The forestland in the foothills of the Cascade Range and the Coast Range that ring the Willamette Valley has a limited capability for forest resistance and resilience to disturbance measures due to recent management that has reduced structure and complexity. These monoculture forests are particularly susceptible to risks for fire, insect pest and disease outbreak, and drought events that have severe effects that compromise the capability of the system to maintain or return to a functioning ecological state. These risks are expected to be further elevated with projected climate variability over the next century. This strategy will improve forest diversity that gains resistance and resilience to disturbance events, thus reducing the susceptibility to effects that impair the long-term function and lessen the ecosystem services provided by forests in priority areas of the Central Coast/Upper Willamette basins.
Conservation Practices Offered
Forest Stand Improvement (666)
Woody Residue Treatment (384)
Brush Management (314)
Herbaceous Weed Control (315)
Tree/Shrub Site Preparation (490)
Tree/Shrub Establishment (612)
Tree/Shrub Pruning (660)
Conservation Cover (327)
Forest Management Plan (106)
Forest Management Design and Implementation Activity (165)
Structures for Wildlife (649)
Wildlife Habitat Planting (420)
Project Partners
Oregon Department of Forestry
Oregon State University Extension
Watershed Councils
Oregon Small Woodlands Association
Local EQIP Ranking Questions
NRCS uses these questions to evaluate eligible applications for this project and to prioritize applications for potential funding. State and national ranking questions also apply. See more information on the EQIP program page.
Screening Questions
Is the proposed project within the forest priority boundary, and the landowner has an existing forest management plan or is applying to have one written? Will the project result in improved forest diversity or habitat improvement? HIGH
Is the proposed project within the forest priority boundary, and the landowner has an existing forest management plan? MEDIUM
Is the proposed project outside of the forest priority boundary? LOW
Ranking Questions
1. Will habitats other than Douglas Fir production forests be improved by planting, creating gaps or creating snags?
2. Will invasive species be removed and replaced with native species?
3. Is the proposed project adjacent to other forest treatments that reduce stress, mortality or improves wildlife habitat?
4. Will the proposed action reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire?
5. Will flowering plants including forbs and shrubs be installed to improve pollinator habitat?
