Fr: Bill Imbergamo, Executive Director, Federal Forest Resource Coalition (FFRC)
Re:
USDA has announced the selection of new “Joint Chief’s Projects” – list is below. (Various national forests in various states. )10 of the 14 seem to present at least a minor opportunity for timber management.
These are good deals – if your forest gets one. My concern with this program (much like CFLRP) is that units that compete for this support but aren’t selected can kind of fall off the radar – and have a ready-made excuse for why they cannot perform.
In any event, FYI, let me know if you have questions.
USDA Press Release on Joint Chief’s Selections:
Link to List of Projects:
Projects with potential timber element:
- Arizona, Fort Huachuca Sentinel Landscape Phase Two, Coronado NF
- Arkansas and Oklahoma, Arklahoma Ozark Watershed Restoration, Ozark-St. Francis NF
- California, Forest Health and Fire Resilient Rural Communities Phase Three, Shasta-Trinity and Six Rivers NFs
- Guam, Making Southern Guam Firewise and Wildfire Resistant
- Idaho, South Teton Valley Hazardous Fuels Removal, Caribou-Targhee NF
- Illinois, Cross-Boundary Upland Oak Restoration, Shawnee NF
- Montana, Elkhorn Cooperative Management Area, Helena-Lewis and Clark NF
- New Jersey, New Jersey Pine Barrens Restoration
- North Dakota, Badlands Restoration Phase Two, Dakota Prairie Grasslands
- Oregon, North Wasco All Lands, Mt. Hood NF
- Oregon, Southern Blues Restoration, Malheur NF
- Pennsylvania, Allegheny Plateau Habitat Restoration, Allegheny NF
- South Carolina, Piedmont Watershed Restoration, Francis Marion & Sumter NF
- Wisconsin, Northeast Wisconsin Forestry and Wildlife Partnership, Chequamegon-
Nicolet NF
Bill Imbergamo
Executive Director
Federal Forest Resource Coalition
703-629-6877