15.944 natural resource stewardshipthe natural resource stewardship program is the principle means through which the nationalpark service (NPS) evaluates and improves the health of watersheds,…

American Forests will provide $250,000 in climate-smart reforestation services to Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks under a four-year cooperative agreement from the National Park Service's Natural Resource Stewardship program. Key activities include meeting with indigenous stewards to develop reforestation goals, evaluating assisted adaptation strategies, collecting tree cones, growing seedlings, planning post-fire recovery, and stakeholder engagement. American Forests will work with park staff and others to carry out reforestation planning, implementation, and monitoring from June 2023 through September 2027. The Natural Resource Stewardship program aims to improve watershed, landscape, and coastal health in national parks through research, operations, and education.

15.944 natural resource stewardshipthe natural resource stewardship program is the principle means through which the nationalpark service (NPS) evaluates and improves the health of watersheds, landscapes, and marine and coastalresources, sustains biological communities on the lands and waters in parks, and actively endeavors toimprove the resiliency of these natural resources and adapt them to the effects of climate change. To carryout and further this stewardship responsibility, NPS implements programs that encompass a broad rangeof research, operational, and educational activities by utilizing park personnel and contractor support or cooperative agreements. American forests and seki will work together to carry out information gathering, assessment, planning, strategies, and implementation in service to climate-smart reforestation where needed in sequoia and kings canyon national parks. Cooperative work may include but is not limited to: meeting with indigenous stewards to work together to develop reforestation goals, targets, and priority areas evaluating scientific information regarding assisted adaptation and assisted migration in reforestation evaluating cone crops collecting cones growing seedlings, creation of prioritize reforestation maps planning for future fire recovery in the resist-accept-direct framework participation in the reforestation pipeline program working together to assemble stakeholders and assess regional needs and efforts in replanting, monitoring, and evaluation, logistical support for current and future post-fire reforestation efforts. Beneficiaries include the general public.