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Recap: Sheep Creek Stewardship Project field tour - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://northernbluescollaborative.org/blog/2025-riparian-pub-priv monthly 0.5 2025-12-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f1cfc160b5e9fe82c0a602/229a1051-d3ad-4a95-b436-7e086e2ed6ce/WR_May2025_NBFC_SheepCreek_Cussler078.JPG Blog - Grande Ronde Basin rivers restored through public/private/tribal partnerships - Make it stand out The Colobmia spotted frog is one of the many species that benefits from reconnected floodplains and aquatic restoration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f1cfc160b5e9fe82c0a602/e5b6e651-0a57-4097-a0ad-91d984fa8871/IMG_5851.jpg Blog - Grande Ronde Basin rivers restored through public/private/tribal partnerships - Make it stand out John and Val Nesemann collaborated with other neighbors, including the Pierri’s, to accomplish a large river restoration project along the Lostine River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f1cfc160b5e9fe82c0a602/1749663962389-9DSF3MSHGRDPUEOYU3VO/WR_May2025_NBFC_SheepCreek_Cussler068.JPG Blog - Grande Ronde Basin rivers restored through public/private/tribal partnerships The Sheep Creek Stewardship Project in the upper Grande Ronde watershed treated 4.6+ miles of mainstream creek and floodplain and reconnected 101 acres of historic wetland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f1cfc160b5e9fe82c0a602/1749663917965-R98GUSPCIDMJQP5ERGU6/WR_May2025_NBFC_SheepCreek_Cussler061.JPG Blog - Grande Ronde Basin rivers restored through public/private/tribal partnerships A beaver dam analogue at the Sheep Creek Stewardship Project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f1cfc160b5e9fe82c0a602/1749663776604-X0PO32TXSMQTVD5H8WE8/RCHATour_Neesman_Cussler01.jpg Blog - Grande Ronde Basin rivers restored through public/private/tribal partnerships The Nesemann and Pierri families worked with nine other neighbors along the Lostine River to restore and reconnect the floodplain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f1cfc160b5e9fe82c0a602/1749664003513-9UAV26RA3PHVCSV7RDRH/RHCATour_Neesman_Cussler02.jpeg Blog - Grande Ronde Basin rivers restored through public/private/tribal partnerships John Nesemann points out the various channels cut into their property to help divert strong flows from eroding the cliff on the opposite side further. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f1cfc160b5e9fe82c0a602/1749664044502-D3AXZNHV9AZGUD8CJ3FO/RHCATour_Neesman_Cussler03.jpg Blog - Grande Ronde Basin rivers restored through public/private/tribal partnerships View of the restoration work from the Nesemann property. http://northernbluescollaborative.org/blog/2025/spring-prescribed-fire monthly 0.5 2025-12-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f1cfc160b5e9fe82c0a602/55e4eff4-053f-48f9-a18a-e2ccd4743d90/PXL_20250608_170743160.jpg Blog - Prescribed fire season brings restoration to the Northern Blues - Make it stand out Attendees at the first NE Oregon IGNITE training learn from experts how to dig line on a prescribed fire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f1cfc160b5e9fe82c0a602/3f66d3a5-4164-4122-966b-28c2868a3886/WR_Fall24_NBRP_ObieTour_Kaci_edited078.jpg Blog - 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And it is the best way for rural communities like mine to have a meaningful say and role in public lands management and decision making.” - Mark Webb, Executive Director, Blue Mountains Forest Partners https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f1cfc160b5e9fe82c0a602/1463355133045-JYRLQ81J5K5NCTR5GK9I/image-asset.jpeg History MAP CREDIT: ECOSYSTEM WORKFORCE PROGRAM, UNIVERSITY OF OREGON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f1cfc160b5e9fe82c0a602/d5223e2d-c101-4e51-995f-1e5c0040798c/Untitled+design+%283%29.png History - OUR HISTORY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f1cfc160b5e9fe82c0a602/1463355133045-JYRLQ81J5K5NCTR5GK9I/image-asset.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f1cfc160b5e9fe82c0a602/1672956277795-G1KPRLISCTSY5MKIM2V5/PXL_20220623_195522402.jpg History http://northernbluescollaborative.org/why-we-collaborate daily 0.75 2025-12-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f1cfc160b5e9fe82c0a602/1667594791354-LASQNC5LC8AYLQZU5PJL/20220825_093706.jpg Why We Collaborate - The Benefits of Collaborating: Collaboration happens when diverse stakeholders are working together to solve a common problem or achieve a common objective. For the NBFC, this means restoring our local landscape and helping communities that depend on our forest for work. Although it takes trust and hard work, we believe collaboration is the best way to achieve our goals. By putting in more time and effort up front, we can build more durable projects and solutions backed by social agreement. 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This work seeks, as a priority, to build widespread, mutual understanding of and support for the large landscape restoration centered on the Umatilla and Wallowa-Whitman National Forests. Our vision is to create a vibrant Northern Blues with a restored and resilient forested landscape, strong job, recreation and business opportunities, and social harmony across the region. Our History https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f1cfc160b5e9fe82c0a602/6b797eb4-5d6e-4c03-b015-23e27dee4ed8/Untitled+design+%285%29.png New Page We work to improve the social, economic, and ecological resiliency of the Wallowa Whitman National Forest and Umatilla National Forest and local communities through collaboration by a diverse group of stakeholders. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f1cfc160b5e9fe82c0a602/1667858248117-SRZG26BI8VJOAUO6I2QO/24-DSC_0186.jpg New Page - What our vision is Our vision to provide a place for respectful dialogue, where people from historically antagonistic circles can listen to and learn from each other. People present at the table can include interests from local mills, forest contractors, environmental advocates, tribal governments and tribal members, local government and community, private property owners, and recreationists etc. People from such a breadth of society rarely sit together to talk, so it’s easy to misunderstand each other. There is a long history of people from these groups mis-understanding, and even being hostile toward each other. Collaboration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f1cfc160b5e9fe82c0a602/d5223e2d-c101-4e51-995f-1e5c0040798c/Untitled+design+%283%29.png New Page - THE NORTHERN BLUES FOREST COLLABORATIVE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56f1cfc160b5e9fe82c0a602/1667858248117-SRZG26BI8VJOAUO6I2QO/24-DSC_0186.jpg New Page - What our vision is Our vision to provide a place for respectful dialogue, where people from historically antagonistic circles can listen to and learn from each other. 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