Oak and Pine Restoration

Partners: NW Habitat Institute, OHS, Salix and Associates Botany Consultants

FRP is working with a team of professionals from the Northwest Habitat Institute, Oregon Herpetological Society, and Salix and Associates Botany Consultants to develop a plan to restore oak woodlands and savanna on lands managed by the Eugene District Bureau of Land Management. This project was funded by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation grant. FRP is completing stand level inventory of oak resources among sites on BLM lands, characterizing pre-settlement conditions, and developing silvicultural prescriptions for restoration of conifer dominated sites back to oak and associated understory plant communities.



Creating a snag for wildlife habitation.

Restoration practices will include conifer removal using a combination of helicopters and a low-impact skid-steer crawler, small jackpot burns for fuels reduction succeeded by native grass and forb seeding and plug planting. Pre and post treatment monitoring is planned along with development of additional treatments in this long-term project.

Lagunas Bonitas Forest Stewardship Plan

Partners: Trust for Public Land, New Mexico State Forestry, USFS

FRP is working closely with various stakeholders to develop a forest stewardship plan for the Lagunas Bonitas Ranch in Northern New Mexico. The ranch is the state of New Mexico's first partnership through the Forest Legacy Program to protect the property from the encroaching Angel Fire Ski Resort. The plan will focus on restoration of range and forest ecosystems and developing compatible grazing and forest harvest systems.



Rainbow over Stanley Ranch near Ocate, NM

[additional pictures of Lagunas]

International Quercus & Aves Project

Partners: American Bird Conservancy

The Forest Restoration Partnership is developing and implementing a forest restoration strategy for oak habitats on private parcels throughout the Willamette Valley. FRP is working in partnership with organizations throughout Western North America though a grant focusing on oak habitats in North and South America.


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