CCAMA News and 1999 Accomplishment Report

A major emphasis of the Central Cascades Adaptive Management Area (CCAMA) has been to develop methods for application of historical information about ecosystems to landscape management strategies. The underlying assumption of this approach is that risks posed to native species and ecological processes from management activities can be minimized by incorporating key aspects of important disturbance regimes into management regimes. Disturbance processes, such as fire and landslides, have historically played major roles creating and sustaining the pattern of habitats across the landscape.