Jobs in the Woods

Agency: Bureau of Land Management

Program: Jobs in the Woods

Program Description: Provides financial assistance to communities with proposals designed to:

• Restore the health of watersheds by focusing activities on the long-term improvement of riparian and aquatic resource conditions in accordance with the Aquatic
• Conservation Strategy within the President's Forest Plan; Restore impaired forest lands focusing activities on the long-term improvement of Late-Successional Reserves in the California Coast Province;
• Improve the social and economic conditions of timber dependent communities by creating longer duration, multi-skilled, family-wage jobs with emphasis on providing employment for displaced timber workers;
• Improve partnerships with local communities.

Eligible Communities: Communities affected by the President's Forest Plan.

Funding Information: Restoration projects are identified through extensive data collection and analyses and are implemented through a variety of avenues including: standard contracting, cooperative agreements with non-profit organizations, and requests for proposals. BLM looks for community-based and community-generated projects.

Timelines: Continuous funding cycle.

Contact: Lynda Roush
Bureau of Land Management
Arcata Resource Area
1695 Heindon Road
Arcata, CA 95521
Phone: (707) 825-2300
Fax: (707) 825:2301
Internet: www.bia.gov