Results

Information and success stories from the Stewardship Contracting Projects.

• Mt. Hood National Forest Strategic Stewardship Plan (PDF, 1.6 MB) - Stewardship Contracting is one tool used by the Mt. Hood National Forest to implement the Mt. Hood National Forest Strategic Stewardship Plan.
• Controlling Oak Wilt, Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forests - a USDA Forest Service Eastern Region (Region 9) Success Storie reporting the Lakewood-Laona Ranger District's use of Stewardship Contracting to control the spread of oak wilt.
• Clearwater Stewardship Project - one of the nation's first stewardship contracts, on the Seeley Lake Ranger District, Lolo National Forest, Montana. See the related video.
• Burns Creek Swing Stewardship Contracting (PDF, 1.8 MB) - a stewardship contracting project involving a repackaged timber sale on the George Washington-Thomas Jefferson National Forest, in southwest Virginia.
• Discovering a Working Forest in the Northeast (PDF, 160 KB) - a stewardship contract positions the White Mountain National Forest for work on an interpretive trail, in New Hampshire.
• Making a Difference - Hungry Horse / West Glacier Fuels Reduction Stewardship Contracting Project - urban interface fuels treatment involves mechanized and hand labor in western Montana.
• Lakeface-Lamb Land Stewardship Contract Pilot Project - a wildland/urban interface project focused on the residential and commercial development along the southwest shore of Priest Lake and the unincorporated community of Lamb Creek in the panhandle of Northern Idaho. See the related video.
• Morgan Cut Stewardship Pilot (PDF, 1.2 MB) - a stewardship contracting project involving a contract logging services in the National Forests in North Carolina.
• Sims Mesa Stewardship Contracting Project 2005 Accomplishments (PDF, 139 KB) - This stewardship project was the result of a cross-boundary ecological assessment of the 256,000 acre Spring Creek / Dry Creek landscape near Montrose, Colorado. This landscape was selected for treatment prioritization because it contains the largest wildland-urban interface (WUI) zone on the Uncompahgre Plateau.
• Stewardship Contracting Champions for 2007 Recognized - Common to successes across the National Forest System are champions for stewardship contracting. Earlier this year [2008], four champions were recognized for their efforts.
• Treasure Interface Stewardship Project (PDF, 2.0 MB) - a stewardship contracting project involving fuel reduction, prescribed fire, habitat improvement, and the maintenance and restoration of ecosystems on the Libby Ranger District, Kootenai National Forest, Montana.
• Wayne National Forest Hosts Ohio’s First Lady for Partner’s Special Project (PDF, 126 KB) - Mrs. Hope Taft, wife of Ohio’s Governor Bob Taft, visited the Wayne NF in October to tour a special botany project being coordinated by Forest’s conservation partners.
• White Mountain Stewardship Project - website for a Stewardship Contracting project on the Apache Sitgreaves National Forests in Arizona.
  • White Mountain Stewardship Project: Using a Large Scale Stewardship Contract (PDF, 0.5 MB) - a presentation summarizing the White Mountain Stewardship Project.

Last modified: Thursday, 04-Dec-2008 12:13:29 EST