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John William Prather 1969-2006

01/25/06 White Mountains Landscape Assessment Data Atlas revised (7 MB PDF)

9/05/05 "A landscape perspective for Forest Restoration" published in Journal of Forestry (112 KB PDF)

7/19/05 U.S. Forest Service 2005 Wildland Fire Use Guide includes ForestERA risk assessment methods (1.7 MB PDF).

6/28/05 White Mountains Project Stakeholder Needs Assessment complete (7 MB PDF).

6/2/05 North-central New Mexico Project Stakeholder Needs Assessment complete (274 KB PDF).

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Seeing the Big Picture

ForestERA is a collaborative process that views forest ecosystems from a landscape perspective to discover better ways to restore their health and protect our communities. Stakeholders representing diverse backgrounds, priorities, needs and points of view work together in small groups using the best scientific information and tools available.
White Mountain Region study area North-central New Mexico study area White Mountain Region study area Western Mogollon Plateau study area

ForestERA has study areas in Arizona and New Mexico. Click on study area for project details.


Participants view data in map form to weigh various fire, community, wildlife, watershed and other factors important in decision-making. Areas of high value and high risk are prioritized, management actions proposed, and effects predicted.

A detailed action plan results that reflects multiple inputs, values and points of view. (Read more...)
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