This document outlines the mission and goals of the Pacific Northwest Forest Restoration Co-operative. The cooperative includes members from restoration projects within young-managed forest landscapes throughout the SE Alaska and British Columbia Coastal Forests and Mountains, North Cascades and Pacific Ranges, Pacific Northwest Coast, West Cascades, and California North Coast ecoregions. The co-op aims to convene managers and scientists involved in forest and waterhsed restoration throughout the Pacific Northwest as a means of developing, sharing, and critiquing information regarding restoration and fostering relationships among land managers to facillitate future communication and collaboration.