Research and Reports
Blue Mountains Forest Partners uses science to develop our restoration projects. Some of the research that has informed our work can be found by clicking on the links below.
Diameter limits impede restoration of historical conditions in dry mixed-conifer forests of eastern Oregon, USA
Commentary: Large Trees Dominate Carbon Storage in Forests East of the Cascade Crest in the United States Pacific Northwest
Conservation of Dry Forest Old Growth in Eastern Oregon
Understanding Stakeholder Experiences with Long-Term, Landscape-Scale Stewardship Contracting in the Pacific Northwest
Maintaining the Foundation of Collaborative Groups
Can Prescribed Fire Do the Work We Hired It to Do (Science Findings 2020)
Disjunct and decoupled The persistence of a fire-sensitive conifer species in a historically frequent-fire landscape (Downing et al. 2020)
Using Historical Reconstructions of Moist Mixed Conifer Forests to Inform Forest Management on the Malheur National Forest (Lindsay and Johnston, 2019)
Cow Fire: Proactive Fire Management in Action
Of Woodpeckers and Harvests: Finding Compatibility Between Habitat and Salvage Logging
Strengthening Your Community by Tackling Challenges Together: Lessons Learned from the High Desert Partnership
Successes, Challenges, and Opportunities for Collaborative Accelerated Restoration in Oregon’s Blue Mountains
Churchill et al. 2017 Historical forest structure, composition, and spatial pattern in dry conifer forests of the western Blue Mountains
Osborne Fire Lookout Panoramas
Collaboration and the Malheur Ten-Year Stewardship Contract
Collaborative Capacity for Accelerated Restoration
Eastern Oregon Restoration Benefits Businesses Statewide – Distribution of Timber Buyers and Service Contractors
Economic Impacts from Blue Mountains National Forests Restoration – Tracking Investments in Eastern Oregon
Economic Impacts from the Malheur 10-Year Stewardship Contract - Evaluating Year One.pdf
Economic Outcomes from the USFS Eastside Strategy.pdf
Monitoring of Outcomes From Oregon's Federal Forest Health Program.pdf
Social and Economic Monitoring for the Southern Blues Restoration Coalition Project, Fiscal Years 2012 and 2013.pdf
The Forest Service and Communities: The Relationships Between Land and People in the Pacific Northwest Region
Forest succession along a productivity gradient following fire exclusion (Johnston 2017).pdf
Influence of Fire Disturbance and Biophysical Heterogeneity on Presettlement Ponderosa Pine and Mixed Conifer Forests (Johnston et al. 2016).pdf
Federal Forest Dashboard Project - Management and Restoration Indicators for Six National Forests in Eastern Oregon.pdf
Historical Comparison of Forest Types on the Malheur National Forest (Amell 2016).pdf
Monitoring Outcomes from Oregon's Federal Forest Health Program.pdf
BMFP Adaptive Management Framework Phase I Report (Moote 2015).pdf
Goshawk on Southern Blue Mountains (Goodell and Seager 2015).pdf
Aspen Restoration and Social Agreements.pdf
Formalizing Decisions - A Case Study on Collaborative Zones of Agreement.pdf
The Roles of Leadership Committees in Forest Collaborative Capacity.pdf
Science and Collaborative Decisionmaking - A Case Study of the Kew Study.pdf
Treatment Objectives Report.pdf
Southern Blues Restoration Coalition Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program (CFLRP) Documents
Southern Blues Restoration Coalition CFLRP Extension Application (2021)
Bigger Look
CFLRP Strategic Plan
Social and Economic Monitoring For the Southern Blues Restoration Coalition 2012-2013.pdf
SBRC_CFLR_Annual_Report_2014_2.pdf
Final CFLRP Regional Report - 2013.pdf
CFLRP Boundary Expansion Approval.pdf
CFLRP Boundary Expansion Request.pdf
2011 Southern Blues Restoration Coalition CFLRP Proposal -- FINAL -- February 15, 2011.pdf
Post-Fire Management Literature
Seeking consensus in post fire management: The Canyon Creek example
Haugo et al. 2015.pdf
Peterson et al. 2015.pdf
Richie et al. 2013.pdf
Dunn et al. 2015.pdf
Fuel Reduction Effectiveness Literature
Restoration and adaptation of fire-prone forest landscapes provide ecological, cultural, and social benefits: Facts, Myths, and Fallacies
Adapting western North American forests to climate change and wildfires: Ten common questions
Counteracting wildfire misinformation
Are fuel treatments effective at achieving ecological and social objectives A systematic review (Kalies & Kent 2016).pdf
Basic principles of forest fuel reduction treatments (Agee & Skinner 2005).pdf
Can prescribed fire be used to maintain fuel treatment effectiveness over time in the Black Hills (Battaglia 2008).pdf
Changes in fuelbed characteristics and resulting fire potentials after fuel reduction treatments in dry forests of the Blue Mountains (Youngblood 2008).pdf
Do thinning and-or burning treatments in western USA ponderosa or Jeffrey pine dominated forests help restore natural fire (Fule 2012).pdf
Dry forests and wildland fires of the inland Northwest USA (Hessburg et al. 2005).pdf
Effects of tree cutting and fire on understory vegetation in mixed conifer (Abella & Springer 2015).pdf
Fire Treatment Effects on Vegetation Structure, Fuels, and Potential Fire Severity in Western US Forsets (Stephens et al. 2009).pdf
Canyon Creek Fire Fuels Treatment Effectiveness Assessment: https://www.frames.gov/partner-sites/nwcg-fpfm/tools-resources/resources/
Beyond Fuel Treatment Effectiveness - Characterizing Interactions between Fire and Treatments (Barnett etal 2016).pdf
Fire Management Literature
Evidence for Widespread Changes in the Structure, Composition, and Fire Regimes of Western North American Forest Landscapes
Historical fire-climate Relationships in Contrasting Interior PNW Forest Types (Johnston et al. 2017).pdf
Prescribed Fire and Smoke Management Literature
HCRC Prescribed Fire Factsheet_Final.pdf
Characterizing Public Tolerance of Smoke from Wildland Fires (Engebretson et al. 2016).pdf
A Statistical Model for Determining Impact of Wildland Fires on Particulate Matter (PM2.5) in Central California Aided by Satellite Imagery of Smoke (Preisler et al 2015).pdf
Wildland Fire Management and Air Quality in the Southern Sierra Nevada Using the Lion Fire as a Case Study with a Multiyear Perspective on pm25 Impacts and Fire Policy (Schweizer 2016).pdf
Effectiveness and Longevity of Wildland Fire as a Fuel Treatment (Parks et al 2016).pdf
Forest Fire Policy Change Conventional Thinking of Smoke Management to Prioritize Long-Term Air Quality and Public Health (Schweizer et al 2016).pdf
Riparian Restoration and Management Literature
Restoring Rivers, Sustaining Communities.pdf
Riparian Fuel Treatments in the Western USA - Dwire et al. 2016.pdf
Riparian Restoration Workshop Meeting Minutes - November 16, 2016.pdf
Prescribed fires as ecological surrogates for wildfires A stream and riparian perspective (Arkle et al. 2009).pdf
Wildlife Management Literature
Wildlife-Friendly Fuels Reduction in Nonfederal Dry Forests in the PNW (2016).pdf
Blue Mountains Forest Plan Elk Standards and Guidelines Presentation.pdf
Aspen Restoration Literature
BMFP Aspen Zones of Agreement (October 2017) - FINAL.pdf
Aspen: Restoring the Jewel of Oregon’s Dry Forests
Malheur National Forest Quaking Aspen Restoration Program (Tatum 2007).pdf
