Idaho Forest Restoration Partnership - The Road to Restoration

Idaho Forest Collaboration Members

IFRP invites Idaho forest collaborative groups to participate in a two day Workshop on Tools and Strategies for Effective Forest Restoration

Dates: January 23-24, 2013
Location: Owyhee Plaza Hotel, Boise, ID
Registration: $80 ($100 after January 1st)

2012 was a banner year for collaborative forest restoration in Idaho. Projects are moving forward in the Panhandle, Nez Perce-Clearwater, Payette, Boise and Salmon-Challis national forests. Three Idaho collaborative groups secured funding through the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Act. The Hughes Creek project developed with the Lemhi County Forest Restoration Group is credited with helping firefighters control the huge Mustang Complex Fire.

The Road to Restoration Workshop aims to help local groups build on their successes. This workshop has three objectives: (1) share lessons learned with people from across Idaho; (2) explore cutting edge issues such as integrating road and trail management into forest restoration; and (3) learn how new Forest Service policies and initiatives could affect collaboration.

Click on each of the topic headings below for details.

Agenda

	January 23
9:00-9:30am	Welcome, Agenda Review and Icebreaker
9:30-10:45am	State of the Forest – What’s Happening on the Ground: Each collaborative group will discuss its: (1) greatest successes; (2) greatest challenges; and (3) biggest thing coming up.
10:45-11:00am	Break
11:00am--12:00pm	Panel Discussion – Integrating Road Management into Forest Restoration. Several collaborative groups are grappling whether and how to restore existing road and trail networks as part of landscape-scale restoration strategies. Panelists will introduce key considerations relevant to road management including sediment, wildlife, recreational access, costs (maintenance, decommissioning), and aquatic restoration objectives.
Noon	Lunch Served on Site
1:00-2:30pm	Breakout Sessions – Integrating Road Management into Forest Restoration:Small group discussion to:(1) define the road management issues faced by local collaborative groups, (2) identify information and technical tools needed to help groups agree on road management, and (3) describe outcomes that could work for stakeholders and land managers.
2:30-2:45pm	Break
2:45-4:15pm	Full Group Discussion – Going Deep on Road Management.Participants will interact with experts on the issues, needs and solutions identified by the breakout groups.
4:30pm	Wrap Up and Preview of Second Day
5:00pm	Social Hour – at Owyhee Plaza (no host bar)
	January 24
8:30-10:00am	New Policies and Initiatives – Are the Land Agencies Embracing Collaboration? Key issues include the Forest Service’s budget trends, Integrated Resources Restoration pilot program , new forest planning rule, and Idaho’s Forest Action Plan.
10:00-10:15am	Break
10:15-11:15am	From Vision to Reality –Navigating the NEPA and Appeals Process.This discussion will review the progress and the pitfalls that collaborative groups have encountered as their projects advance from the meeting room to the forest.
11:15-12:15pm	Landscape Assessment as a Tool for Collaboration. New scientific tools are helping collaborative groups understand landscape conditions and trends. Can these tools contribute to a broadly shared vision for forest restoration?
12:15-1:15pm	Lunch – Served on Site
1:15-2:30pm	Keeping It Vital – How to Sustain Effective Collaborative Groups.This discussion will explore practical problems and solutions for sustaining the vitality of collaborative groups – from fundraising to motivating members to actually show up at meetings.
2:30-3:00pm	Wrap Up and What’s Next for the Idaho Forest Restoration Partnership

Workshop Facilitator and Panelists

Workshop Facilitator

John Freemuth , Professor, Political Science, Boise State University

Integrating Road Management into Forest Restoration

Harv Forsgren, USFS (Retired)

Tom Black, USFS, Rocky Mtn Research Station

Jonathan Oppenheimer, Idaho Conservation League

Gregg Servheen, Idaho Dept. of Fish and Game

John Roberts, Idaho Dept. of Lands (Retired)

New Policies and Initiatives

Faye Krueger, USFS, Northern Region, Regional Forester

Marlene Finley, USFS, Intermountain Region, Regional Forester (Acting)

Keith Lannom, USFS, Payette National Forest, Forest Supervisor

TBD, Idaho Dept. of Lands

From Vision to Reality: Navigating the NEPA and Appeals Process

Greg Lesch, USFS, Payette National Forest, Council District Ranger

Bill Higgins, Idaho Forest Group, Resource Manager

Mike Ward, Clearwater/Nez Perce National Forest, CFLR Coordinator

Dennis Murphy, Spatial Interest

Landscape Assessment as a Tool for Collaboration

Amy Haak, Trout Unlimited

Ryan Haugo, The Nature Conservancy
Greg Bevenger, USFS, Intermountain Region

Keeping it Vital: How to Sustain Collaborative Groups

Karen DiBari, National Forest Foundation

Dave Torell, SharedVISION

Travel Assistance

The IFRP may have travel assistance funds for this Workshop, depending on sponsor financial support.

The funds would be available to partially cover travel and/or lodging expenses for those participants outside of the Boise Area.

All workshop participants will need to pay the registration fee this year (includes lunches both days).

To request support for travel, please complete this form.

Lodging

Owyhee Plaza Hotel109 Main St. Boise, ID 83702

Phone: 208-343-4611
Toll Free: 1-800-233-4611
1109 Main St. Boise, ID 83702

A block of rooms at $79/ night is reserved at the Owyhee Plaza Hotel for the nights of Jan. 22 and 23. Inform the hotel staff that you are reserving the room in order to attend the Idaho Forest Restoration Partnership meeting. Reserve the room by January 9, 2013 to receive the IFRP rate.

Registration & Payment ($100): Online Registration Closed

Reference Materials

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The Road to Restoration - Workshop 2013

Workshop Facilitator

Integrating Road Management into Forest Restoration

New Policies and Initiatives

From Vision to Reality: Navigating the NEPA and Appeals Process

Landscape Assessment as a Tool for Collaboration

Keeping it Vital: How to Sustain Collaborative Groups