By SGPC Coordinator In late August of 2020, the SGPC joined the Recreate Responsibly Coalition to help spread the work about recreating safely—especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. With many people feeling stir-crazy due to shelter-in-place orders and other social distancing mandates, managers have seen a record influx of recreationists to Read more…
During the past six months, the global COVID-19 pandemic has uprooted the nature of all human interaction. Like many other sectors of society, collaborative work has faced a stark contrast to ‘business as usual.’ At the SGPC, for example, we were forced to cancel our Annual Meeting and postpone our Read more…
On July 19, 2019, SGPC members toured the Upper Wind planning area with Tom Spies (Emeritus Scientist, Pacific Northwest Research Station and Courtesy Professor, Oregon State University) and James Johnston (Faculty Research Associate, Oregon State University). The group learned about the ecological value of early seral habitat and why this Read more…
Check out the Washington Forest Collaboratives Network website for a recent article about the SGPC Temporary Roads Monitoring Pilot Project.
On August 16, Jerry Franklin, well-known University of Washington professor and former Forest Service research scientist, looked fully at home standing in the woods of the Gifford Pinchot National Forest (GPNF) as he used his trekking pole to emphasize the importance of maintaining the continuity of biota, structure, and function Read more…
The South Gifford Pinchot Collaborative is hosting a public workshop on June 7th from 6:00-8:00PM at the Hegewald Center (710 SW Rock Creek Dr) in Stevenson, WA to gather public input on the future management of developed recreation on the Gifford Pinchot National Forest (GPNF). This will be a chance Read more…
The Forest Youth Success (FYS) program was founded in 2002 and has funded over 700 youth program participants from Skamania County. Youth gain an understanding of what it takes to maintain and preserve our natural resources, as well as learn about potential job opportunities in these fields. Retained Receipts have helped Read more…
The South Gifford Pinchot Collaborative (SGPC) is excited to announce that the group received a significant grant from the National Forest Foundation (NFF) for 2018. The project, A Road Map to Increased Pace and Scale of Restoration on the South Gifford Pinchot National Forest, was fully funded for $24,000, marking Read more…
The SGPC has been asked to be part of the Advisory Committee for Eastern Washington’s 20 Year Forest Health Strategic Plan. The Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is leading this program and explains the need for a coordinated all lands management strategy to reduce “the risk of uncharacteristic wildfires Read more…