Publications

Recent Triannual Reports

Voices in the Woods

Overview

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Working Papers and Case Studies

Socioeconomic Characteristics of the Natural Resources Restoration System in Humboldt County: A partial view (293.9 KB - PDF) describes the restoration sector in Humboldt County, California and its contribution to the North Coast regional economy. It shows that Humboldt County is at the leading edge of restoration practices and serves as a model for how restoration work can be accomplished.

Civic Science Partnerships in Community Forestry: Building capacity for participation among underserved communities (48 KB - PDF) describes how meaningful partnerships can be forged among researchers and traditionally underserved communities in forestry. Civic science partnerships engage all parties with interests in and knowledge of the forest, helping them to participate in adaptive management of the forest systems on which they depend. Challenges, institutional barriers, and lessons learned through the Pacific West Center's partnerships with underserved communities are discussed.

Against the Odds: (Re-)Building Community Through Forestry on the Hoopa Reservation (472 KB - PDF) describes a case study in community forestry on the Hoopa Indian Reservation in northwestern California.

The Integration of Community Well-being and Forest Health in the Pacific Northwest: A Case Study of the Columbia Pacific Resource and Conservation District Council (568 KB - PDF) describes how communities in southwestern Washington struggle with development that ties community well-being to forest health in a context of changing regional economies.

Northwest Economic Adjustment Initiative Assessment, Final Report analyzes the effectiveness of the Initiative implemented under President Clinton's 1993 Forest Plan to help address the socioeconomic impacts associated with the changes in federal timber policies. Forest Community Research, with support contributed by the Pacific West Community Forestry Center, conducted case studies of communities in Washington, Oregon, and California and synthesized lessons and recommendations for future community capacity programs. For more information, please visit Forest Community Research's NEAI web page.

Rural Environmental Justice Sourcebook
The sourcebook provides a primer on environmental justice, a summary of current literature and relevant legislation, and a growing database of community and policy resources related to rural environmental justice.
PDF Version: click here; Web Version: click here

A Report on All-Party Monitoring and Lessons Learned from the Pilot Projects (1.3 MB - PDF) describes a process called all-party monitoring and summarizes three pilot projects selected to understand the potential and limitations of all-party monitoring. The pilots include (1) the Quincy Library Group and Feather River Coordinated Resource Management Group effort in the northern Sierra; (2) the Watershed Research and Training Center work in northwest California; (3) the Applegate Partnership and Applegate Watershed Council work with the Rogue Institute for Ecology and Economy in southern Oregon.

The Westwood Community Survey 2000: A Report of Results (1 MB - PDF) is a survey of households that captures residents' opinions on a variety of issues in order to learn about what residents value and what they want for their community. The survey follows a precedent-setting land use initiative that has divided the community. The report offers a foundation for discussion and constructive engagement concerning land-use decisions that will affect the community in the years to come.

Reports from Community-based Projects

Native plants in California's Owens River Valley: Integrating Paiute traditional ecological knowledge & Western botany through participatory research (177.1 KB - PDF)
This report describes a participatory research project in which members of the Bishop and Big Pine Paiute tribal communities are documenting their traditional ecological knowledge of native plants in the Owens River Valley in California and linking their knowledge with current Western scientific knowledge.

The Maidu Stewardship Project: (189.3 KB - PDF)
Blending of two knowledge systems in forest management describes a participatory research project in which members of the Maidu community are monitoring outcomes of traditional management of oaks and other plants important for traditional foods, medicines, and material culture on the Maidu Stewardship Site. The monitoring project integrates and reflects monitoring priorities of Western science and Maidu traditional ecological knowledge.

Sharing Stewardship of the Harvest: Report on the 2003 Crescent Lake Mushroom Monitoring Project (332.0 KB - PDF)
This report describes a grassroots participatory research project that engages diverse, low-income harvesters in monitoring the social, cultural, and ecological dimensions of the matsutake mushroom harvest in Crescent Lake, Oregon.

Cave Junction/Brookings Wild Mushroom Monitoring Project Report (67 KB - PDF) describes a successful participatory research project among mushroom harvesters in south-western Oregon. Through multi-party monitoring, the health of the mushroom is monitored and mushroom harvesters are empowered as researchers and peer-educators.

Sharing Stewardship of the Harvest: Building capacity among low-income Non-Timber Forest Product harvesters (100 KB - PDF)
The 15-page summary report introduces the process of multi-party monitoring and describes two grassroots participatory monitoring projects among matsutake mushroom harvesters in south-central Oregon. Key issues identified by participants are highlighted and outcomes and lessons learned are presented. The projects illustrate how on-the-ground participatory research is resulting in new avenues of participation among low-income, culturally diverse harvesters in land management decision-making.

Outreach to Latino Harvesters Project Report 2002 describes a grassroots outreach, problem identification, and peer education project among Latino brush harvesters in Shelton, WA. The project identifies key employment and contracting issues affecting the lives and livelihoods of harvesters.

Report on the First Regional Meeting of the Latino Forest Workers Leadership Group 2002 (In Spanish, English translation pending) presents the results of a participatory needs assessment and demonstrates the formation of a leadership group among Latino forest workers from California, Oregon, and Washington. The process for problem identification is formative, in which leadership group members learn the skills to facilitate their own needs assessments in their own communities.

Publications by Our Partners

Voices from the Woods: Lives and Experiences of Non-Timber Forest Workers is a publication of the Jefferson Center for Education and Research. The booklet offers a glimpse into a world of diverse ecosystems, diverse human systems, and the places they intersect. This booklet is only one piece of what the Jefferson Center hopes will be a growing effort to address environmental justice in natural resources.