Presentations:
- Welcoming Deb Haaland, Secretary of the Interior (PDF)
- Thinking Like a Social Scientist (PDF)
- Sunshine Laws in a Partnership Context: FACA and PRA (PDF)
Optional Homework:
- Practical Considerations for Integrating Social Science Research and Information into Natural Resource Management (PDF)
- Read: 2020 Social Science Summit Report HD USFWS pages 3, 14-20
Additional Resources:
- Social Science in Action Examples from around the USFWS (PDF)
- Mainstreaming the Social sciences in Conservation (PDF)
- Conservation Social Science: Understanding and integrating human dimensions to improve conservation (PDF)
- FACA Decision Tree (PDF)
- USDA FS FACA Decision Tree (PDF)
Video Presentations:
- Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), Karen Simms, Former Assistant Field Manager, Gila District, Tucson Field Office, BLM, 28 min video/podcast
- Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), Wolf Cota, Former, Information Collection Office, Office of Regulatory and Management Services, USDA FS, 3-part, 37 min video/podcast
