Get helpful information and resources on the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for Colorado’s forest collaboratives: an overview of existing programs anticipating increased investments (CFLRP, GNA, Joint Chiefs, Cross-Boundary Ecosystem Restoration) and what applicants need to know.
Speakers and Topics:
- General overview of IIJA and its relevance to forest collaboratives - Alex Funk, Director of Water Resources, Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership
- Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program - Leah Fine, Assistant Coordinator, Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program, USDA Forest Service
- Joint Chiefs Landscape Restoration Partnership - Jonas Feinstein, NRCS State Conservation Forester and Gretchen Reuning , Forest Program Director, Larimer Conservation District
- WaterSMART - Avra Morgan, Program Coordinator, WaterSmart and Nickie McCann, PE, Contracting Officer Representative, Bureau of Reclamation
- Cross-Boundary Ecosystem Restoration: USFS - Steve Lohr, Acting Deputy Regional Forester, Rocky Mountain Region
- Cross-Boundary Ecosystem Restoration: DOI - Ian Barrett (invited), Fuels Program Lead, BLM CO state office
- Good Neighbor Authority - Matt Etzenhouser, Regional Timber Sale Preparation/Appraisal Specialist and Stewardship Contracting Coordinator, USFS
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