By means of strong collaboration and thoughtful planning, local communities can ensure that dry forests will become stable and healthy.

Sixty eight percent of the land within the Dry Forest Investment Zone is federally managed and primarily consists of dry pine and mixed conifer forests and high desert grassy range lands. Without proper management, these forests are at risk of drought and catastrophic wildfire; potential threats to the local communities and their economies that depend on forest resources.

Throughout the zone, members of local communities, the forest industry, and the federal government are working together to ensure that our national forests are actively managed and healthy.

Sustainable Northwest and our collaborative partners are working with these groups to help ensure that they can collectively and actively manage and monitor forest health.

Read more about collaborative work on national forests! Collaboration on the Malheur National Forest: A Case Study

Photo Credit: Fuel Reduction, Sisters, OR, Marcus Kauffman,2010.