Overview: Harney County Restoration Collaborative

This project will bring diverse partners from the community, government agencies and non-profits together to build a Declaration of Cooperation to support a landscape-scale National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process targeting the eastern portion of the Emigrant Ranger District. This project would take place within a larger effort to forge consensus for the future management of Eastern Oregon's forests. The desire is to build local capacity to address future natural resource issues in the Harney Basin and in other areas with similar forest health issues.

Project Documents and Press Releases

• Oregon Solutions project request letter February 14, 2008 [pdf]
• Governor Kulongoski designation letter March 7, 2008 [pdf]
• Meeting Notes May 5, 2008[pdf]
• Draft Ground Rules May 16, 2008[pdf]
• Executive Summary June 8, 2008[pdf]
• Oregon Solutions Forest Health Overview[pdf]

Project Contacts

• Conveners: Judge Grasty, Harney County, Russ Hoeflich, The Nature Conservancy, and Jack Southworth, The High Desert Partnership
• Oregon Solutions Project Manager: Scott Aycock