Central Umpqua – Mid Klamath Oak Habitat Conservation Project . . . Project Partners and their roles
Lomakatsi will coordinate and lead the partnership effort to implement the project, and will provide technical assistance to landowners in many ways, including:
- documents needed for regulatory compliance in forestry operations (production o prescribed fire management plans, DEQ smoke management, forestry operating permits, etc.)
- project design, layout, and GIS mapping
- silvicultural prescriptions
- contractor and workforce development and training
- monitoring, quality control and inspections (with NRCS).
Additional partners provide matching funds, technical expertise and the collective capacity to implement this landscape-level cooperative conservation effort. Partners perform a variety of tasks including landowner outreach and recruitment, project planning, contract and conservation plan development, project implementation, and monitoring.
Project partners include the following:
Lead Partner – Project Sponsor: Lomakatsi
Primary Partners:
NRCS Offices – Douglas County, Jackson County, Siskiyou County
USFWS Offices — Portland, Klamath Falls, Yreka
Klamath Bird Observatory
Auxiliary Partners:
– Government Agencies
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
Soil and Water Conservation Districts of Jackson and Josephine Counties
USDI Bureau of Land Management (Roseburg Oregon)
– Universities
Oregon State University
– Other Organizations
Jackson County Small Woodlands Association
The Nature Conservancy