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WI NRCS Forest Wildlife Specialist Private Lands Program (Wisconsin)

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Agreement Narrative: WI NRCS Forest Wildlife Specialist Private Lands Program Primary Funder: Natural Resources Conservation Service  Location: Northern, Central, and Driftless Forest Priority Regions of WI  Innovation: With 58% of forest lands in Wisconsin being privately owned, engaging private non-industrial forest landowners in active management as part of a broad conservation strategy is an absolute necessity. Gathered across ownerships in Wisconsin, Forest Inventory Analysis (FIA) data shows that over the past 40 years, the largest loss of young forest habitat in aspen, oak, and hardwood forests inhabited by ruffed grouse and American woodcock has happened on privately held forest lands. Forests on private...

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Little Flat Creek Stewardship Project (Kentucky)

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Agreement Narrative: Little Flat Creek Stewardship Project
Primary Funder: USDA Forest Service
Location: Daniel Boone National Forest, Peabody, Kentucky
Innovation: This is a stewardship agreement between RGS & AWS and the Daniel Boone National Forest. The purpose of this agreement is to promote forest health and improve wildlife habitat. Commercial timber harvests will create young and open forest conditions across 255 acres. Service work items include noncommercial habitat improvement treatments across 757 acres. RGS & AWS’s forest wildlife specialist in Kentucky will administer the project on-the-ground.
Impact: The project will accomplish the following outputs: 1.) 255 acres commercial timber harvests, 2.) 166 acres of…

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Domtar’s 3-year partnership pledge with RGS and the Dynamic Forest Partnership (DFP particularly including American Bird Conservancy and Indiana University of PA; Audubon Mid-Atlantic; and PA Game Commission) 

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Proposal/Agreement Summary: Domtar’s 3-year partnership pledge with RGS and the Dynamic Forest Partnership (DFP particularly including American Bird Conservancy and Indiana University of PA; Audubon Mid-Atlantic; and PA Game Commission) Primary funder: Domtar ($20k/yr for three years, beginning in June, 2023) Location: North-central PA Innovations: 1) Audubon Mid-Atlantic (AMA) is a partner, 2) we are working on late-successional habitat and carbon (through AMA enrolling landowners in Family Forest Carbon Program (FFCP)), 3) Domtar’s sourcing is a key part of the program Impact:  1. Improve forest habitat quality and diversity, forest stewardship and resiliency, and increase carbon storage within new or near established ‘Dynamic Forest...

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Restoring Forest Structure in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Maryland, 2022-2026

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Proposal/Agreement Summary: Restoring Forest Structure in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Maryland, 2022-2026Primary funder: S Kent Rockwell Location: PA, MD, WV Innovations: Industry partnerships, especially integrating our reporting into ESG reporting Including carbon offsets, mineland reforestation, and watershed restoration in DFRB implementationImpact: Number of Shared Stewardship agreements (goal >2). Number of new Dynamic Forest Restoration Blocks (goal >5 DFRBs). Percent of planned management activities implemented within DFRBs (goal >75%). Number of mined land and/or watershed restoration projects within DFRBs (goal >2). Percent completion of Maryland Forest Health Report Card (goal 100%).  Partners and Chapter Contributions:American Forest Foundation will enroll landowners in carbon offset programGreen Forests Work, OSMRE and others...

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Partnering to improve forest habitats, connectivity, and climate resilience through implementing and planning cross-boundary dynamic forest restoration blocks along the Kittatinny Ridge (Pennsylvania)

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Proposal/Agreement Summary: Partnering to improve forest habitats, connectivity, and climate resilience through implementing and planning cross-boundary dynamic forest restoration blocks along the Kittatinny Ridge Primary funder: NFWF Ches WILD (Watershed Investments for Landscape Defense) Location: Three focal regions along the Kittatinny Ridge (map below) Innovations: 1) TNC, DCNR, and two municipal water agencies (Duncannon Borough and Capital Region Water) are main partners; 2) using TNC Resilient and Connected Landscapes data as rationale for project location; 3) DCNR pledged $46K in match (staff time); 4) we will form and coordinate an informal collaborative to coordinate agencies and partners Impact: 1,695 acres improved, including 600 acres...

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Phase Three of Increasing Technical Assistance to Implement Management Plans that Improve Habitat on Private Lands in PA (Pennsylvania)

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Proposal/Agreement Summary: Phase Three of Increasing Technical Assistance to Implement Management Plans that Improve Habitat on Private Lands in PAPrimary funder: NFWF Central AppsLocation: around DFRBs within PA Wilds and Laurel Highlands (map below)Innovations: 1) Audubon Mid-Atlantic (AMA) is a partner, 2) we are working on late-successional habitat and carbon (through AMA enrolling landowners in Family Forest Carbon Program (FFCP)), 3) Domtar’s sourcing is a key part of the programImpact: 1) 850 acres of management plans, 2) 900 acres of GWWA habitat, 3) 100 acres of wood thrush, 3) 600 trees planted, 4) 1,000 acres monitored, 5) 6,000 people reached...

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