Public/Private Partnerships for Public/Private Partnerships for ConservationConservation

Gail KimbellChief, U.S. Forest Service

National Forest System (20 percent of U.S. forests + many rangelands)

Forestland in the Lower 48

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Other forestland (mostly private)

Checkerboard patterns

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Sample Forest Service partner organizations for land acquisitions

(there are more than ten)

The Nature Conservancy (e.g., Durham Tract land donation, Daniel

Boone National Forest, KY)

The Trust for Public Land (e.g., Brazil Ranch purchase, Los Padres National

Forest, Big Sur, CA)

Western Land Group (e.g., Bar T Bar Ranch purchase, Coconino National

Forest, near Flagstaff, AZ)

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Lessons learned

1. Good communication

2. Good understanding of the agency and its methods (purchase, exchange, donation)

3. Good understanding of our partners’ mission and capacity

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>5026-501-25

Loss GainAcres

per day

Average daily forest change 1997 - 2007

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Connecticut Lakes Headwaters

Public/private partnerships

Healthy, resilient, productive forest ecosystems

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