Projects
We have many projects currently underway. To learn more about them, contact us anytime.
Stewardship Agreements
In February 2014, the Sustainable Resources Institute entered into a Master Stewardship Agreement with Region 9 of the USDA Forest Service. This agreement allows SRI to enter into Supplemental Project Agreements with any National Forest in Region 9 to exchange goods for services. To do so, SRI purchases and administers USDA Forest Service “goods” timber sale(s) and uses the receipts to accomplish mutually agreed upon “services”, or restoration work. The agreement allows timber sale revenues to be used for restoration work on the National Forest which generated them without the receipts becoming part of the normal Forest Service budgeting process. In addition, this agreement includes the Wyden Authority which allows service work to be accomplished on lands adjacent to the National Forest. SRI developed a Best Practices Guide is those experiences for use in stewardship agreement development and implementation. You can download the Best Practices Guide here: A non-Profit Partner's Perspective: Best Practices to USDA forest Service Stewardship Agreements. In addition, an excerpt from a 2017 presentation on SRI's Stewardship Agreements is available to download here: Stewardship Agreements.
In February 2014, the Sustainable Resources Institute entered into a Master Stewardship Agreement with Region 9 of the USDA Forest Service. This agreement allows SRI to enter into Supplemental Project Agreements with any National Forest in Region 9 to exchange goods for services. To do so, SRI purchases and administers USDA Forest Service “goods” timber sale(s) and uses the receipts to accomplish mutually agreed upon “services”, or restoration work. The agreement allows timber sale revenues to be used for restoration work on the National Forest which generated them without the receipts becoming part of the normal Forest Service budgeting process. In addition, this agreement includes the Wyden Authority which allows service work to be accomplished on lands adjacent to the National Forest. SRI developed a Best Practices Guide is those experiences for use in stewardship agreement development and implementation. You can download the Best Practices Guide here: A non-Profit Partner's Perspective: Best Practices to USDA forest Service Stewardship Agreements. In addition, an excerpt from a 2017 presentation on SRI's Stewardship Agreements is available to download here: Stewardship Agreements.
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Harvesting Urban Trees with Modern Logging Equipment
With financial assistance from a U.S.Forest Service Wood Education Resource Center grant, SRI worked with a unique group of entities to demonstrate and analyze the effectiveness of mechanized cut-to-length equipment to remove and process urban trees. The City of Oak Creek agreed to be part of the project in order to assist them in addressing one of the most substantial Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) outbreaks in Wisconsin. The week-long demonstration determined the cost effectiveness of using this type of equipment and to determine if enough material would be harvested to economically market sawlogs, pulpwood, and chips. In addition to the City of Oak Creek, other public entities involved included the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources - Division of Forestry; Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection; and the US Forest Service Forest Products Lab. From the private sector, Timber Resources, the Sustainable Resources Institute, Inc., Northeast Forestry Services, and Vermeer Wisconsin provided a variety of services. Wisconsin Master Logger Certified Northeast Forestry Services was contracted to do the felling, processing, and forwarding of all designated trees with their harvester and forwarder. To learn more about the project, watch the project video below. |
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