Integrated Landscape Assessment Project

Outreach WebinarMay 8, 2012

Collaborative effort (Jan. 2010 – Mar. 2013)• U.S Forest Service – PNW Research Station,

NFS – R6 (OR/WA) and R3 (AZ/NM)• Institute for Natural Resources, Oregon

State University, and other Universities• State Forestry & Natural Resource Agencies• Tapash Collaborative and Sky Islands Group• The Nature Conservancy and others

ILAP Outreach GoalTo expand partnerships and conduct activities to

improve awareness and use of integrated landscape assessment project information by land managers,

planners, analysts to inform natural resource decisions

OutreachPrinciples

ObjectivesPhases

MaterialsNext Steps

__________

Guiding Principles

• Actively seek participation and input

• Focus on end-users at different scales

• Provide multiple ways in which people can engage

• Incorporate existing advisory groups and organizations

• Be willing to adapt• Acknowledge team contributions• Consider “all lands”

OutreachPrinciplesObjectives

PhasesMaterials

Next Steps__________

All landsOutreachPrinciplesObjectives

PhasesMaterials

Next Steps__________

inputend-users

engagementexisting groups

adaptacknowledgements

all lands

Outreach Objectives

• Inform development of useful and used products

• Form a network of interest and support

• Share resources and exchange ideas

• Identify level of technology transfer needed by users

• Promote collaboration that provide mutual benefits

OutreachPrinciples

ObjectivesPhases

MaterialsNext Steps

__________

Outreach Phases

1. Project awareness2. Solicit input3. Promote partnerships

and use4. Provide trainings and

technology transfer

OutreachPrinciples

ObjectivesPhases

MaterialsNext Steps

__________

Outreach Log

Project Direction

AdvisorsNW Advisory Group (IMAP user group), SW Advisory Group

Oversight USDA Forest Service, USFS PNW Research Station, Oregon State University, Institute for Natural

Resources

Implementation, Coordination & Outreach

USFS PNW Research Station, Institute for Natural Resources

Decision Supportintegrating knowledge

Ecosystem Management Decision SupportOSU College of Forestry

Optimized Decision Support System

OSU College of Forestry

Knowledge Discovery developing new knowledge

Wildlife HabitatOSU College of Forestry

Fuel CharacterizationsUniv. of Washington,

USFS PNW Research Station

Fuel Treatment EconomicsUSFS PNW Research Station

Community EconomicsOSU College of Forestry

Climate Change and Vegetation

Conservation Biology Institute, University of Washington

Climate Change and Fire Probabilities

USFS PNW Research Station, OSU College of Forestry

Climate Change and Watersheds

USFS PNW Research Station, Earth Systems Inst.

Project UsersSky Islands/FireScape Group,

Tapash Collaborative, USFS – R3 and R6,

IMAP User Group, others

Science Delivery using existing knowledge

Institute for Natural Resources, WA Dept. of Natural Resources

Spatial DataInstitute for Natural Resources,

Ecosystems Mgt. Inc.,

State and Transition Models

Institute for Natural Resources, Univ. of New Mexico

Project Awareness

OutreachPrinciples

ObjectivesPhases

MaterialsNext Steps

__________Awareness

InputUse

Trainings

Solicit input from advisors and users

Roles:• Regional decision makers • National program leaders• Planners and analysts• Land managers• Local collaborative groups

Organizations:• Federal land management

agencies• State natural resource,

forest and wildlife agencies• Conservation groups• Forest industry groups

OutreachPrinciples

ObjectivesPhases

MaterialsNext Steps

__________Awareness

InputUse

Trainings

Input received

• Project name• Focus areas• Stakeholders• Management questions• Restoration scenarios• Web portal• Output formats

• Where can restoration make a difference in reducing wildfire risk, sustaining habitats, supplying mills, supporting rural communities?

• How will projected climate scenarios affect future vegetation and fuel conditions over the long term (100 years)?

• What would it take in the way of fuel treatments to halt the upward spiral of fire suppression costs?

OutreachPrinciples

ObjectivesPhases

MaterialsNext Steps

__________Awareness

InputUse

Trainings

0 110 22055Kilometers

0 180 36090Kilometers

SeattleSpokane

Portland

La Grande

Eugene

Medford

Washington

Oregon

Phoenix

Albuquerque

Flagstaff

Tucson

Arizona

New Mexico

±±

Central Washington Landscape

Sky Islands Landscape

ILAP Focus AreasOutreachPrinciples

ObjectivesPhases

MaterialsNext Steps

__________Awareness

InputUse

Trainings

No Management – Yr 50 Restoration – Yr 50

Forest Service

Other Federal

Tribal

State

Private IndustryDraft results –

Subject to change

RiskLow High

Tapash Sustainable

Forest CollaborativeCentral Washington

Landscape

Promote local partnerships and useOutreachPrinciples

ObjectivesPhases

MaterialsNext Steps

__________Awareness

InputUse

Trainings

No management scenario – year 50 Restoration scenario – year 50

Draft results (2012) Subject to change

Forest ServiceOther Federal Lands

State Lands

Tribal LandsPrivate IndustrySaw Mill

Curr

ent c

ondi

tions

100 mile radius

0 50 10025Kilometers

Percent of dry forest ownership within100 miles of selected sawmills

RiskLow High

Promote regional collaboration and use OutreachPrinciples

ObjectivesPhases

MaterialsNext Steps

__________Awareness

InputUse

Trainings

Uses Targeted

• Regional landscape assessments

• National Forest Plan revisions

• Collaborative Landscape Forest Restoration projects

• Statewide Forest and Resource Assessments (2015)

OutreachPrinciples

ObjectivesPhases

MaterialsNext Steps

__________Awareness

InputUse

Trainings

“Success has come when people have taken pieces of what we’ve done and started using them” --Jamie Barbour, Forest Service ILAP policy lead

Outreach Materials

Current:• Fact sheets• ILAP booklets• FS-PNW Science Update

issue• Talking points• Webinars• Instructional site• Presentations & posters• Project website

Proposed:• Updated fact sheets• Promotional video• Bookmarks• User profiles • Access via Western

Landscapes Explorer

www.oregonstate.edu/inr/ilap

OutreachPrinciples

ObjectivesPhases

MaterialsNext Steps

__________

ILAP Fact SheetsOutreachPrinciples

ObjectivesPhases

MaterialsNext Steps

__________

ILAP BookletOutreachPrinciples

ObjectivesPhases

MaterialsNext Steps

__________

ILAP ArticleOutreachPrinciples

ObjectivesPhases

MaterialsNext Steps

__________

OutreachPrinciples

ObjectivesPhases

MaterialsNext Steps

__________

ILAP Poster

Next Steps

Get ILAP expandedbeyond 4 States • Landscape Conservation

Cooperatives (LCC)• Climate Science Centers• TNC Ecoregional Assessments• Collaborative Forest Landscape

Restoration Program (CFLRP) projects

• LandFire and LandCarbon• Western Governors’ Association

initiatives

Get ILAP usedwithin 4 States• Forest plan revisions• Eastside Forest Assessments in

NW• Wildlife species viability analyses• Conservation and Recovery

Strategies for priority species• Collaborative Forest Landscape

Restoration Program (CFLRP) projects

• Assessment of Anchor Forests for Tribal lands (IFMAT interest)

OutreachPrinciples

ObjectivesPhases

MaterialsNext Steps

__________

Facilitating more in-depth analyses where ILAP data, models and tools are now available

ILAP ftp site:ftp://131.252.97.79/ILAP/Index.html

OutreachPrinciples

ObjectivesPhases

MaterialsNext Steps

__________use

expansion

Supporting Landscape Conservation CooperativesOutreachPrinciples

ObjectivesPhases

MaterialsNext Steps

__________use

expansion

NW LCCs:North PacificGreat NorthernGreat Basin

SW LCCs:Southern RockiesDesertGreat Plains

63%10%

5%

12%

1%7%

2%

ILAP Outreach by Organization

FederalNGOCollaborativeStateTribalUniversityOther

N=137 primary contactsAs of May 1, 2012

OutreachPrinciples

ObjectivesPhases

MaterialsNext Steps

__________

15%

2%

7%

12%

6%27%

7%

20%

4%

ILAP Outreach by Place

ArizonaNew MexicoSouthwestOregonWashingtonNorthwestWestNationalOther

Outreach To Date

ILAP Team Recognition

Dr. Miles Hemstrom, our visionary FS project lead!!

OutreachPrinciplesObjectives

PhasesMaterials

Next Steps__________

inputend-users

engageexisting groups

adaptacknowledge

all lands

Outreach References• ILAP Outreach Strategy 2010-2012 (internal team document)

• NOAA fisheries Northeast Region. Outreach Strategic Plan. http://www.nero.noaa.gov/nero/outreach/outreachplan-final.pdf (accessed 4-20-10 & 4-30-12)

• Black, A. and S. Perin, Delivering the Science Synthesis: FuelsTools. 2007. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1058&context=usdafsfacpub (accessed 5-14-10 & 4-30-12)

• Toman, E and B. Shindler, Wildlife Fire and Fuel Management: Principles for Effective Communication. 2006. http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/18689 (accessed 4-20-10 & 4-30-12)

Questions?