Posts in category Collaboration

“We are witnessing an “all hands on deck” mindset and an urgency that has not been seen in the Pacific Northwest for a very long …

There is something unethical about allowing a person or a group that refused to participate in the collaborative planning of the project to file an …

“Conservationists who have joined collaboratives – and that includes me – fear that talk of arbitration could easily morph into talk about watering down the …

What role does thinning in overstocked and diseased forests play here? “If we use insect and disease attacks as indicators of genetic simplicity, and resilience …

Governor Bullock has been pretty outspoken in his support for strengthening Montana’s family-owned wood processors. Would you agree as to their importance to the success …

“Our Montana Forests in Focus program is the culmination of a New Year’s promise I made to myself two years ago. We needed to increase …

When we interviewed Governor Bullock, he went to great lengths to say that keeping Montana’s family owned wood manufacturing businesses in business is a key …

How many projects, like the Spotted Bear Project, which had both a timber harvesting component and a restoration component, have been litigated in Region 1 …

  “Consensus building is hard work. It demands that you bring a collaborative spirit to the table. It is not about fighting. It’s about honoring …

Litigation is not a management strategy. Without injunctive relief, there can be no certainty in our active management plans and the years of hard work our collaborative’s have invested in forest restoration planning will also be lost.