1. Community-Based Forestry in the United States a report from the U.S. Endowment for Forestry & Communities

2. Community-Based Forestry in the United States Impacts of CBF

3. Keys to Success

4. Investment Local leadership Mobilization of local resources Assistance from intermediary organizations Supportive public policies & programs

5. Impacts:Diffusing Conflict

6. Diffusing Conflict Leveraging new resources for restoration Convening open, inclusive discussions Increasing voice of local communities

7. Diffusing Conflict Creating local business & job opportunities Providing effective treatment for “analysis paralysis”

8. Diffusing Conflict Sustainable Northwest Saw need for non-partisan problem-solver Early project: facilitating community meetings in a town hit hard by declining timber harvests Interest in listening, in “going deep & staying long” turned conversation to sustainability and capacity building

9. Impacts:Restoration& Stewardship

10. Restoration & Stewardship Neglected public assets (e.g. trail systems) Restoring ecosystems Damaged (e.g. from unsustainable harvesting )

11. Restoration & Stewardship Planting & restoration after fires Creating a culture of long-term stewardship Management to reduce fire risk Habitat improvement Models for good forest stewardship for private landowners

12. Restoration & Stewardship The Klamath Tribes Ecosystem improvement Community vitality CBF initiative: restoration as a key to Preservation of cultural identity Economic self-sufficiency

13. Impacts:Public Policy

14. Public Policy Stewardship contracting requires demonstration of community benefits Shift in Forest Service performance measures: outputs to outcomes Farm Bill’s new “Community Forest & Open Space Program”

15. Public Policy State & county development commissions investing more in smaller-scale, community- owned ventures Community wildfire protection plans provide local voice in fire planning

16. Public Policy Rural Voices for Conservation Coalition 60+ Western rural and local, regional, and national organizations Common issues, shared voice & strength in numbers Goal: promote balanced, conservation-based approaches to ecological & economic problems

17. Impacts:Rebuilding Local Infrastructures

18. CBF Infrastructure Is… Investment Local leadership Mobilization of local resources Assistance from intermediary organizations Supportive public policies & programs

19. CBF Infrastructure Is… Leadership- and organizational development Capacity for facilitation & conflict resolution Project management capacity Capacity for facilitation & conflict resolution Project management capacity Capacity for facilitation & conflict resolution

20. Rebuilding Infrastructures Incubation of new products and businesses Community acquisition of forestland in the East Restored access to national forests and public lands

21. Rebuilding Infrastructures Groundwork for tapping new markets like carbon credits Diverse streams of financing

22. Impacts:Building Assets in Rural Communities

23. Building Assets New value streams Expanded job training & job opportunities More access to & ownership of forestland Increased social capital

24. Building Assets People are healthier, schools work better, kids learn faster, local government performs better, [there is less] crime, and…positive impacts on local business.” – Lew Feldstein, co-chair, Saguaro Seminar Social capital=

25. Building Assets Sustainable Woods Links local landowners with professional foresters & ecologically sensitive loggers Enhances forest health & provides good economic return.

26. Impacts:Building Rural Capacity

27. Building Rural Capacity Promoting education & training Building new community institutions & leadership Collaboration & expanded participation Expanding access to financial & technical resources

28. Building Rural Capacity Colorado Front Range Roundtable 10-county multi-stakeholder partnership focused on improving forest conditions & reducing wildfire risk Launched groundbreaking regional community capacity- building project last year