Watershed restoration, jobs-in-the-woods, and community assistance: Redwood National Park and the Northwest Forest Plan
DeForest CE. 1999. Watershed restoration, jobs-in-the-woods, and community assistance: Redwood National Park and the Northwest Forest Plan. General Technical Report PNW-GTR-449. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. Portland, OR
Author's Abstract: "There are many parallels between the 1978 legislation to expand Redwood National Park and the Northwest Forest Plan, which together with the Northwest Economic Adjustment Initiative formed the 1993 Pacific Northwest Initiative. In both situations, the Federal Government sought to promote retraining for displaced workers, to undertake watershed assessment and restoration work, and to assist communities with economic planning, grants, and transitions. Both of these efforts point out the inherent conflicts between the economic and ecological objectives of watershed restoration. No one wants to have to choose between reducing sediment and reducing unemployment in coastal forests." The sections of this report are Introduction, Redwood National Expansion, Genesis, Mechanisms, Redwood National Park Legislation, Legislative Purpose, Results, Redwood Employee Protection Plan, Community Assistance and Transitions, Watershed Restoration and Jobs-in-the-Woods Program, Effects on Timber Supplies, Conclusion, Redwood National Park Expansion Legislation, Northwest Forest Plan, Genesis, Mechanisms, Forest Manatgement and Economic Development, Watershed Restoration and Jobs-in-the-Woods Program, Watershed Restoration and Jobs-in-the-Woods Program--Southwest Washington Province, Results, Watershed Restoration and Jobs-in-the-Woods Program, The Effects of the Redwood National Park Experience on Watershed Restoration Techniques, Worker Retraining and Community Assistance, Conclusions, and Literature Cited.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- DeForest, Christopher
- Date of Issue
- 1999-05
- Publisher
- USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station
- Units
- REDW
- Keywords
- Forestry, Geology, Management, Park Boundaries, Park Expansion, Presence (Biodiversity), Redwood Creek, Revegetation, Silviculture, Soils, Taxa Links To References, Thinning, Timber Harvest, Watershed Restoration, Watersheds