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Upper Deschutes - Who We Are

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

The Upper Deschutes Basin landscape is developing a commonision

for the landscape utilizing the best available science and incorporating

values through collaborative partnerships. The team will also integrate

community planning efforts like CommunityWildfire Protection

Plans with agency and government efforts to generate a vision for

future land management. The landscape’s products are timed to
complement DeschutesNational Forest restoration strategy plans.

Over the last year, the Deschutes team will work to establish a set of

restoration principles common to our group, develop a prioritized

restoration action map and a communication plan. Over the next five

years, the team plans to develop and implement on-the-ground
demonstrations that highlight restoration and fuels reduction

prescriptions and methodologies that meet multiple objectives.

Monitoring plans to assess the success of ongoing treatments are

currently underway.

The team will continue to update the products being provided to land

managers including adding fire risk data to landscape assessment

mapping, developing tools to integrate multiple resource values and

ongoing efforts and developing resources for new land management

authorities, including stewardship contracting.