Forests, watersheds, farms, and rangelands face mounting pressure — from drought, development, fire, and competing demands. We work with landowners, agencies, land trusts, and conservation investors to design programs that improve ecological health alongside the communities and economies that depend on them — from Oregon’s working landscapes to international conservation programs. Indigenous and local community rights are central to how we work — not an afterthought.
Representative engagements:
– Community and stakeholder engagement
– Community-centered program design
– Facilitation and consensus-building across interests
– Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) frameworks
– Certification and crediting standards
– Landscape-scale impact assessment
– Connecting on-the-ground work to local, state, federal and international policy
– Risk analysis, scenario modeling, and mitigation planning
– Measurable goals and Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL)
– Grant-readiness, writing, and reporting support
– Workshop design and facilitation
Fire seasons are getting longer and the risks more complex. We bring a human lens to wildfire resilience — understanding that durable fire adaptation depends as much on community trust, coordinated action, and shared ownership as it does on fuels management. We provide strategic support for municipalities, counties, NGOs, and landowner groups working to build fire-adapted communities and sustainable biomass management plans.
Representative engagements:
– Community wildfire protection planning and prioritization
– Implementation planning and phasing
– Defensible space strategy and landowner outreach
– Biomass management planning, including biochar feasibility
– Vulnerability and risk assessments
– Coordination across agencies, communities, and landowners
– Policy alignment at local, state, and federal levels
– Tracking progress and Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL)
Based in Bend, Oregon, Jessi works in and around the landscapes she is helping to protect, and is working toward a NFPA Wildfire Mitigation Specialist Certification.
Sustainability commitments are only as good as the systems behind them. Drawing on deep expertise in standards, certification, and responsible sourcing across 30 countries, we work with local, regional, and global organizations to build strategies that are honest, operational, and defensible — from how you source materials to how workers and communities are treated throughout your supply chain.
Representative engagements:
– Sustainability strategy, goal-setting, and performance reporting (including ESG disclosure frameworks: GRI, SASB, TCFD)
– Certification and standards guidance, development, and revision
– Supplier engagement programs and capacity-building
– Sourcing risk assessment and mitigation
– Stakeholder and community reporting
– Due diligence and performance measurement frameworks
– Supply chain due diligence
– Local social and livelihood research
– Living wage verification and gap analysis
– ESG materiality assessment