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Partnerships
Partnerships in land stewardship reflect a growing and important trend: the joining of passion and resources by committed citizens, organizations, and government agencies to achieve social, economic, and ecological goals.
The Forest Service has worked with partners throughout its 100-year history. But the problems of land management have grown more complex, and the needs of the public more varied. The American people today are voicing their strong desire to volunteer and participate in the stewardship of natural resources and in the decisions that affect their communities.
The Forest Service is responding by empowering employees and partners to create and sustain successful partnerships. Internally, the Forest Service is aligning its structure and policies to help partnerships run more smoothly.
HELP - Healthy Eldorado Landscape Partnership
A group of organizations have come together to support the Eldorado National Forest Resilience Strategy by implementing shovel ready projects across the forest, continuing the planning process for new projects, and seeking funding to complete this work.
- Learn more:
HELP Presentation / HELP Website
HELP is in the Name: Healthy Eldorado Landscape Partnership
Tahoe Central Sierra Initiative (TCSI)
In 2017, federal, state, and private partners founded the Tahoe-Central Sierra Initiative (TCSI) to pilot innovative solutions to improve science-based forest management and restoration. The TCSI aims to restore the resilience of 2.4 million acres of Sierra Nevada forested watersheds and to act as a model for similar initiatives in other at-risk landscapes in the state.
Amador Calaveras Consensus Group (ACCG)
The Amador-Calaveras Consensus Group (ACCG) is a community-based collaborative organization that works to create fire-safe communities, healthy forests and watersheds, and sustainable local economies. The Eldorado National Forest worked with ACCG, and the Stanislaus National Forest to develop the Cornerstone Project (2012-2021), which used a landscape strategy to implement a collaborative approach for restoration plan development, land treatment project design and implementation. It also used multi-party monitoring to inform adaptive management, with a focus on sustainability in three dimensions: environment, community, and economy. The Cornerstone Project strengthened collaboration that continues today.
South Fork American River (SOFAR) All Lands Cohesive Strategy
A large group of stakeholders is working together to improve fire safety in the South Fork American River watershed. This collaborative had its beginnings in August 2014, when the Eldorado National Forest was one of two forests in California selected to begin implementation of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy, an all-lands approach to wildland fire management on a landscape scale.
Penny Pines Reforestation Program
The Penny Pines Reforestation Program plays a vital role both in renewing the national forests in California, and in multiple-use management. Trees help the ground store precious water, protect against soil erosion, and add to the scenic beauty of the national forests. Penny Pines donations have helped maintain the National Forests in California. Participation in the program has also helped many people understand important things about the conservation of natural resources and wise management of the public forestlands that belong to them.
Rock Creek Collaborative Forum
The Forum was created in July of 2000 to share information about the Rock Creek Recreational Trail System. It provides a venue for the Forest Service staff and people who have an interest in the Rock Creek area and trails to exchange information, coordinate activities and collaborate.
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Partnership with the Forest Service
The words "partnership" and "partners" are used in a broad way to describe relationships between the people, organizations, agencies, and communities that work together and share interests.