUT/OUTPUT/OUTCOME LOGIC MODEL High Level Goal (Criterion) High-level Outcomes –Measure progress toward goals (Indictors) Agency Goals – Intermediate goals that build to High-Level Outcomes Objectives – Methods to achieve goals (Programs) Intermediate Outcomes – Portion of H-L Outcome under your control Outputs – Products or Services Inputs – Time / $

13. Incorporating Sustainability • Vision • Landowners willingly invest • Public Accepts their responsibility • Forests Providing a Sustainable Flow of Goods Values and Services High Level Goals (Criteria of Sustainability) Maintain Biodiversity Maintain Productive Capacity Maintain Ecosystem Health Conservation of Soil and Water Maintain Global Carbon Cycles Maintain Socio-economic benefits Legal / Institutional Framework • Issues/Obstacles to Achieving • Goals (Agency Goals) Programs • Maintain the size of the forest land base Land Use Planning Program • Min Resource loss from fire Fire Protection Program • Min Resource loss from insects and disease Forest Health Mgmt Program • Prompt reforestation FPA Reforestation Rules

14. Incorporating Sustainability (Continued) Goal / Criterion - Maintain Productive Capacity Issue/Agency Goal - Maintain the size of the forest land base Program Oregon’s Land Use Planning Program Objective - (Methods to achieve agency goals) Support the use of the Statewide Land Use Planning Program as a critical tool to conserve Oregon’s forest land base. • Intermediate Outcomes - (Performance Measures) • The number of zone changes taking land out of forest uses • Acres of forestland converted to other uses • Program Action Items - (Outputs) • Actively participate in the development of land use plans and regulations at the state and local level. • Where an informed decision has been made to remove forestland from the base to accommodate growth, the Department will promote planning for those lands to assure the least possible impact to the productive capacity of the rest of the land base.

15. Reality Check Using Core Indicators of Maintaining Productive Capacity (Timber) • Indicators: (High Level Outcomes) • #10 Forestland available for timber production • #11 Growing stock • #13 Timber harvest vs. sustainable • Check on Agency Performance Measures • Provides additional information on land converted to other uses • Coordinated with inventory information to examine quality Kevin Birch Planning Coordinator

16. What We’ll Cover • Why Use C&I’s of Sustainability • Sustainability as Part of the Policy and Vision for Oregon’s Forests • Using the Framework at Different Scales • Examples • Summary Kevin Birch Planning Coordinator

17. Monitoring and Evaluation Indicator #10 Forestland available for timber production Kevin Birch Planning Coordinator

18. Forestland available for timber production(1000’s Acres of Private Land in W. OR) Planning Laws Passed Plans Implemented HB 3661 Changes Area Lost 90 37 3 Kevin Birch Planning Coordinator

19. Land Use Program Is Slowing Urban & Residential Conversion in Oregon • Apples and Oranges comparison with other nearby states • Washington: 1982 - 1997 lost 262,800 (Best, 2002) • California: 1982 -1997 lost 564,600 (Best, 2002) • W. Oregon: 1982-2000 lost 40,000 (Lettman, 2002) • Majority of development is occurring within planned areas - UGB’s and rural residential areas Kevin Birch Planning Coordinator

20. Policy Development Indicators Broad set of data useful for a number of issues Real time policy analysis Kevin Birch Planning Coordinator

21. Core Indicators – Basic Data for Policy Development on Many Issues • Indicator #3 Area of Forestland in Protected Categories • Forestland available for timber production • Wildlife habitat • Sustainable timber harvest levels • Values at risk from wildfire • Recreation Kevin Birch Planning Coordinator

28. What We’ll Cover • Why Use C&I’s of Sustainability • Sustainability as Part of the Policy and Vision for Oregon’s Forests • Using the Framework at Different Scales • Examples • Summary Kevin Birch Planning Coordinator

29. Lessons from National & International Set Context for Policy Decisions C&I Framework Unifying Theme SCALE Multiple Programs Working Toward Common Goals Add Pieces Together Holistically

30. C&I’s of Sustainability Provide: • Framework - add pieces together holistically - multiple ownerships and management objectives • Common language to discuss forest conditions and social responsibilities • National/International acceptance and recognition Kevin Birch Planning Coordinator

31. Indictors • Broad set of data useful for a number of issues • Real time policy analysis • Monitor & evaluate Kevin Birch Planning Coordinator

32. Maintain the Social License to Practice Forestry • Power in the language of sustainability • Framework is broad and inclusive • Public dialogue about issues and goals • Tell the “Stories” of Sustainability in a language the public understands • Answer the question about “How are we doing?” Kevin Birch Planning Coordinator