In 1993, Rick Klein of Ancient Forests International and Michael Evenson of the Trees Foundation proposed a plan called “Vision 2020: Restoration and Ecosystem Management” for the Bluff Creek watershed, seeking to combine the efforts and skills of sustainable forestry with native Americans and the US Forest Service.
They signed a Memorandum of Understanding, a first of its kind at the time, between the US Forest Service, the Karuk Tribe and Trees Foundation.
The ancient forest that once occupied the region cannot be rapidly recreated. Thinning, pruning and logging of carefully selected trees diversifies the landscape and stimulates the growth of young plantations, raising the canopy and shortening the time until the forest will be capable of providing complex wildlife habitats and quality timber products
