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A number of technical assistance providers throughout the region have experience and expertise on issues related to community forestry and rural community development. Pacific West Center staff offer assistance with participatory research and Center issue areas: socioeconomic monitoring & assessment, ecosystem workforce, environmental justice, and traditional ecological knowledge.

Below is a selection of technical assistance providers with whom the Pacific West Center has worked. At the bottom of the page, you will find links to the directories of the Collaborative Learning Circle and the National Community Forestry Center.

Community forestry/monitoring
Gary Nakamura
UC Cooperative Extension Forestry
Redding, CA
(530) 224-4902
gmnakamura@ucdavis.edu

Cate Hartzell & Jude Wait
Collaborative Learning Circle
Ashland, OR & Redway, CA
Cate: (541) 433-2929, hart@mind.net
Jude: (707) 923-5039, judew@asis.com

Ecosystem workforce
Cassandra Moseley
Ecosystem Workforce Program
University of Oregon
Eugene, OR
(541) 346-4545
cmosely@darkwing.uoregon.edu

Environmental justice
Beth Rose Middleton
Forest Community Research/
Environmental Science, Policy, and Management
University of California, Berkeley
bethrose@nature.berkeley.edu

Rochelle Johnson
Environmental Justice Coalition for Water
(510) 251-1600
rochelle@ejwatercoalition.org

Forestry workers' rights
Rebecca Smith
National Employment Law Project
(360) 534-9160
rsmith@nelp.org

Denise Smith
Alliance of Forest Workers & Harvesters
Willow Creek, CA
(530) 629-3353
alliancefwh@pcweb.net

Inventorying & monitoring
Cece Headley
Eugene, OR
(541) 688-2175
lcffm@efn.org

Non-timber forest products (NTFPs)
Rebecca McLain, Kathryn Lynch, & Eric Jones
Institute for Culture and Ecology
Portland, OR
(503) 331-6681
contact@ifcae.org

Dick Hansis
Environmental Science
Humboldt State University
Arcata, CA
(707) 826-4148
rah14@axe.humboldt.edu

NTFP cooperatives/marketing
Denise Smith
Trinity Alps Botanicals/
Alliance of Forest Workers & Harvesters
Willow Creek, CA
(530) 629-3353
alliancefwh@pcweb.net

Participatory research
Carl Wilmsen
Community Forestry Fellowship Program
Berkeley, CA
(510) 642-3431
cffellow@nature.berkeley.edu

David Campbell
UC California Communities Program
Davis, CA
(530) 754-4328
dave.c.campbell@ucdavis.edu

Popular education/workers
Sarah Loose
The Jefferson Center
Wolf Creek, OR & Olympia, WA
(541) 659-5916
jeffctr2@reachone.com

José Montenegro
Centro Internacional para el Desarrollo Rural Sustentable (CIDERS)
Salinas, CA
(831) 422-4694
MonteneJJ@aol.com

Restoration planning & workforce training
Sungnome Madrone
Redwood Community Action Agency
Arcata, CA
(707) 269-2057
sungnome@rcaa.org

Traditional ecological knowledge
Farrell Cunningham
Maidu Cultural and Development Group
Taylorsville, CA
(530) 284-1022 x22
MCDG@fcresearch.org

Watershed restoration TA & implementation funding
Jude Wait
California Salmon Partnership
Collaborative Learning Circle
Redway, CA
(707) 923-5039
judew@asis.com

Collaborative Learning Circle Directory
The Pacific West Center is a member of the Collaborative Learning Circle (CLC), a cross-regional network of 35 diverse organizations and individuals promoting sustainable redevelopment strategies and land management practices in rural communities of Southern Oregon and Northern California since 1994. CLC members provide technical assistance on a variety of community forestry issues, including those listed above. To access CLC's directory of members and the services they provide, please click here.

National Community Forestry Center Resource Directory
The Pacific West Community Forestry Center is one of four regional centers or field stations that are part of the National Community Forestry Center, a project of the National Network of Forest Practitioners. To access NCFC's resource directory, please click here.