The Yin and Yang of Monitoring: Lessons Learned From Development of Monitoring Programs on Federal and Private Lands Brett Wolk Colorado Forest Restoration.

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The Yin and Yang of Monitoring: Lessons Learned From Development of Monitoring Programs on Federal and Private Lands Brett Wolk Colorado Forest Restoration Institute Colorado State University Collaborative Restoration Workshop, Denver, CO, April 27 th, 2016

Yin and Yang Apparently opposite or contrary forces are actually complementary, interconnected, and interdependent in the natural world

Are Monitoring Programs on Private and Federal Lands Diabolical Opposites, or Actually Complimentary?

Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program Colorado Wildfire Risk Reduction Grant Program

Types of Monitoring Programs Collaborative “Group Hug”Independent 3 rd Party

Federal Lands CFLRP Colorado Front Range Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program Private Lands WRRG Colorado Wildfire Risk Reduction Grant Program Monitoring Examples

Collaborative Developed Monitoring Front Range CFLRP LOTS of science and input – Complicated methods and lots of metrics to measure. – After 5 years, struggling to answer basic question of are we achieving desired outcomes?

Complex Adaptive Management FEDERAL CFLRP

Non-Federal: Wildfire Risk Reduction Grant Program 2013 Colorado State Assembly authorized $9.8 million from general funds for fire mitigation. Fuels management on non-federal lands in Colorado. Colorado Forest Restoration Institute contracted to determine program effectiveness.

Non-Federal 3 rd Party Monitoring Colorado Wildfire Risk Reduction Grant Streamlined Monitoring – Simple questions (Fuels focused). – Straightforward results. – Rapid feedback loops. Little monitoring currently on non-federal lands. Increases trust and information transfer. – Build it and they will come!

Streamlined Monitoring Reports

Streamlined Adaptive Management NON-FEDERAL WRRG Data > Talk with Managers > Talk with Contractors > Done!

Non-Federal: Collaboration – Monitoring Not Just CFRI Crews!

Monitoring Methods SAME field based metrics Tree Basal Area Canopy Cover Fuels abundance Understory plant cover Etc. Radically DIFFERENT monitoring programs

National Cohesive Strategy Work collaboratively among all stakeholders and across all landscapes, using best science, to make meaningful progress towards the three goals:  Landscape Resilience  Fire Adapted Communities  Safe and Effective Fire Response

Upper South Platte Partnership  10 organizations, Federal and Non-Federal (Front Range Roundtable members)  Formed 2015  Best available science and monitoring central to Upper South Platte Partnership.  Optimize treatment locations to leverage resources and maximize impact.

Upper South Platte Partnership – Cohesive Strategy Non-Federal: Want more comprehensive monitoring (understory plants, wildlife, etc.) > CFRLP. Federal: Want more streamlined monitoring and adaptive management > WRRG. ALL want monitoring to increase trust. Complementary, Interconnected, and Interdependent

Sources for Determining Success with the Upper South Platte Partnership Don’t reinvent the wheel! Colorado Front Range CFLRP documents Rio Grande Watershed Fund Monitoring Plan (outside ideas are good too!)

Sources for Determining Success with the Upper South Platte Partnership OK to make mistakes, but make new ones. Tom DeMeo

Upper South Platte Partnership Success Criteria

Method: Remote Sensing Forest Canopy Cover Species and Arrangement Forest Canopy Cover Species and Arrangement Surface Fuels

Upper South Platte Partnership Success Criteria 30% Average Source: Local Science (Reference conditions) 10% Min Average Source: Professional Judgment (no clearcuts) 40% Max Average Source: Local Science + Professional Judgment (reduce crown fire) Science Based Targets. Allowing For Innovation. Finding Consensus and trust. Maximize Variability 0% - 100% within Stands Tree Canopy Cover Goals

Everyone Benefits From Learning Across Boundaries Keep it Simple! Monitoring = Learning

Thanks! Brett Wolk Colorado Forest Restoration Institute Colorado State University Collaborative Restoration Workshop, Denver, CO, April 27 th, 2016

Ecological Restoration The process of assisting the recovery of an ecosystem that has been degraded, damaged, or destroyed.

2012 USFS Planning Rule Restoration. The process of assisting the recovery of an ecosystem that has been degraded, damaged, or destroyed. Ecological restoration focuses on reestablishing the composition, structure, pattern, and ecological processes necessary to facilitate terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems sustainability, resilience, and health under current and future conditions. USDA CFR Part 219. National forest system land management planning. Fed. Regist. 77(68):21162–

Sources for Determining Success with the Upper South Platte Partnership Lots of CFLRP documents and sources – Don’t reinvent the wheel! Landscape Resilience  CFLRP Monitoring Plan (2011)  Desired Conditions of a Restored Front Range (2014)  Upper Monument Creek Monitoring and Adaptive Management Report (2016)  Front Range Forest Reconstruction Network  Other literature and published reports  Professional Opinion. Rio Grande Water Fund Monitoring Report (2015)