About Us

Southern Oregon Forest Restoration Collaborative (SOFRC) is the pivotal organization for Southwest Oregon forest restoration. We collaborate and coordinate with other regional NGOs, government, and business leaders to create successful restoration projects.

We identify and evaluate strategic opportunities, assess and develop projects, engage in multiparty monitoring, and produce analysis to guide policymaking. Our work also extends to Oregon’s fire and forestry-based curriculum for schools and workforce development.

In 2017, SOFRC and our partners released a framework for forest recovery in the region: the Rogue Basin Cohesive Forest Restoration Strategy—Rogue Basin Strategy for short. Six years in the making, this plan lays out a 20-year path to healthy forests across public and private lands.

For those involved in rolling out the Rogue Basin Strategy, SOFRC is a central source for:

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project development and coordination,

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communications tools,

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supporting cooperating partnerships,

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capacity building,

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analysis and data management,

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community, state and federal agency liaison, and

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developing working groups and zones of agreement.

Put to Practice

The Rogue Basin Strategy

Read the Pilot Joe Case Study

Integrated Land Management: A Rogue Leadership Forum and All Lands Workshop

Our Mission

The Southern Oregon Forest Restoration Collaborative engages with diverse constituencies on forest health and wildfire risk projects to support resilient landscapes, thriving communities, wood manufacturing, and workforce development.

Supporting

Agencies & Organizations

Our success would not be possible without our valuable partners who provide funding, expertise and shared knowledge in support of our mission. We are grateful for their ongoing support.