Restoring Fire Maintained Ecosystems

Rocky Mountain Trench Natural Resources Society
$10,000
East Kootenay Area

The Trench Society will be building on the program started in 2001. The 2001 program, the first comprehensive effort to get messages out to the general public, laid the groundwork but communication must be ongoing to achieve broad public understanding of and support for restoring ecosystem productivity.

This program continues to target the general public but also includes a plan for reaching audiences with a stakeholder interest in ecosystem restoration. Individuals who belong to the Society’s member organizations want specific, detailed information on results to date and obstacles/solutions to achieving greater timber and forage productivity on restored sites. The program will reach general audiences through wide distribution of newsletters and promotion of the Society’s website. Stakeholder audiences will be reached through audio-visual presentations featuring both generic information and data compiled for specific interest groups, such as ranchers, hunters and environmentalists.

The society will evaluate the varying methods used to deliver the program by measuring target audience response. This project aims to raise awareness on the role of fire in these ecosystems and reduce opposition to on-going efforts to restore this type of habitat.

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