Region 5

Contact Information

Pacific Southwest Region (Google map)
1323 Club Drive
Vallejo, CA 94592
Voice: 707.562.8737
TTY: 707.562.9240
Fax: 707.562.9130

Aerial view of a meadow near 6 small ponds with a shallow stream winding through it.

Several men and women work in a grassy meadow.

Backpacker in hard hat climbs a snowy, rocky mountain.

Hands around a tree seedling in the dirt.

Water stream flowing through rocky shoreline surrounding by trees.

Workmen compress asphalt alongside of a truck and asphalt paver.

Two firefighters climb a rocky cliff above rough waters at Big Sur.

Photo of the headquarters building as viewed from the northwest in the evening light.

Ecological Restoration Projects

* Coca-Cola and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation award $400,000 to accomplish meadow restoration in Indian Valley, a 500-acre meadow located on the Eldorado NF.

In partnership with the Tuolumne River Trust the Twomile Meadow Restoration project would improve meadow function on the Stanislaus National Forest.

The Trail of 100 Giants project on the Sequoia National Forest lies along one of the most popular interpretive trails in a sequoia grove. The trail will be designed to meet accessibility requirements.

For 18 years the AmeriCorps Watershed Stewards program has partnered with Six Rivers National Forest to assist in watershed and salmonid restoration.

All three Ranger Districts on the Plumas NF have implemented projects to restore aspen and the valuable habitat it provides for wildlife.

The Dinkey Landscape Restoration Project is a science-based, ecological restoration initiative covering 154,000 acres in the southern Sierra Nevada Range.

Within the Firescape Monterey project, two critical watersheds have been identified as Ecological Restoration priorities—the Big Sur and Danish Creek/Carmel River.

The Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit is working with numerous other partners to restore the Sierra Nevada yellow–legged frog to lakes in the Desolation Wilderness.

Ecological Restoration Implementation Plan

In March 2011 the Pacific Southwest Region of the US Forest Service released a statement of its Leadership Intent for Ecological Restoration, which laid out the Region's guiding vision and goals for its stewardship of wildland and forests for the next 15-20 years. This plan reflects the Regional leadership's current thinking on how the Leadership Intent will be implemented.

Connecting for Success—Become a Partner

Ecological Restoration and Our Partners

Alliances and Partnerships supporting restoration projects will assist us and secure our Forests for future generations. In building California resiliency, we will need to increase the amount of acres restored from 200,000 to about 500,000 a year. With Partner assistance we can truly manage and protect these invaluable Forest resources.

Features

Climate Change in the Pacific Southwest Region

Responding to the challenges presented by climate change is one of the most urgent tasks facing the Forest Service. "Climate change is the biggest conservation challenge facing the Forest Service in the 21st century and contributing to global efforts that help forests mitigate and adapt to climate change is a priority for the Forest Service in California."

Ecological Restoration: Engaging Partners in an All Lands Approach

Ecological Restoration: Pacific Southwest Region

Our goal is to retain and restore ecological resilience of the National Forest lands to achieve sustainable ecosystems that provide a broad range of services to humans and other organisms. This goal is based on a commitment to land and resource management that is infused by the principles of Ecological Restoration and driven by policies and practices that are dedicated to make land and water ecosystems more sustainable, more resilient, and healthier.