CORE GOALS
We achieve our goals by building partnerships, coalitions, and consensus across the diversity of people and perspectives of western Oregon.
Diverse, thriving wildlife habitats
Active forest management across all O&C lands to sustain and renew the historical range of multi-species habitats.
Active, metered and sustained management with prioritized legacy tree retention
Historical habitat patterns created through strategic application of distinctive and sustainable moist and dry forest strategies that retain legacy trees.
Climate change mitigation, adaptation and resilience
Thinning and species mixes used to create forest stand mosaics that promote biodiversity and complexity, creating resistance to the effects of drought, heat, and fire stress, while
contributing to resiliency and carbon storage.
Dynamic and healthy riparian areas
Combination of passive and strategically located active riparian management to restore and sustain watershed functions and a range of forest resources (fish and other riparian organism, as well as soil, water, shade and metered sunlight).
Indigenous science and tribal co-management opportunities on traditional homelands
Partnering and co-management opportunities with Indigenous tribes on their terms, to
include Cultural Burning application and native seed and plant restoration, as integral to
O&C active, sustainable forest management.
Robust economic support for western Oregon communities
Strategic fuel reduction treatments along with restorative harvests generating additional
revenues to support rural county services, a diverse forestry workforce and manufacturing
infrastructure to store carbon in quality wood products.
Continued comprehensive monitoring sustaining adaptive management capacity
Dedicated, sufficient monitoring funds for an evaluative program and a diverse multi-stakeholder collaborative group operating long-term on the O&C Lands to support adaptive management by the land management agencies.
Voluntary partnerships with private landowners
Activities on non-O&C adjacent lands that enhance the O&C land habitats, beyond the
requirements of applicable existing law, would be voluntary and would require funding for
commensurate compensation.
Addressing legal, regulatory and financial barriers to sustainably managing and
providing safe public access on the O&C Lands
Accelerating efforts to combat climate change and improve forest health and habitats on the
O&C Lands requires addressing burdensome harvest and habitat management rules and
legal gridlock; increasing prescribed burning flexibility and other fuel reduction tools while
mitigating liability risks; and adequately funding agency capacity and program needs.
Improved conditions for public access requires on-the-ground human presence for increased
public safety and a well-funded roads maintenance program.