A. The Concept of Adaptive Management
B. Harvest Projections
U.S. Forest Service, Hebo Ranger District
Bureau of Land Management, Marys Peak Resource Area
Bureaou of Land Management, Tillamook Resource Area
C. Special Areas in the AMA
Research Natural Areas
Areas of Critical Environmental Concern
Cascade Head Experimental Forest
D. Communities of the AMA
Communities of Place
Communities of Interest
E. Sources of Funding and Assistance
Jobs in the Woods
Contracting workshops
Knutson-Vandenberg Act
F. Human-Resource Programs
Volunteer Programs
Youth Programs
G. Education and Information Sharing
Presentations
Publications
Education
Internet
Agreements
H. Key Federal Agency Staff

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APPENDIX  A:

The Concept of Adaptive Management
 

The federal land management agencies have long operated under a philosophy that sought what were called "best management practices". These practices were selected from an array of options, based on available science and the experience of managers. Standards and guidelines were then developed to direct how the "best" practices were to be applied across the landscape. The results were monitored (though monitoring was often a weak link in the system) and the practices were continued until some unexpected, unacceptable result caused the managers to alter them or develop new ones. Learning occurred, albeit slowly and unsystematically.

The core idea of adaptive management is to accelerate the rate at which we learn from experience--so that appropriate adjustments to our management practices can be made more quickly. Learning is the principal product of adaptive management, and is considered a resource of value equal to, or even greater than, other outputs of management. Because we must manage resources under circumstances that contain varying degrees of uncertainty, all of the effects of any management action are never fully known; as a result, all such actions are in a sense experimental.

To accelerate the rate of learning from these management "experiments," partnerships of land managers, scientists, and citizens are designing sets of management actions to apply--principally in the Adaptive Management Areas, but also on other public lands in the region. The selected strategies are applied on the landscape at a variety of scales, the effects of the actions are predicted by all members of the partnerships, and the appropriate variables are monitored over time to see if the predicted outcomes were near the mark. What variables will be monitored--and how--is included in the original design, and the monitoring is focused on the learning objectives of the Northwest Forest Plan.

The three-way partnership has multiple benefits: it combines on-the-ground knowledge of the land managers, the scientific knowledge and methods of the scientists, and the local knowledge of the citizen-owners of the public forests. The partnership also taps into the ideas, values, and creativity of all three. Answers to some management questions will require traditional, rigorous, controlled science experiments; having scientists in the partnership will help identify such questions and how the experiments can be designed to answer them. Other questions may be explored by more general management studies. Some types of experiments might not be implementable under the AMA guidelines, but cooperative studies might be initiated with private land owners interested in answering the same sorts of questions.

Some techniques will work better than others; in fact, if an adequate range of techniques is applied, we would expect that some will probably fail to achieve our objectives. Successful application of adaptive management includes the need to take risks--and to learn from both our "failures" and our "successes." Learning, the cornerstone of adaptive management, provides the motivation needed to change standards and guidelines where necessary, and to adjust policies and management activities as needed to better manage complex ecosystems.
 
 

APPENDIX B:

Harvest Projections
 

As stated in chapter 4, the AMAs are expected to continue to produce a harvest of timber. Estimates of long-term yield for the three management units in the North Coast AMA are presented in chapter 5. Tables 7, 8, and 9 display short-term timber sale plans for the Hebo Ranger District, the Marys Peak Resource Area, and the Tillamook Resource area.
 
 

U.S. Forest Service, Hebo Ranger District
 

Table 7. Short Term Harvest Projections: Siuslaw National Forest - Hebo Ranger District

 

Fiscal year	Sale Name	Stand Description	Acres	Estimated Volume  (MMBF)
97	Burnt Flat Thinning	Off-site stands	185	3.4
97	Hiack Thinning	Young managed stands	109	1.6
97	Upper Drift Thinning	Young managed stands	160	1.3
	Fiscal year totals		454	6.3
98	Upper Niagara Thinning	Off-site stands	150	3.3
98	Alder Treatment		75	1.3
98	Little Nestucca Thinning	Young managed stands	300	2.4
	Fiscal year totals		525	7.0
99	Burnt Last Thinning	Off-site stands	200	4.0
99	Alder Treatment		90	1.6
99	Lower Drift Thinning	Young managed stands	300	2.5
	Fiscal year totals		590	8.1
00	Hebo Remains Thinning	Off-site stands	120	2.4
00	Alder Treatment		90	1.6
00	Salmon River Thinning	Young managed stands	260	1.8
00	Miscellaneous sales	Natural regeneration stands	160	1.1
	Fiscal year totals		630	6.9
01	Alder Treatment		90	1.6
01	Devil's Lake Thinning	Young managed stands	600	4.2
01	Miscellaneous stands	Natural regeneration stands	160	1.4
	Fiscal year totals		850	7.2

 
 
 
 

Bureau of Land Management, Marys Peak Resource Area

Table 8 identifies the short-term harvest for the Marys Peak portion of the AMA. The specific projects identified for fiscal years 1996 and 1997 will provide enough timber volume to meet the Probable Sale Quantity (PSQ) that was developed for the full decade 1994-2003. Additional projects are anticipated for 1998, 1999, and 2000, but are not yet identified.
 
 

Table 8. Short-term harvest projections - Marys Peak Resource Area

 

Fiscal year	Sale Name	Management Allocation	Acres	Estimated Volume, MMBF
96	Sand Creek Density Management	AMA	75	1.78
97	Callahan Cr. Density Management	AMA	145	2.10
98		LSR/AMA	85	0.747
99		LSR/AMA	85	0.747
00		LSR/AMA	85	0.747

 
 
 

Bureau of Land Management, Tillamook Resource Area

Table 9 displays short-term harvest projections for Tillamook. Acres and volumes for 1996 and 1997 are more definite than those for 1998. The figures for 1999 and 2000 are projected targets.
 

Table 9. Short-term harvest projections - Tillamook Resource Area

 

Fiscal Year	Sale Name	Management Allocation	Acres	Estimated  Volume, MMBF
96	Rye Mtn. Density Management	AMA/LSR	123	1.50
96	Phoenix Density Management	AMA/LSR	54	1.00
	Fiscal year totals		177	2.50
97	Neverstill Density Management	AMA/LSR	140	1.10
97	Elkhead/Bear Cr. Density Mgt.	AMA/LSR	400	3.20
97	Patchy Panther Salvage	AMA	30	1.05
	Fiscal year totals		570	5.35
98	Stoned Gopher Thinning	AMA	75	0.90
98	Spotted Panther Density Mgt.	AMA	75	0.90
98	Cooper's Creation Density Mgt.	AMA/LSR	159	1.90
	Fiscal year totals		309	3.70
99		AMA and LSR/AMA	309	3.54
00		AMA and LSR/AMA	309	3.54

 
 
 

Several types of variables will affect the harvest estimates contained in the timber sale plans for each management unit:

(1) The actual amount of timber offered will vary from the estimates as environmental analysis is carried out and detailed surveys of project areas are conducted.

(2) Annual sale volumes may have to be less than the estimates because of reduced agency work force.

(3) The projected sale program may change if higher priority projects are recommended in upcoming watershed analysis of specific basins.

(4) The sale program will also be adjusted annually to fit with Siuslaw National Forest and BLM programs of work. That is, some years harvest in the AMA will be more than the estimated long-range sale quantities and in other years less.
 
 

APPENDIX C:

Special Areas in the AMA

Special areas in the AMA include Research Natural Areas (RNAs), Areas of Critical Environmental Concern (ACECs), and the Cascade Head Experimental Forest and Scenic-Research Area.

Research Natural Areas have been designated on both National Forest and BLM-administered lands for primarily scientific and educational purposes. Specifically, RNAs are intended to

• Preserve examples of significant natural ecosystems for comparison with those influenced by humans
• Provide educational and research areas for ecological and environmental studies, and
• Preserve gene pools for typical and rare, threatened, and endangered species.

Areas of Critical Environmental Concern (ACECs) are designated on BLM-administered lands to provide special management attention for important botanical, geological, archaeological, paleontological, or scenic resources, or to address natural hazards. Some ACECs are also designated as RNAs, and others as Outstanding Natural Areas (ONAs).
 
 

Research Natural Areas
 

• High Peak-Moon Creek, a 1,526-acre RNA and ACEC on BLM lands, was established in 1984 to represent a variety of mature and old-growth coastal western hemlock communities. High Peak-Moon Creek is about 11 air miles southeast of Tillamook and four air miles north of Blaine, in the Tillamook Resource Area.
• The Butte, a 40-acre RNA and ACEC on BLM lands, was recommended for designation in 1980 because of its unusual distribution of plant communities. It is about 8 miles due west of McMinnville, in the Tillamook Resource Area.
• Saddleback Mountain, a 135-acre RNA and ACEC on BLM lands in the Marys Peak Resource Area, was recommended for RNA status in 1975 because of its unique stand of old-growth pacific silver fir. It is about 11 miles east of Lincoln City.
• Little Sink, an 80-acre RNA and ACEC on BLM lands, was first proposed for protection in the late 1940s, and was finally nominated as an ACEC in 1981. The area is remarkable because of its geological instability, which has caused extensive landslide activity over the years, resulting in an extremely varied, hummocky landscape and a wide variety of plant communities. It is forested mostly with old-growth Douglas-fir. Little Sink is located in the Marys Peak Resource Area, about 2 miles south of Falls City.
• Forest Peak is a 134-acre RNA and ACEC on BLM lands about 10 miles northwest of Corvallis. It was established to preserve an example of unique vegetation types found on dry foothills on the west side of the Willamette Valley.
• Neskowin Crest RNA (1,190 acres) was established on Siuslaw National Forest lands in 1941 as an example of Sitka spruce-western hemlock forest on the ocean front. Neskowin Crest RNA is within the Cascade Head Scenic Research Area and Experimental Forest, about ten miles north of Lincoln City.
• Sand Lake RNA (241 acres) was established in 1995 as an example of a large parabola dune system. Sand Lake RNA is on the east side of the Three Capes Scenic Highway a few miles south of Cape Lookout.
• Reneke Creek, an officially proposed RNA within the 1990 Siuslaw National Forest Land Management Plan, is a 480-acre coastal watershed with two matched perennial streams dominated by red alder. Reneke Creek is near the Sand Lake estuary, just east of the community of Tierra del Mar.

Areas of Critical Environmental Concern (Those which are also RNAs are listed above)
 

• Elk Creek is an ACEC of 1,577 acres on BLM lands in the Tillamook Resource Area. The ACEC was established in 1989 to help protect nesting bald eagles in the area. It is about 25 miles east of Beaver, on the north side of the Nestucca River.
• The Nestucca River ACEC, comprising 1,062 acres on BLM lands in the Tillamook Resource Area, was designated in 1983 to focus special management on this area of important scenic, fisheries, wildlife, botanical, and recreational values. The ACEC is located about 25 miles east of Beaver,
• Sheridan Peak ACEC, comprising 299 acres of BLM lands in the Tillamook Resource Area, was established in 1983, to protect and study a local population of Poa marcida, or weak bluegrass, a sensitive grass species. It is located on the crest of the Coast Range, about 23 air miles southeast of Tillamook.
• Walker Flat ACEC, a ten-acre parcel on BLM lands in the Tillamook Resource Area, was established in 1994 to protect habitat surrounding a population of Sidalcea nelsonii, Nelson's checkermallow, a sensitive plant species. It is located about 12 miles west of Carlton.
• Lost Prairie ACEC, consisting of 58 acres of BLM lands in the Marys Peak Resource Area, was originally proposed for protection by the Nature Conservancy in 1977. The ACEC contains a natural high-elevation peat bog containing a rich variety of moist-site vegetation, including several sensitive species. It is isolated in an area of private lumber company lands about 12 miles east of Lincoln City.
• Valley of the Giants ACEC / Outstanding Natural Area includes 51 acres of BLM lands in the Marys Peak Resource Area. It was designated in 1994 to protect a stand of large old-growth Douglas-fir forest and to provide opportunities for viewing and study. It is located on the North Fork of the Siletz River, about 13 air miles east of Lincoln City.
• Rickreall Ridge ACEC, comprising 177 acres of BLM lands in the Marys Peak Resource Area, was originally proposed for protection by the Nature Conservancy in 1976, as a site for botanical study and sightseeing. The ridge supports a relatively unusual plant community, a blend of species characteristic of the Willamette Valley with typical Coast Range plants and some that are more characteristic of southwestern Oregon. It is located about 12 are miles west of Dallas.

Cascade Head Experimental Forest

The Experimental Forest, located on a prominent headland on the Pacific Ocean north of Lincoln City, was established by the Forest Service in 1934 to represent typical Sitka spruce-western hemlock forests found along the Oregon Coast. An active research program, managed by the Pacific Northwest Research Station, has been ongoing in this 11,980-acre forest ever since. Numerous long-term studies begun in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s are still active today.

In 1974, Congress established the Cascade Head Scenic-Research Area, which includes the western half of the experimental forest, the Salmon River estuary, and contiguous private lands. This designation added several grassy coastal headlands and the estuary to the mature forest ecosystems already part of the experimental forest. The result has been a more diverse set of habitats available for research on coastal ecosystems.

Together the Cascade Head Experimental Forest and Scenic-Research Area ensure the protection and encourage the study of significant areas; promote more sensitive relations between people and their environment; and provide present and future generations with the use and enjoyment of an area of diverse beauty. The area was designated a Biosphere Reserve as part of the United Nations Man and the Biosphere Reserve system in 1980.
 

APPENDIX D:

Communities of the Northern Coast Range AMA

Following is a summary of the various types of communities in the AMA. These lists will be expanded as other communities are identified.
 
 

Communities of Place

Tribal governments

Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community
Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Indians of Oregon

Benton County:
        Kings Valley            Hoskins

Lincoln County:
        Devil's Lake            Kernville                  Lincoln City
        Neotsu                     Oretown                   Otis
        Rose Lodge             Siletz

Polk County:
        Falls City                 Grand Ronde            Pedee
        Willamina

Tillamook County:
        Bay City                    Beaver                     Blaine
        Cape Meares            Cloverdale               Garibaldi
        Hebo                          Lee's Camp            Neskowin
        Netarts                     Oceanside                Oretown
        Pacific City                Pleasant Valley      Tierra del Mar
        Tillamook

Washington County:
        Timber

Yamhill County:
        Carlton                      Wapato                    Willamina
        Yamhill
 

Cities and towns and rural communities near, but outside the AMA boundary:

        Corvallis                  Dallas                        Depoe Bay
        Forest Grove          McMinnville              Newport
        Salem                      Sheridan                     Toledo
 
 

Communities of Interest

Environmental organizations
        Oregon Chapter Sierra Club
        Oregon Natural Resources Council
        Audubon Society
        Coast Range Association
        Native Plant Society

Industry and logger groups
        Oregon Forest Products Transportation Assoc.
        Association of Oregon Loggers, Inc.
        Oregon Reforestation Contractors Association

Local watershed councils
        Nestucca Watershed Council
        Netarts Watershed Council
        Yamhill Basin Council
        Tillamook Bay National Estuary Council

Community-based action groups
        North Coast Ecosystem Work Force Initiative (Jobs in the Woods)
        Local Community Based Partnerships
        Soil and Water Conservation Districts
        Patterson Creek Pals

Special interest advocacy groups
        Northwest Steelheaders
        Friends of Walker Creek Wetlands

Recreational groups
        Hiking groups
        Off-highway vehicle groups
        Applegate Rough Riders Motorcycle Club
        Northwest Trail and Sand Patrol

Non Public institutions and organizations
        Civic groups
        Fraternal organizations
        Churches
        Local educational and school groups

Special forest products groups
        Moss collectors
        Special forest products collectors
        Special forest product buyers
 

APPENDIX E:

Sources of Funding and Assistance
 
 

The following types of agreements, grants, and cooperative programs have been used or are currently in use in the AMA:

Challenge Cost-Share Agreements are authorized under the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 1992. The Act authorizes the Forest Service to cooperate with other parties to develop, plan, and implement projects that are beneficial to the parties and that enhance Forest Service activities. Projects can be financed with matching funds from cooperators. Cooperators may be public and private agencies, organizations, institutions, and individuals (Forest Service Manual, 1587.12).

Collection Agreement is an instrument to accept money, equipment, property, or products from a nonfederal party to carry out a purpose authorized by law. These agreements may involve both trust fund collections (advances) and reimbursements. The following federal laws authorize the Forest Service to enter into these agreements (Forest Service Manual 1584):

• Cooperative Funds Act of June 30, 1914
• Granger-Thye Act of April 24, 1950
• Acceptance of Gifts Act of October 10, 1978
• Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act of 1978, as Amended
• Intergovernmental Cooperation Act of 1968, as Amended
• United States Information and Exchange Act
• Federal Employees International Organization Service Act

Cooperative Research and Development Agreements are authorized under the Federal Technology Transfer Act. This Act authorizes the Forest Service, where appropriate, to transfer federally owned or originated technology to state and local governments and to the private sector. The Act authorizes an agreement between one or more federal laboratories and one or more nonfederal parties under which the Forest Service, provides personnel, services, facilities, equipment, or other resources with or without reimbursement. This Act does not authorize transfer of funding by the Forest Service to nonfederal parties. The nonfederal parties may provide funds, personnel, services, facilities, equipment, and other resources toward the conduct of specified research and development projects that are consistent with the mission of the Forest Service (Forest Service Manual 1587.14).

Cooperative Research and Development Agreements for the Department of Interior have been managed by the National Biological Service.

Interagency and Intraagency Agreements deal with other federal agencies. An interagency agreement is used when one federal agency is in a position to provide materials, supplies, equipment, work, or services of any kind that another agency needs to accomplish its mission. Intraagency agreements may be used when one District or Resource Area is in a position to provide materials, supplies, equipment, work, or services of any kind to another District or Area to accomplish its mission (Forest Service Manual 1585, BLM Manual 5010).

A memorandum of understanding (MOU) is the instrument used for a written plan between the Federal government and other parties for carrying out their separate activities in a coordinated and beneficial manner and for documenting a framework for cooperation. A letter of intent may be used in place of a MOU, only when the activities involve a foreign government and the foreign government will not accept the title of MOU to document a framework for cooperation. Memoranda of Understanding and letters of intent are not fund-obligating documents and cannot be used when the intent is to exchange funds, property, services, or anything of value. Under a MOU or letter of intent each party directs its own activities and uses its own resources (Forest Service Manual 1586, BLM Manual 1786).
 
 

Jobs in the Woods

 The North Coast Ecosystem Work Force Initiative has launched eight demonstration projects in Oregon, designed to link dislocated timber workers with ecosystem restoration work. The projects are part of Jobs in the Woods, a program created by the Clinton administration as part of the Northwest Economic Adjustment Initiative.

The North Coast Ecosystem Workforce Demonstration Project is largely based on community partnerships and an ability to form alliances with local, private, and public organizations. Management Training Corporation (MTC), a Tillamook based business, is an example of a private sector partner bringing crucial components to the project. The Corporation acts as the general project manager and provides classroom training. Another example of private-sector participation is the project employer of record, Pierce, Inc. Pierce is a local employment contractor working with MTC to hire the project workers.

Partners in the North Coast Ecosystem Workforce Project include:

• Environmental Protection Agency
• Governor's Federal Forest and Resource Policy Team
• Management and Training Corporation, Tillamook County
• Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
• Oregon Department of Forestry
• Oregon Economic Development Department
• Oregon Fish and Wildlife Department
• Oregon State University
• Pierce, Inc.
• Tillamook Bay Community College
• Tillamook County
• Tillamook County Economic Development Department
• Tillamook County Soil and Water Conservation District
• Tillamook Small Business Development Center
• USDA, Forest Service
• USDI, Bureau of Land Management
• USDI Fish and Wildlife Service

The Bureau of Land Management, Tillamook Resource Area, and the Forest Service, Hebo Ranger District, have packaged projects normally let as one-to-three week contracts to create a year-long program that requires a wide diversity of ecosystem enhancement skills. These projects include stand exams, density management in young stands, management of competing vegetation in plantations, animal damage management, plantation pruning projects, culvert inventory and marking, culvert downspout installation, creation of wildlife trees, riparian area underplanting, and road decommissioning.

 
Contracting workshops

The Tillamook Bay Community College Small Business Development Center, in cooperation with federal and state agencies, presents an annual one-day workshop on "Securing U.S. Government and State Agency contracts." The workshops present an overview of how businesses can access contracts with the following agencies: Bureau of Land Management, Forest Service, Oregon Department of Forestry, Department of Administrative Services, and the Government Contracts Acquisition Program (GCAP). Graduates of the Jobs-in-the-Woods program are encouraged to attend.
 
 

Knutson-Vandenberg Act

Another avenue available to finance activities on National Forest System lands is through the Knutson-Vandenberg Act (K-V) of June 9, 1930, as amended by the National Forest Management Act of October 22, 1976. This Act is the authority for requiring purchasers of National Forest timber to make deposits to finance sale-area-improvement activities to protect and improve the future productivity of the renewable resources of forest lands within timber sale areas. Activities include operations to improve conditions on the timber sale area, maintenance and construction for restoration, timber stand improvement, and other improvements related to range, wildlife and fish habitat, soil and watershed, and recreation values. Sale-area improvement activities must be carried out only on lands with full National Forest status and on lands administered in accordance with the laws, rules, and regulations applicable to National Forest lands (Forest Service Handbook 2409.19).

The following are some of the types of projects that may be performed using K-V funding (Forest Service Handbook 2409.19):

• Plant, seed, or fertilize preferred vegetation to enhance wildlife forage, cover, or rangeland ecosystems.
• Improve fish habitat.
• Plant riparian vegetation.
• Provide recreation opportunities such as Christmas tree cutting, berry picking, wildlife viewing, and other activities through vegetation management, marking, or other methods.
• Provide interpretative signs or other media to assist the public in understanding management activities.
• Establish dispersed camping sites in timber sale-area boundaries.
• Stabilize areas of soil erosion.
• Obliterate unneeded roads in timber sale areas and restore site productivity by activities such as ripping, planting, seeding, and fertilizing.

APPENDIX F:

Human-Resource Programs
 

Human-resource programs can provide a way to carry out federal work projects for which other funds are not available. The objective is to provide both social and natural-resource benefits through administering and hosting programs in work, training, and education.
 
 

Volunteer Programs

Salem BLM District's volunteer program has been growing steadily during the past seven years. Although the number of volunteers has decreased recently, the number of volunteer hours has increased substantially.

What began seven years ago as mostly volunteer park-maintenance help from youth groups, Boy and Girl Scouts, and various other clubs has expanded to include about 70 college students and graduates. Students from across the country and throughout the world seek experience in natural resources by volunteering for the BLM.

Some of these students were placed in Salem through the Student Conservation Association and through college internships with Willamette University, Western Oregon State College, Oregon State University, Chemeketa Community College, University of Oregon, University of Pennsylvania, Lewis and Clark, University of Freiburg (southern Germany), and Sprague High School.

Others are college graduates seeking experience in their field of study in an effort to get a job. The volunteers generally work 3 to 6 months surveying for spotted owls and marbled murrelets, monitoring fish habitat, inventorying soil and riparian conditions, surveying for endangered plant species, and assisting seed propagation at Horning Seed Orchard.

Everybody wins with the volunteer program; it provides work experience for local youth while accomplishing agency goals. One opportunity would be to work with the local school district to set up a Sponsored Group Volunteer Agreement. In may instances, this agreement could provide the student the ability to fulfill some of the Certificate of Advanced Mastery requirements (CAM). Many college students are looking for volunteer opportunities to provide them job experience, complete course work requirements, or both. With summer job opportunities dwindling for students and with dollar restrictions in the agencies, this program could be an excellent way to meet both student and agency goals.

For fiscal year 1995 (October 1994 through September 1995), volunteers for the Hebo Ranger District contributed about 6,777 hours of work with an estimated value of $90,800. The majority of volunteer work was in recreation related projects with 6,280 total hours for an estimated value of $80,900. Project work in fish and wildlife, range, and timber management contributed to the total with 560 hours for an estimated value of $9,880.

Volunteers for the Tillamook and Marys Peak Resource areas, BLM, contributed about 26,100 hours of work with an estimated value of $261,000. The majority of work was performed in recreation related projects with more than 15,000 hours for an estimated value of $150,000. Volunteers contributed in other functions such as cultural and historical, lands, forestry, watershed and hydrology and wildlife for a total of 11,000 hours for a estimated value of $111,000.
 
 

Youth Programs

Northwest Youth Corps (NYC) is a nonprofit teenage job training program. It provides youth, ages 16 to 19, experience in environmental education. The NYC crews can do a variety of projects, including trail construction or reconstruction and stream cleanup. All recruiting and payrolling is done by NYC and includes all costs associated with hiring an employee. Tools, supervision, and transportation are provided. Programs last from one to five weeks and the cost to a sponsoring unit is $5,264 per week for a crew of ten teenagers and two staff people.

Apprenticeships in Science and Engineering (Saturday Academy) is designed for high school students entering their sophomore, junior, or senior year and who have potential to excel in science or engineering. Students work full-time for eight weeks, which gives them the opportunity to explore their interests and to make educational and career decisions. This program may also fulfill some requirements of the Certificate of Advanced Mastery. Students are payrolled by Saturday Academy and fully insured before being accepted into the program. Saturday Academy does the initial recruitment and a Forest Service mentor selects and supervises the participant. The cost of the program is $2,500, but often the Academy has funds to defray some of this cost.

Students are expected to complete productive work or projects. They attend a two-day midsummer conference that includes workshops and seminars on science and engineering. At the end of the summer, the student attends a symposium where all participants share their work and report on their summer experience.

Student Conservation Corps (SCA) is a nonprofit organization that provides opportunities for youths to learn about the principles and practices of resource management and conservation. The two basic programs are the Resource Assistant Program, designed for college-age and adult participants with skills and qualifications to perform activities on natural resource management areas, and a high school program designed for students to participate in work crews for a minimum five-week period on conservation and natural resource management projects. A high school crew with six students and one leader costs about $8,000 of reimbursable costs and about $9,000 of non-cash contributions for a five-week program.

Oregon Youth Conservation Corps (OYCC) has as its main purpose to engage youth, ages 16 to 24, in meaningful work in well-supervised, cohesive teams, while enhancing job skills and educational development. Seventy-five percent of the program participants are disadvantaged and at-risk because of poverty, deficiency in family support, or inadequate opportunity for community employment. The OYCC is administered by the Oregon Commission on Children and Families and is fully funded by the state of Oregon. Direct supervision is provided by Forest Service or BLM staff when the work is on federal lands.

Experience International is a nonprofit visitor exchange program to provide young professionals with on-the-job training and career-related work experience. These trainees all have a minimum of two years of practical experience and two years of post-secondary education in a natural resource field. All exchange visitor placements are made for 8 to 18 months. Reimbursement for food and lodging is provided by the receiving agency. In addition, a $319 initial placement fee and a $382 quarterly fee are paid for each trainee.
 

APPENDIX G:

Education and Information Sharing

 
While searching for new ways to inform and educate AMA stakeholders about natural resources and ecosystem management, we need to continue to make use of existing programs that are effective. The Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management have taken part in many kinds of outreach in recent years.
 
 

Presentations

• Presentations on a variety of natural resource issues are offered to local clubs, organizations, schools, and interest groups. Presentations are typically tailored to the needs of the group. Topics may include forestry, ecology, fire management, wildlife biology, fisheries, cultural and historical resources, and others.
• The agencies offer open houses at agency offices and public meetings in the local communities.
• Tours are conducted, focused on natural resources issues or specific projects.
• The agencies participate in local parades.
• The Oregon State Fair BLM cabin provides an opportunity for fairgoers to learn more about the agencies and to ask questions or receive information.
• A BLM booth is staffed at the Polk and Benton County Fairs to provide an opportunity for fairgoers to ask questions about BLM activities. Hebo Ranger District provides information about Forest Service activities at the Tillamook County Fair (BLM could take the opportunity to join this effort), and the Siuslaw National Forest and the PNW Research Station in Corvallis have a booth together at the Benton County Fair.
• Job fairs offer opportunities to share information about careers in natural resources.
• The BLM, USFS, and ODF&W cooperatively participate and offer activities during National Fishing Week (June) at Hebo Lake and at Cedar and Fall Creek Fish Hatcheries.
• Each spring, surplus seedlings are donated to several nonprofit organizations and school groups with BLM fliers explaining BLM's forestry and tree planting program.

Publications
 

• The Forest Service Regional Office in Portland publishes an AMA quarterly report highlighting various activities in each of the ten AMAs. Copies are available at National Forest Supervisor's Offices, Forest Service District offices, and BLM Resource Area offices.
• The Salem District and Siuslaw National Forest publish Project Update (BLM, biannually; USFS, quarterly), which briefly describes proposed projects, planning stage, and how people can participate. Additional information about proposals can be obtained from the contact person associated with the project; the contact person's name and phone number are listed in the publication.
• BLM News is a statewide newsletter whose readers include Oregon-wide media, all Oregon and Washington employees and retirees, BLM offices across the country, and others interested in receiving a copy of the publication.
• BLM and Forest Service public affairs officers fax news releases to area media about newsworthy activities. The media regularly requests information.
• Brochures, notices, and maps are available at agency offices. Developed campgrounds and visitor centers may also have information or bulletin boards.
• The BLM-produced videos, such as "Forests for the Future," have been shown on cable TV stations, targeting tourists to the Oregon Coast. Salem's CCTV has also run several BLM videos. A new video is available, titled "Continually Correcting Course--a Tale of Adaptive Management."

Education

• Hebo Ranger District offers SMILE (Science Math Investigative Learning Experience) to 5th graders in Willamina and Grand Ronde schools. The students learn about reforestation, planting a tree, stream erosion, and GIS applications.
• The Heritage Education Program, developed by the BLM, has been distributed statewide. The program consists of a teacher's guide for 4th to 7th grades, three one-week workshops for teachers, a field school in partnership with WOSC, one-day seminars, and in-service days.
• Oregon Archeology Week promotes education about archeology. The BLM targets schools and the public at large with displays, artifact exhibits, and other events.
• Outdoor School in Tillamook County is a cooperative effort by federal and local agencies for students to learn about natural resources in an outdoor setting. Tillamook BLM, Hebo Ranger District, and the Oregon Department of Forestry jointly sponsor a forest communities curriculum at the annual Tillamook County Outdoor School. Sixth-grade students receive a one-week educational camp experience at Camp Meriwether, a boy scout camp south of Cape Lookout.
• Another outdoor school is conducted at Minto-Brown Island Park in Salem as a cooperative venture between Marion County Parks and Recreation Department, Salem District BLM, and other organizations.
• Yamhill County Soil and Water Conservation District sponsors an annual Woodland Tour. on the property of Mr. and Mrs. Dave Cruikshank. Fifth-grade students in Yamhill county participate in eight interpretive stations with topics ranging from insects and disease to fire prevention and safety. Partners include Oregon Department of Forestry, USDA Forest Service, Natural Resource Conservation Service, Tillamook and Salem BLM, Yamhill Sheriff Department, Oregon Department of State Police, Stimson Lumber Company, McMinnville Fire Department, and McMinnville Future Farmers of America.
• As part of a business partnership with Sprague High School, students shadow Salem BLM employees to get a better idea about careers in natural resources. In 1995, about 50 high school students participated.
• As part of a business partnership with Pringle Grade School, Salem BLM employees mentor an at-risk child from Pringle. In 1995, eight employees participated.
• Salem BLM has participated in the Resource Apprenticeship Program for Students (RAPS) for the past 3 years. The high school students spend the summer job shadowing BLM employees.

Internet

• A home page on the World Wide Web has been developed for the Northern Coast Range AMA as well as all other AMAs. This home page will be an important way of publicizing what's happening in the AMA and, more importantly, how people can participate.

             http://www.teleport.com/~amanet/

             The home page for the Northern Coast Range AMA is:

             http://www.fsl.orst.edu/coops/ama/ncama/index.htm

• The Government Information Locator Service (GILS) is an electronic directory of public information available from the federal government that can be easily accessed. Access to GILS can be made either direct through the Internet, or through an intermediary, such as one of the 1,400 Federal Depository Libraries. Quick electronic access can be obtained through the following:

• The Econet Western Lands Gopher (WLG) provides text files on land use issues that affect Western lands in the United States. Examples include forests, wilderness, public lands, rivers, mining, ecology, wildlife, timber, agriculture, sustainable development, and environmental justice. The WLG is a free service to anyone with Internet access:

             Contributions are encouraged and can be sent for upload to wlg@igc.apc.org
 
 

Agreements

The Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management have developed the following partnerships and volunteer agreements that are helping to meet the Northern Coast Range AMA objectives:

• A Memorandum of Understanding between the Northwest Trail & Sand Patrol and the Hebo Ranger District for the Sand Lake Recreation area provides for awareness, safety, and information about all-terrain vehicle travel.
• Tillamook BLM entered into a cooperative agreement with the Applegate Rough Riders motorcycle club. The Club is authorized to construct up to 50 miles of trails in the Bald Mountain area. Each trail route is approved by BLM before construction, and the Club agrees to maintain the trails to prevent resource damage and promote safety for users.
• Volunteer Agreement with the Central Coast Chapter of Northwest Steelheaders to gather physical and biological information on trapped fish at the Schooner Creek fish trap for the Hebo Ranger District.
• Volunteer Agreement with an individual to develop a list of birds found within the areas around Hebo Lake and Mt. Hebo on the Hebo Ranger District. Work began in 1992.
• Volunteer Agreement with various individuals for assistance with the Forest Service recreation program. Work includes maintaining recreation facilities and hosting at the developed campgrounds.
• Challenge Cost-Share Agreement between Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and the Siuslaw National Forest for meadow management, which includes noxious weed control and slashing or mowing encroaching vegetation.
• Challenge Cost-Share Agreement between the Nature Conservancy and the Siuslaw national Forest for monitoring silverspot butterfly populations and habitat quality.
• Volunteer Agreement with Oregon Hunter's Association for maintaining meadows.
• Tillamook BLM is a member of the Tillamook County Fire Prevention Cooperative, which serves as a vehicle for coordinating fire prevention and fire suppression programs on lands managed by various government agencies, as well as private lands.
• The BLM and the Forest Service provide technical input and resource information to several watershed councils in the Northern Coast Range AMA, including the Nestucca River basin and Yamhill River basin.
• The BLM and the Forest Service are cooperators with the Tillamook Bay National Estuary Project (TBNEP), and have contributed data, information, and other input to many TBNEP programs, including the ongoing Kilchis River watershed analysis.
• A Cooperative Agreement exists between Salem BLM, Siuslaw National Forest, and Sheridan Federal Prison. The program includes a six-man prison crew performing various jobs such as brushing, tree pruning, thinning, test site maintenance, pulling tansy ragwort, and landscape and park maintenance.
• Challenge Cost-Share Agreements between Tillamook BLM and Berry Botanic Garden for monitoring and ecological study of Dodecatheon austrofrigidum (a rare primrose) on the Trask River peninsula and Erythronium elegans (fawn lily) near Roselodge.
• Challenge Cost-Share Agreement between Oregon State University and Tillamook BLM for a lichen diversity study in selected areas in the Coast Range.
• Challenge Cost-Share Agreement between Salem BLM and Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife for fish trapping in the Siletz River to allow only summer steelhead access to its historical range.
• Salem District BLM has partnerships and volunteer agreements with:
• MacClaren School for Boys, whose students have built campground shelters, tent sites, and trails.
• Goodwill Industries, whose clients assist at the BLM reception desk and with administrative work and carpentry.
• Mid Willamette Valley jobs Service, providing a Resource Apprenticeship Program for Students (RAPS). The students job shadow and assist with such work as administration, survey, and general forestry.
• Apprenticeship in Cooperative Experience (ACE) of Marion County. High school students on the ACE crew do interior and exterior maintenance at the BLM State Fair Cabin.
• Apprenticeship in Sciences and Engineering (ASE) Academy of Sciences. The apprentices assist in field and office work in BLM's botany program.
• Cooperative work experience is provided through Chemeketa Community College. Students assist Salem BLM in fields such as autocad (computer assisted drafting), forestry, and engineering.

APPENDIX H:

Key Federal Agency Staff - Northern Coast Range AMA
 

The following list is current as of January 1, 1997. Please contact any of these persons for more information about the Northern Coast Range AMA or its activities.
 
 

USDA Forest Service   Siuslaw National Forest   P.O. Box 1148   Corvallis, OR 97339   (541) 750-7000; FAX (541) 750-7142	James Furnish  Rick Alexander	Forest Supervisor  Public Affairs Officer
USDA Forest Service   Hebo Ranger District   31525 Hwy 22   Hebo, OR 97122   (503) 392-3161; FAX (503) 392-4203	Don Gonzalez  Paul Radlet  Carol Johnson	District Ranger  Rural Community Assistance  Public Affairs Officer
USDI Bureau of Land Management   Salem District   1717 Fabry Rd. S.   Salem, OR 97306   (503) 375-5646; FAX (503) 375-5622	Van Manning  Trish Hogervorst	District Manager  Public Affairs Officer
USDI Bureau of Land Management   Tillamook Resource Area   PO Box 404   4610 Third Street   Tillamook, OR 97141-0404   (503) 815-1100; FAX (503) 815-1107	Dana Shuford  Warren Tausch  Bob McDonald	Area Manager  AMA Coordinator  GIS Specialist
USDI Bureau of Land Management   Marys Peak Resource Area   1717 Fabry Road S.E   Salem, OR 97306   (503) 375-5692; FAX (503) 375-5622	John Bacho  Belle Verbics	Area Manager  Plans & Monitoring
Pacific Northwest Research Station   Corvallis Forestry Sciences Lab   3200 SW Jefferson Way   Corvallis, OR 97331   (541) 750-7435; FAX (541) 750-7329	Andrew Gray	AMA Lead Scientist

 

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