Steve Eubanks

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  Published on: 12/19/2007    Last Visited: 12/20/2007  

  Steve Eubanks, the retiring Tahoe National Forest supervisor, brought together poets and industrialists to seek common ground on the future of the Sierra.
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  Engineering and managing forests sounded intriguing to Steve Eubanks when he heard about the idea in an Oregon classroom.
  
  Now after 37 years in the U.S.Forest Service, Eubanks is more convinced than ever that managing national forests is paramount to their survival.
  
  At his Nevada City office the other day, the supervisor of the Tahoe National Forest, who will resign Jan. 3, reflected on forest management and the changes he's seen in forestry through the years.
  
  "It was never boring," Eubanks said.
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  It started for Eubanks on the family farm outside of Salem, Ore., where he learned to love the outdoors through chores, hunting and fishing.The experience also pointed him toward a job in forestry and away from farming.
  
  "Getting up at four in the morning to milk cows is rough," Eubanks said.
  
  During college at Oregon State University, Eubanks worked summers for the Forest Service and found his calling.He joined full time upon graduation.For the first 19 years in the Forest Service, Eubanks worked a variety of jobs in Oregon and Washington, watching the change.
  
  "I was on the Willamette (National Forest in Oregon) at the absolute height of the timber harvest," Eubanks said.About that time he started working with researchers at an experimental forest on a new concept called ecosystem management.
  
  "It looked at the benefits of snags (dead trees) and ecosystem functions and structure," Eubanks said, instead of just how the forest could produce timber.The Forest Service was once into creating fiber, but "now it's how to reduce fire to protect species and habitat," Eubanks said.
  
  The transition has been challenging.
  
  Lawsuits and timber cutting appeals filed years ago to stop logging are now helping to choke forests and create wildfire havens, Eubanks said.Though he is not calling for the return of logging's heyday, he does think thinning stands adds to their health and averts uncontrollable blazes.
  
  "The amount of biomass accumulation is a real concern for the ability to manage forests," Eubanks said."Couple that with climate change, and it doesn't bode well for the future."
  
  A flight across Nevada County also reveals the vast amount of development the Tahoe National Forest is up against, he said.
  
  "You see an increasing amount of development in the forest and that just complicates the fire problem," Eubanks said.
  
  Previous forest clearing led to the suppression of the Angora Fire in Tahoe and the Antelope Fire in the Plumas National Forest, Eubanks said.He also clears his own property to protect his home.
  
  Eubanks' career has included numerous achievements.Several years ago he was asked to help shape the "Sierra Nevada Framework," the agency's guideline for the future of Sierra Forests.
  
  He also has worked with the Russian Forest Service in Siberia since 1996, helping them develop sustainable forestry practices.Two major forestry workshops with renowned experts have been held here during Eubanks' tenure.
  
  One more achievement didn't generate an award but made Eubanks just as proud - the Forest Breakfast Group.
  
  "It was just an idea to get together and share ideas on forestry issues," Eubanks said.

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  We are very concerned for the safety of hikers, bikers, horseback riders, etc. who may venture into the Forest over Labor Day weekend with this kind of fire danger; thus the need for a Forest Advisory," explained Steve Eubanks, Forest Supervisor.
  
  This advisory does not affect private landowners, lessees, permit holders or firefighters/law enforcement officers with duties in the area.Fire conditions, however could continue to be extremely severe this weekend."Our concern is that if the fire does become established in other drainages, the smoke filled canyons do not allow aerial search and rescue operations if someone was missing, as well as the concern for their safety around a major wildfire," continued Eubanks.

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  Published on: 1/1/2007    Last Visited: 3/19/2008  

  U.S. Forest Service by Steve Eubanks
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  In March 2006, Steve Eubanks, Supervisor of the Tahoe National Forest, spoke on the history of the United States Forest Service and forest sustainability to the Sierra College class named Interdisciplinary 6: The Sierra Nevada.
  
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  Biography
  
  Tahoe National Forest Supervisor Steve Eubanks is responsible for oversight and direction of the Tahoe National Forest which includes 800,000 acres of public land and stretches from Nevada City to Truckee and from Foresthill on the south to north of Downieville.He supervises approximately 500 employees.
  
  Steve arrived in the Tahoe National Forest in 1998 from the Chippewa National Forest in Minnesota where he was Forest Supervisor.While in the Tahoe National Forest, Steve has continued his efforts in international forestry, working with the Russian Forest Service to promote sustainable forestry in central Siberia.He began his Forest Service career almost 40 years ago.

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  Published on: 4/27/2007    Last Visited: 4/27/2007  

  Like it or not, groups like Cochran's will be filling in the gaps more and more, said Steve Eubanks, the forest's supervisor.
  
  At least 300 volunteers contributed in some way to the forest last year, including trail building and maintenance, he said.
  
  "We really appreciate groups like the Woods Riders, but without their partnerships, we couldn't offer a lot of services," he said.

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  Published on: 12/17/2007    Last Visited: 12/18/2007  

  Steve Eubanks will retire from the U.S.Forest Service on Jan. 3, after 37 years of service with the agency.Submitted to the Sun
  
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  "If you look at the statistics we are losing ground, we are not keeping up with growth building up fuels," Eubanks said."Couple that with the effects of climate change, and wildfire size and intensity are a growing concern."
  
  He said climate change will make for longer fire seasons, and less snowpack will affect watersheds.
  
  "Water may be the most important resource coming off of the forests in the near future," Eubanks said.
  
  Bringing a scientific mindset to his work supervising the Tahoe National Forest, Steve Eubanks has seen significant changes to federal forest management over his 37 years of service.
  
  As the supervisor of the Tahoe National Forest the last nine years, Eubanks participated in the agency's paradigm shift from timber-driven policies to an ecological approach, fighting for fuels reduction and pursuing scientific field study in the Truckee area.
  
  Now ready to retire on Jan. 3, Eubanks looked back Monday on some of his accomplishments, and to the future of the nation's public forests.
  
  "For a lot of years, the Forest Service focused on commodity output [timber], but that shifted in the '90s," Eubanks said in a wide-ranging phone interview."Timber is now more of a byproduct of our ecological approach."
  
  Eubanks said he was working for the Forest Service in Oregon, the epicenter for ecosystem management, when the federal agency's forest management philosophy began to shift.
  
  Once he moved to Tahoe National Forest, Eubanks said he was able to help establish Sagehen Experimental Forest north of Truckee as a place for scientific research.
  
  "The designation puts a focus as a place of research for managing resources like water, wildlife, soil and the forests themselves," Eubanks said.
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  Eubanks said his work toward route designations for off-highway vehicles has also been a rewarding effort.
  
  "Route designation is one of the more important and complex projects we've undertaken," Eubanks said.
  
  Norris said that Eubanks' ability to manage different user groups has also benefited the area.

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  Published on: 12/17/2007    Last Visited: 12/18/2007  

  Steve Eubanks will retire from the U.S.Forest Service on Jan. 3, after 37 years of service with the agency.Submitted to the Sun
  
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  "If you look at the statistics we are losing ground, we are not keeping up with growth building up fuels," Eubanks said."Couple that with the effects of climate change, and wildfire size and intensity are a growing concern."
  
  He said climate change will make for longer fire seasons, and less snowpack will affect watersheds.
  
  "Water may be the most important resource coming off of the forests in the near future," Eubanks said.
  
  Bringing a scientific mindset to his work supervising the Tahoe National Forest, Steve Eubanks has seen significant changes to federal forest management over his 37 years of service.
  
  As the supervisor of the Tahoe National Forest the last nine years, Eubanks participated in the agency's paradigm shift from timber-driven policies to an ecological approach, fighting for fuels reduction and pursuing scientific field study in the Truckee area.
  
  Now ready to retire on Jan. 3, Eubanks looked back Monday on some of his accomplishments, and to the future of the nation's public forests.
  
  "For a lot of years, the Forest Service focused on commodity output [timber], but that shifted in the '90s," Eubanks said in a wide-ranging phone interview."Timber is now more of a byproduct of our ecological approach."
  
  Eubanks said he was working for the Forest Service in Oregon, the epicenter for ecosystem management, when the federal agency's forest management philosophy began to shift.
  
  Once he moved to Tahoe National Forest, Eubanks said he was able to help establish Sagehen Experimental Forest north of Truckee as a place for scientific research.
  
  "The designation puts a focus as a place of research for managing resources like water, wildlife, soil and the forests themselves," Eubanks said.
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  Eubanks said his work toward route designations for off-highway vehicles has also been a rewarding effort.
  
  "Route designation is one of the more important and complex projects we've undertaken," Eubanks said.
  
  Norris said that Eubanks' ability to manage different user groups has also benefited the area.

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  Published on: 12/17/2007    Last Visited: 12/18/2007  

  Steve Eubanks will retire from the U.S.Forest Service on Jan. 3, after 37 years of service with the agency.Submitted to the Sun
  
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  "If you look at the statistics we are losing ground, we are not keeping up with growth building up fuels," Eubanks said."Couple that with the effects of climate change, and wildfire size and intensity are a growing concern."
  
  He said climate change will make for longer fire seasons, and less snowpack will affect watersheds.
  
  "Water may be the most important resource coming off of the forests in the near future," Eubanks said.
  
  Bringing a scientific mindset to his work supervising the Tahoe National Forest, Steve Eubanks has seen significant changes to federal forest management over his 37 years of service.
  
  As the supervisor of the Tahoe National Forest the last nine years, Eubanks participated in the agency's paradigm shift from timber-driven policies to an ecological approach, fighting for fuels reduction and pursuing scientific field study in the Truckee area.
  
  Now ready to retire on Jan. 3, Eubanks looked back Monday on some of his accomplishments, and to the future of the nation's public forests.
  
  "For a lot of years, the Forest Service focused on commodity output [timber], but that shifted in the '90s," Eubanks said in a wide-ranging phone interview."Timber is now more of a byproduct of our ecological approach."
  
  Eubanks said he was working for the Forest Service in Oregon, the epicenter for ecosystem management, when the federal agency's forest management philosophy began to shift.
  
  Once he moved to Tahoe National Forest, Eubanks said he was able to help establish Sagehen Experimental Forest north of Truckee as a place for scientific research.
  
  "The designation puts a focus as a place of research for managing resources like water, wildlife, soil and the forests themselves," Eubanks said.
  ...
  Eubanks said his work toward route designations for off-highway vehicles has also been a rewarding effort.
  
  "Route designation is one of the more important and complex projects we've undertaken," Eubanks said.
  
  Norris said that Eubanks' ability to manage different user groups has also benefited the area.

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  www.sierrasun.com/article/20071211/OPINION/71211022/0/F - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 12/11/2007    Last Visited: 12/13/2007  

  Steve Eubanks, supervisor of the Tahoe National Forest, says the individual fuels reduction projects perform the same level of analysis as environmental assessments under the National Environmental Protection Act, with less paperwork and shorter delays.

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  Published on: 11/29/2007    Last Visited: 11/29/2007  

  "Absolutely it could happen here," said Steve Eubanks, supervisor of the Tahoe National Forest."The fuel conditions are as bad or worse than Southern California and similar to Angora," which was the fire at Tahoe he was summoned to fight that consumed more than 200 homes.
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  "Homes are fire sources, too, and add to the problem," Eubanks told the board.
  
  Beyond construction standards, fuels reduction or brush clearing often makes a difference and did at Angora, Eubanks said.That reduction means not only the state-required 100 feet of defensible space around homes but also defensible space around vegetation.
  
  The fuels reduction must be done in a worst-case scenario to work, Eubanks said.It also works better on a neighborhood basis to spread fire-protected areas out.
  
  "There is a growing national understanding that we have to manage our forests," Eubanks said, and that means thinning them and where they are in urban interfaces.
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  Eubanks said the main lessons learned from the fires is that clearing aroundkey to keeping fires

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  Published on: 3/19/2007    Last Visited: 3/20/2007  

  By Steven Eubanks
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  Steven Eubanks is the forest supervisor of the Tahoe National Forest.

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