The West Bear All-Lands Restoration Project RCPP is collaboration between NRCS, lead sponsor and key delivery partner Lomakatsi Restoration Project, federal and state agencies, Tribal Nations, fire districts, non-governmental organizations, and municipalities. By strategically reducing fuels across a contiguous landscape, this project, combined with concurrent efforts including those by Rogue Forest Partners, is anticipated to reduce the risk of severe wildfire for communities in a 27,000-acre project footprint by up to 50%. Ecologically-based treatments are targeted near homes, roadways, strategic ridgelines, and other community assets along the I-5 corridor in the Wildland Urban Interface of Phoenix, Talent, Medford and Jacksonville, Oregon, adjacent to where the 2020 Almeda Fire destroyed 2,400 homes. This work improves wildlife habitat, including for threatened and endangered species, and supports more resilient forest conditions. Additionally, the project engages diverse populations within and adjacent to the project area, including tribal, Latinx, and rural, forest-based communities, while supporting living wage jobs, developing local workforce capacity, and elevating the essential role of forest restoration workers.

Conservation Practices Offered:
- Forest Stand Improvement
- Tree/Shrub Pruning
- Woody Residue Treatment
- Structures for Wildlife
- Firebreak
- Conservation Cover
- Brush Management
- Prescribed Burning
- Collaborating Partners

Lomakatsi Restoration Project Partners:
- Sustainable Northwest
- Oregon Department of Forestry
- Rogue Forest Partners
- OSU (Southern Oregon Research and Extension)
- US Fish and Wildlife Partners Program
- Bureau of Land Management
- Southern Oregon Forest Restoration Collaborative (SOFRC)
- The Nature Conservancy (TNC)
- NRCS Oregon
- Private Landowners