PLPG Practitioner Papers

#PLPG Practitioner Paper TitleYearAuthors
20Challenges and Opportunities in Post-Wildfire Response and Recovery: A Case Study from the Hermit’s Peak-Calf Canyon Wildfire2024William Cole Buettner and Courtney A. Schultz
19Prescribed Fire Planning and Implementation Capacity of Non-governmental Organizations2024Michelle Greiner, Heidi Huber-Stearns, Courtney Schultz, Becca Shively, and Yulin Chen
18Assessment of the Climate Change Response Framework Courses: Results for the Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science2024Eliisa Carter and Courtney Schultz
17Assessing How Fuel Treatments are Considered During Incident Response: Final Report2023Michelle Greiner, Katie McGrath Novak, and Courtney Schultz
16Field-Level Implementation of the US Forest Service's Shared Stewardship Strategy: Six Case Studies of Large-Scale Cross-Boundary Forest Management2022Tyler Aldworth, Courtney Schultz, Heidi Huber-Stearns, Jesse Abrams, and Chad Kooistra
15Report on May 2022 Workshop on Outcome-Based Performance Measures2022Courtney Schultz, Tyson Bertone-Riggs, Susan Jane Brown, Nick Goulette, Michelle Greiner, Dylan Kruse, Becca Shively, and Marek Smith
14Informing Strategic Development within the USFS Research and Development Deputy Area2022Michelle Greiner and Courtney Schultz
13Assessing How Fuel Treatments are Considered During Incident Response: An Interim Report2022Michelle Greiner, Katie McGrath Novak, and Courtney Schultz
12Early Implementation of the US Forest Service's Shared Stewardship Strategy in the Eastern United States2021Destin Kee, Tyler Aldworth, Jesse Abrams, Chad Kooistra, Courtney Schultz, and Heidi Huber-Stearns
11Policy Lessons for Colorado Wolf Reintroduction2021Brielle Manzolillo and Courtney Schultz
10Assessment of Early Implementation of the US Forest Service's Shared Stewardship Strategy2021Chad Kooistra, Courtney Schultz, Heidi Huber-Stearns, Jesse Abrams, Michelle Greiner, and Emily Sinkular
9Design, Implementation, and Evaluations of a Prescribed Fire Outreach Program on the Colorado Front Range2020Katie McGrath Novak, Courtney Schultz, and Sarah McCaffrey
8Motivations and Mechanisms Underlying U.S. Forest Service Corporate Partnerships2020Natasha Collins and Courtney Schultz
7Planning and managing for resilience: Lessons from National Forest Plan revisions2020Jesse Abrams, Michelle Greiner, Thomas Timberlake, Courtney Schultz, Alexander Evans, and Heidi Huber-Stearns
6Strategies for increasing prescribed fire application on federal lands: Lessons from case studies in the U.S. West2020Courtney Schultz, Anna Santo, Heidi Huber-Stearns, and Sarah McCaffrey
5Pre-Season Planning for Wildland Fire Response: An Assessment of the US Forest Service's Potential Operational Delineations (PODs)2020Michelle Greiner and Courtney Schultz
Practitioner Paper #5 Addendum: Lessons from the 2019 Fire Season2020Michelle Greiner, Courtney Schultz, and Chad Kooistra
4Findings from a Third-Party Assessment of the U.S. Forest Service's Risk Management Assistance Teams2020Courtney Schultz, Chad Kooistra, Lauren Miller, and Michelle Greiner
PLPG Practitioner Paper #4 Addendum: The 2019 Decker Fire2020Courtney Schultz, Chad Kooistra, Lauren Miller, and Michelle Greiner
3Accomplishing collaborative, landscape-scale restoration on forests without CFLRP of Joint Chiefs' projects2018Autumn Ellison, Michael Coughlan, Chad Kooistra, and Courtney Schultz
2Prescribed fire policy barriers and opportunities2018Courtney Schultz, Heidi Huber-Stearns, Sarah McCaffrey, Douglas Quirke, Gwen Ricco, and Cassandra Moseley
1Challenges and opportunities in Alaska fire management: Adapting to climate change2017Tait Rutherford and Courtney Schultz

Practitioner Papers prior to 2017

Schultz, C., McIntyre, K., Cyphers, L., Ellison, A., Kooistra, C., Moseley, C. (2017). Strategies for Success Under Forest Service Restoration Initiatives. EWP Working Paper #81

Timberlake, T., Schultz, C. A., Abrams, J. (2017). Resilience in Land Management Planning: Policy Mandates, Approaches, and Resources. EWP Working Paper #77

Waltz, A., Wurtzebach, Z.,GS Esch, B., Wasserman, T., Schultz, C. (2017). Developing A Framework for the U.S. Forest Service Broader-Scale Monitoring Strategy: Processes and Outcomes. Northern Arizona University Ecological Restoration Institute Technical Report. Available here.

Ricco, G.,GS Schultz, C. A. (2016). Lessons Learned, Innovations, and Best Practices among Early Revision Efforts in Forest Planning: Summary of Interview Findings. Report to the U.S. Forest Service Washington Office, Ecosystem Management and Coordination. Available here.

Ricco, G.,GS Schultz, C. A., Timberlake, T.,GS McIntyre, K.GS(2016). Summary of the 2016 National Planners Workshop: Lessons Learned, Innovations, and Best Practices among Early Revision Efforts in Forest Planning. Report to the U.S. Forest Service Washington Office, Ecosystem Management and Coordination. Available here.

Schultz, C.A., K. McIntyre, A. Ellison, and C. Moseley. 2015. A Third-Party Evaluation of the IRR Pilot: Report From Phase 3, Stakeholder Outreach And Engagement. EWP Working Paper #62

Schultz, C.A., K. Mattor, and C. Moseley. 2015. Evaluating the Integrated Resource Restoration Line Item: Results from a Survey of National Forest System Staff. EWP Working Paper #51

Schultz, C.A., K. Mattor, and C. Moseley. 2014. Evaluating the Integrated Resource Restoration Line Item: Results from Phase 1. EWP Working Paper #47