In the past, forest management was primarily dictated by industry needs and fire suppression. As a result, our forests are now unhealthy, unsafe and prone to catastrophic fires. (See FF Video - Our Forests Today)

We are embarking on creating a collaborative vision of safe and healthy forests to provide land managers with the information they need to better manage our lands.

The creation of this vision is in various stages of development. Some communities are far ahead in creating their vision for their local forests and are currently building "zones of agreement" among stakeholders to achieve forest health and safety goals. See White Mountain Stewardship Contract.

Although a collaborative vision is evolving, there is a general consensus that any sustainable forest health management plan will include significant reintroduction of fire as a natural part of the ecosystem, and will also result in significant volumes of residues that must be removed from the forests on a continuous basis.(See FF Video on How we thin the forest)

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