Public Lands Stewardship working group topics: Landscape scale restoration, hazardous fuels reduction, wildfire management, performance measures, collaboration, role of public lands in carbon sequestration, thinning, old growth issues, and the role of ecosystem services as they relate to the public lands. 
Learn more about the working group's activities surrounding the development of the Forest Service NFMA new planning rule.

Chairs: Lynn Jungwirth, Watershed Research and Training Center, Wendy Gerlitz and Maia Enzer, Sustainable Northwest

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Draft Public Lands Stewardship Plank

The following goals were developed during the Annual Policy Meeting.  To learn more about specific working group strategies to achieve these goals please contact the working group chairs.

Goal 1: Improve agencies planning process so they achieve RVCC outcomes of collaboration, landscape scale stewardship and green jobs.

Goal 2: Improve agencies budget structure to achieve RVCC outcomes of collaboration, landscape scale stewardship, green jobs, capacity building and project level restoration.

Public Lands Stewardship Issue Papers

2010 Appropriations (2009)

2009 Appropriations (2008)

Rural Voices for Conservation Coalition Transition Memo (2008)

Wildland Fire Suppression Budget Reform (2008)

Building Community Capacity (2007)

Collaboration (2007)

Performance Measures (2006)