Posts in category Collaboration

“Many people have been chasing consistent and viable forest thinning programs – what you are calling ‘certainty’ – for most of their professional lives. The …

“I don’t just represent Avista in our Northeast Washington Forest Coalition. I represent the community at large; Kettle Falls, Colville, our smaller towns, all of …

“I still have some doubts about how arbitration might substitute for litigation, but I know that there is interest in the concept in Congress. Authorizing …

“Most folks – me included – don’t like big square or rectangular clearcuts. That would be one example of how the Forest Service got itself …

“Forest collaboration and stewardship contracting are of great value as tools for engaging and energizing stakeholders and getting work done on the ground. But, when …

Chas Vincent: If there are no capital investments in wood processing, the years of hard work our collaborative’s have invested in forest restoration planning and sustainability …

“I am extremely frustrated. I am vice-chair of the Senate Finance Committee in Idaho and sit on the Transportation and Education committees. I know what’s …

“Collaboration is a tool – just like a lot of other tools Congress has given the Forest Service to help it do its job better. …

“There are a lot of misperceptions about what collaboration is and what collaboratives do. But the biggest problems aren’t on the inside where you would …

“Certainty is a two-way street. We believe Idaho needs a wilderness bill for the same reasons that we need certainty in our raw material supply. …