The stated goal of the Eastern Sierra Sustainable Recreation Partnership is to “…design, plan, implement, and report out projects to improve and maintain recreational opportunities as well as restore ecosystems to their natural resiliency and functions.” The USFS has provided staff support for the establishment of the Partnership - which includes two USFS forests and two USFS regions - through its Washington, D.C., office, desiring to use this public/public partnership as a replicable model for USFS units and their gateway communities across the country.
The Partnership is a direct outcome of forest management planning for the Inyo National Forest, one of eight “Early Adopter” forests to use the 2012 Planning Rule, establishing three primary focus areas for the Inyo National Forest’s new management plan: fire management, ecological integrity, and sustainable recreation.