Monitoring
COPWRR Stakeholders believe that collaborative efforts have the potential to help restore forest ecosystems, reduce wildfire risk, and create economic opportunities. But the initial agreement and trust developed through consensus building around the conference table needs to be regularly re-affirmed by monitoring the results of CROP and the on-the-ground effects of expanded fuel treatment projects. To address this need, the COPWRR Stakeholders established an Ecosystem Monitoring Committee and also created processes to monitor whether CROP has resulted in more small-diameter material being offered and utilized.
The Ecosystem Monitoring Committee identified areas of critical stakeholder concern related to fuel treatments that produce small-diameter material and assessed relevant pre-existing monitoring efforts in the region. The Committee determined that there was a need for more formal and rigorous implementation and effectiveness monitoring for fuel treatment projects involving small diameter material removal and developed a field-based multi-party monitoring process to fill that need. In fall 2006 the process was piloted on the Katalo and Park Fire Projects. The pilot was deemed a success because it helped to
build trust and public confidence in fuel treatments that produce small-diameter material and promoted learning and adaptive management through formal evaluation and discussion of past management activities. For copies of the final monitoring review reports use the links below. The next round of field reviews is scheduled for fall 2007 and information about these reviews will be available through this website.
Katalo Project Monitoring Reports Summary      Katalo Project Monitoring Full Reports
Park Fire Monitoring Reports Summary      Park Fire Monitoring Full Reports
Newberry Project Monitoring Reports Summary      Newberry Project Monitoring Full Reports
Green Thin Project Monitoring Reports Summary      Green Thin Project Monitoring Full Reports
Rocky II Project Monitoring Reports Summary      Rocky II Project Monitoring Full Reports
Westside Project Monitoring Reports Summary     Westside Project Monitoring Full Reports
E. Tumbull Project Monitoring Reports Summary     E. Tumbull Project Monitoring Full Reports