Report: Adopting Innovation at the US Forest Service

This report highlights the barriers, and related opportunities, around adopting innovative data and technology for decision support at the Forest Service, particularly in response to shifting climate conditions. In it, we discuss a wide array of findings and make recommendations for how the agency can move toward a more connected and responsive model of technology adoption: one that centers digital innovation. The report’s recommendations are based on over forty interviews EPIC conducted with a wide cross-section of Forest Service personnel at the regional and national levels, as well as with technology providers, nonprofit partners, and collaborators outside the agency.

We’d like to acknowledge the many insights and ample feedback we received from USFS partners (and other interviewees) throughout the course of this research.

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