Shared Stewardship Advisor Program Overview
The Shared Stewardship Advisor Program (S2A) aims to accelerate forest restoration and fuels reduction treatments through collaborative partnerships between USFS, CAL FIRE, and other stakeholders. By facilitating cross-boundary projects, advising on implementation strategies, and supporting funding opportunities, the program seeks to address challenges in forest management such as climate change, limited capacity, and financing. Established advisors work closely with National Forests and CAL FIRE units to align priorities and enhance project effectiveness.
- Forest Restoration
- Shared Stewardship
- Collaborative Partnerships
- Cross-Boundary Projects
- Environmental Conservation
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Shared Stewardship Advisor Shared Stewardship Advisor Program (S2A) Program (S2A) Helping Increase Pace and Scale of Forest Restoration and Fuels Reduction Treatments
Brief Program Background Brief Program Background August 2020, USFS signed the Shared Stewardship MOU with Gov. Gavin Newsom committing to the goal of a combined 1 million acres of forest restoration each year. USFS has collaborative tools like Stewardship Agreements and Good Neighbor Authority to allow more work to be done on federal land. In addition, USFS and CAL FIRE hired four new Shared Stewardship Advisors to assist in implementing partnerships to conduct more forest health projects on federal land.
Why Shared Stewardship? Why Shared Stewardship? All-Lands approach to watershed management Climate change, Tree mortality, Fire Trans-boundary funding programs Increased public (landowner) engagement in FS processes Representation of landowner interests Education and dissemination Mutual benefit and mutual interest FS has limited capacity to implement 250k 500k ac/year Year to year funding Culture shift needed Development of trust to share work and work together Challenge of financing
Our Scope of Work Our Scope of Work Create new and advise existing implementation partnerships on effective project implementation using Shared Stewardship tools. Advise National Forests, USFS Zones, and CAL FIRE units on partnership strategies. In particular, support the cross-boundary aspects of USFS five-year plans and CAL FIRE unit plans. Develop a list of cross-boundary projects for each zone. Identify priority projects, updated annually that align with USFS five-year plans, CWPPs, CAL FIRE unit plans and other key partner priorities. Coordinate and support funding opportunities. Track key State/Federal funding opportunities and provide support for grant proposal submissions across each zone. Educate. Organize trainings and outreach to USFS field offices, CAL FIRE units, and local partners on Shared Stewardship tools to develop cross-boundary partnerships and projects.
Established new implementation and project manager partner for FS fuel break Connected Cal Fire unit foresters with local FS veg mgmt. counterparts A Few Recent Examples Reviewed budget proposals and made recommendations for implementation strategies Facilitated USFS partnership and LOS for a local RCD s CCI application Advised R5 leadership on where to allocate funding to align with SNC priority projects Coordinated with Cal Fire and R5 leadership on project rankings within our zones.
Contact Us Mike Vollmer Tahoe RCD mvollmer@tahoercd.org Jason Smith TSS Consultants jasonbsmith@tssconsultants.com
