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Lakeview - Who We Are

By Rob Lindner on 4/28/2009 | Keyword(s): FLN; Lakeview

The Lakeview Stewardship Unit was originally established within the
Fremont-Winema National Forests in 1950 as the Lakeview Federal

Sustained Yield Unit. The unit aims to enhance the economic stability

of the communities of Lakeview and Paisley in Lake County, Oregon.

In 2001, the Chief of the Forest Service re-authorized the Unit with a

revised policy statement that provided a new name, a common vision

and a set of new goals and objectives that were developed by the
Lakeview Stewardship Group and adopted by the Forest Service.

As in many other forests on the east side of the Cascades, years of fire

exclusion and extensive livestock grazing have resulted in many acres

of the forest being increasingly converted to a condition that is

dominated by white fir. Those stands are more susceptible to drought

stress and associated outbreaks of insects and disease, which increases

the risk of large-scale wildfires.

The Northwest Fire Learning Network (FLN) expanded in 2007 to

engage the Lakeview Stewardship Group, a 10-year-old collaborative

that has worked hard to add biomass cogeneration plant to Lakeview.

The FLN process provides the actionmapping tools as well as

integrated modeling efforts that help the group test collaborative
management goals through time. Together, stakeholders will embark

in the first 10-year stewardship contract on Forest Service land in

Oregon and will use lessons learned from other Network sites that

have engaged in stewardship contracting.