TY - JOUR
T1 - Social and economic contributions of the white mountain stewardship project
T2 - Final 10-Year assessment—Lessons learned and implications for future forest management initiatives
AU - Lucas, Anne Mottek
AU - Kim, Yeon Su
AU - Greco, Bruce
AU - Becker, Dennis R.
AU - Hjerpe, Evan E.
AU - Abrams, Jesse
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Society of American Foresters.
PY - 2017/11
Y1 - 2017/11
N2 - The White Mountain Stewardship Project (WMSP) was the first forest stewardship project of its size and duration, lasting 10 years (2004-2014). Based on in-depth interviews of local businesses, US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service staff, and stakeholders, we present an assessment of the WMSP and lessons learned in large-scale contracting. The assessment includes factors that promoted project initiation, the contractual process, the overall impact to the local forest products industry and economy, and the formation of key partnerships. Experiences from the WMSP offer unique social and economic perspectives that can inform other communities at risk of wildfire. The recommendations were derived from final WMSP performance metrics and respondents’ reflections on the outcomes of the WMSP. The lessons learned from the WMSP offer improvements for future restoration initiatives in USDA Forest Service contracting mechanisms, industry capacity, and coordination of stakeholder interests, including agency-to-industry, business-to-business, and agency-to-stakeholder partnerships.
AB - The White Mountain Stewardship Project (WMSP) was the first forest stewardship project of its size and duration, lasting 10 years (2004-2014). Based on in-depth interviews of local businesses, US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service staff, and stakeholders, we present an assessment of the WMSP and lessons learned in large-scale contracting. The assessment includes factors that promoted project initiation, the contractual process, the overall impact to the local forest products industry and economy, and the formation of key partnerships. Experiences from the WMSP offer unique social and economic perspectives that can inform other communities at risk of wildfire. The recommendations were derived from final WMSP performance metrics and respondents’ reflections on the outcomes of the WMSP. The lessons learned from the WMSP offer improvements for future restoration initiatives in USDA Forest Service contracting mechanisms, industry capacity, and coordination of stakeholder interests, including agency-to-industry, business-to-business, and agency-to-stakeholder partnerships.
KW - Apache-sitgreaves national forest
KW - Collaborative partnerships
KW - Stewardship contracting
KW - White mountain stewardship project
KW - Woody biomass utilization
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U2 - 10.5849/JOF-2016-008R3
DO - 10.5849/JOF-2016-008R3
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85033368600
SN - 0022-1201
VL - 115
SP - 548
EP - 558
JO - Journal of Forestry
JF - Journal of Forestry
IS - 6
ER -