Barriers fell into the following categories: information gaps, funding, policy communication, infrastructure, and lack of native plant materials for restoration. Any information gaps indicated as barriers to implementation were combined with the information/research needs extracted from the first part of the discussion. Funding was a ubiquitous theme across all ECEs discussed. Ultimately, a lack of funding limits the workforce size for any program’s capacity to prepare for and respond to ECEs. Lack of funding also results in limitations in material resources to facilitate restoration and ECE response. There was a specific mention for fire that funding limitations lead to a lack of air response and other equipment for wildland fire responders. In the wind discussion, it came up that disaster response funding is not necessarily available for restoration. The flood/landslide discussion articulated the scope of funding needs being multiple and immediate for endangered species management and ecosystem response. The fire discussion brought up the most comments regarding policy barriers, noting that the laws that shape fire response, access, permitting, and MOUs for fire response and planning are lacking. Furthermore, there are instances of agency mandates in conflict. Policy intersects strongly with drought in that water diversions may exacerbate drought conditions, leading back to water use policy and water rights issues. Water availability also impacts fire restoration and response. Similar system and physical infrastructure limitations also challenge implementing wind-related management actions. For example, there are not always extra or appropriate facilities to move living collections and propagation stock into. The remote nature of many restoration sites is also subject to infrastructure limitations when implementing restoration actions in response to and when preparing for extreme climate events. Another barrier to implementing disturbance-ready/responsive restoration is the lack of appropriate propagules, both seed and plant materials, in the amount needed––or a mechanism to exchange plant materials where others may have stock. For drought, not only is there a tension between locally sourced seeds versus seeds from drier places, but there is a lack of seed availability from drought-tolerant populations. Network gaps, such as a gap between university research and managers, climate/weather specialists, and managers for resilience planning, and efficient and effective knowledge sharing between different sites and organizations—especially of unpublished, local knowledge—were articulated during the wind and drought discussions. The fire discussion felt that federal agencies do not appear to be responding to the needs of communities, and there is a lack of sharing for both strategies and coordinating the sharing of resources. Weak leadership across agencies and a lack of trust between agencies, communities, and landowners contributed to this network gap. Network gaps further hindering the implementation of disturbance-ready restoration included a lack of public buy-in and management/landowner attitudes. Gaps in outreach and education–specifically the lack of social science specialists in the fire context–result in a lack of expert guidance for the public regarding wind and fire response.