Book Description

This summary report presents findings and recommendations resulting from an evaluation of selected demonstration projects that received funding in 1999 and 2000 from the Four Corners Sustainable Forests Partnership Demonstration Grants Program. It describes project-level activities taking place in communities where timber, forests, and public land have played historically significant roles in their social and economic makeup. It begins to identify perspectives and understandings of the issues active in efforts at community economic revitalization and ecosystem restoration. It also begins to clarify regional patterns and trends in renewing a timber products industry while benefiting the ecological health of forests. Finally, it begins to outline the needs for building greater capacity for community revitalization and ecosystem restoration, and where needs and opportunities appear to exist.