Planning
Work Group & ProgramBackground
The Planning Work Group reviews, discusses, and makes recommendations for policy and program development, and also designs implementation projects consistent with approved Policies and Principles, prepares project proposals, drafts position papers, assesses opportunities, and may engage in joint fact-finding (e.g., research and analysis, as needed). For a full description of work group charge, refer to the MOA. The work group has one sub-Work Group and three Ad Hoc groups:
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- Strategic Landscape Assessment Work Group (SLAWG)
- Pyrosilviculture/Prescribed Fire Ad Hoc
- Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) Ad Hoc
- Socioeconomic Monitoring Ad Hoc
- Forest Plan Amendments (Forest Projects Plan, FPP Phase 2)
Project Development & Support Process
To get more work done on the ground, the ACCG collaborates to develop and support public- and private-lands projects to realize an all-lands, landscape-scale vision and achieve the ACCG’s triple bottom line mission for the environment, community, and economy. Collaboration on projects requires clear understanding of the concepts and methods proposed for each project and a clear and consistent process for engagement with the ACCG.
The ACCG has developed a Project Development & Support Process to assist project planners seeking ACCG consensus support to engage the ACCG in a more meaningful and efficient manner. Click here to go to the Project Development & Support Process page.
ACCG Projects
At the heart of what ACCG does, is to identify, plan, and accomplish projects within the ACCG landscape. Click here to go to the ACCG Projects page to view information on ongoing or past projects developed, or supported by, the ACCG.
Cornerstone (2012-2021)
The Cornerstone Community Forest Landscape Restoration Program (CFLRP) project (2012-2021) encompassed the Amador Ranger District (Eldorado National Forest) and the portions of the Calaveras Ranger District (Stanislaus National Forest) lying north of the North Fork Stanislaus River in California’s Central Sierra Nevada. The area included the headwaters of four significant California rivers: the Stanislaus, Calaveras, Mokelumne, and Consumnes. The 390,904 acre Cornerstone Project planning area was nested in a larger ACCG strategy for an 840,316 acre All-Lands planning landscape. Click here to learn more about the ACCG’s past Cornerstone Project.
Pyrosilviculture Shared Vision
The ACCG’s Pyrosilviculture/Rx Fire Ad Hoc group, a subcommittee of the ACCG Planning Work Group, developed the Pyrosilviculture Shared Vision statement as a future guiding document for the collaborative’s planning and implementation efforts. This document received approval from the full ACCG in August 2021. This vision statement is intended to utilize the best available science to restore forests to a more resilient natural condition to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires. To that end, the vision statement cites the work published by North et al. (2021) in the Journal of Forestry, titled “Pyrosilviculture Needed for Landscape Resilience of Dry Western United States Forests”, (link to North et al. 2021 paper here). as a guiding method of forest restoration. Click here to learn more and view the Pyrosilviculture Shared Vision statement.
Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) Shared Vision
The ACCG’s Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) Ad Hoc group, a subcommittee of the ACCG Planning Work Group, developed the TEK Shared Vision statement as a future guiding document. The shared vision received approval from the full ACCG in November 2022. Click here to learn more and view the TEK Shared Vision statement.