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MONTANA FOREST COLLABORATION NETWORK �ADAPTATIONS AND INNOVATIONS TO SCALE LOCALLY-DRIVEN, CROSS-BOUNDARY ACTION

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A TO Z STEWARDSHIP CONTRACTS

One of Multiple Innovations and Adaptations that Have Emerged

    • Stewardship End-Result Contracting
    • Stewardship Agreements
    • Good Neighbor Authority
    • TFPA, RTRL
    • 20-year Contracts
    • A to Z Contracts
    • Return of Sustained Yield Units?

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OVERVIEW OF ADAPTATIONS AND INNOVATIONS

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AUTHORITY/TOOL

YEAR EST.

PROBLEM ADDRESSED

Sustained Yield Units

1944

Overproduction, depressed prices and liquidation of private timber resources

Stewardship Contracting

1999

Insufficient agency funding to accomplish restoration (service) work; Agency budgetary politics; Barriers to collaboration

Stewardship Agreements

1999

No mechanism to combine federal and non-federal dollars and expertise to accomplish restoration work on federal lands

GNA

2014

Agency implementation bottlenecks, high transaction costs

20-Year Contracts

2024

Market need for certainty of supply/credible commitments to attract investment capital

A to Z (G to Z)

N/A

Agency planning & implementation bottlenecks

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MILL CREEK A TO Z

Nuts and Bolts:

  • IRSC
  • Estimated 54,000 acre planning area
  • Estimated 30-50 MMBF
  • 10-year single-award, performance-based contract

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MILL CREEK A TO Z PROJECT

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MILL CREEK A TO Z

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GO VANDALS!

Chelsea Pennick

208-264-8500

chelseap@uidaho.edu

www.chelseapennick.com

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