Purpose
The purpose of this chapter is to encourage the collaborative, science-based ecosystem restoration of priority forest landscapes through a process that—
encourages ecological, economic, and social sustainability;
leverages local resources with national and private resources;
facilitates the reduction of wildfire management costs, including through reestablishing natural fire regimes and reducing the risk of uncharacteristic wildfire; and
demonstrates the degree to which—
various ecological restoration techniques—
achieve ecological and watershed health objectives; and
affect wildfire activity and management costs; and
the use of forest restoration byproducts can offset treatment costs while benefitting local rural economies and improving forest health.