Session 14: Get Your Ducks in a Row

Presentations

•   Agreements, Grants and Contracts: Working Internally and With our Partners  

Peer to Peer Case Study Presentations

• ALPHA: Matt Fockler, BLM, Socioeconomic Specialist, Great Basin Zone (NV, ID, UT), NV. Two Mississippi: A Case Study in Private / Public Collaboration (PDF). Two-Mississippi website

• BETA: Laura Rear McLaughlin, NOAA,  Chief, Stakeholder Services Branch,  Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services, MD. An Evolution of Water Level Partnerships at NOAA Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS).

• GAMMA: Mags Rheude, USFWS, Wildlife Biologist, Midwest Regional Office - Migratory Birds, MN. Urban C himney Swift Conservation: Non-randomizing our acts of conservation.

• DELTA: Leslie Wolf, NOAA, Hydrologist, California Coastal Office, West Coast Region, CA; and Mary Burke, North Coast Regional Manager, CalTrout. Strong Collaborati ve Process - A Case Study: The Redwood Creek Estuary Collaborative.

Additonal Resources

• Peer Resources Shared in MBN Networking Sessions

• BLM Donations Solicitation and Fundraising Policy

• BLM Engaging with Communities in Public Lands Stewardship Toolkit

• USDA FS Authorities Brochure

• USDA FS Agreements Decision Tree

• OGA Instrument Decision Tree

• USACE Partnership Tree

Optional Homework: 

• Managing Agency Agreements Best Practices (PDF)

Instructors: Anne Desmarais and Liz Madison, Academy; Lisa Van Alstyne, USFWS; and Peer Presenters