By Leigh Goldberg
Public land agencies have collaborated for many decades, both informally and formally through inter-agency agreements, to share resources, equipment, staff, and information.
Recently, we have seen an emergence of more deliberate partnerships with their own identities and priorities and a commitment to building durable relationships. Interest in partnerships is especially growing where agencies share jurisdictional boundaries. These newly emerging strategic partnerships are going well beyond short-term exchanges and project- or transaction-based collaboration. They are demonstrating visible results, with some founded in long-term, aspiration-based collaboration and collective impact
Mt. Tamalpais is an iconic natural landmark in the San Francisco Bay Area and the highest peak in the Marin coast range. The following three case studies explore the evolution of collaborative efforts. In these case studies, One Tam was originally named the Tamalpais Lands Collaborative (TLC).
- Managing Public Lands for Impact and Sustainability (Executive Summary)
- Managing Public Lands for Impact and Sustainability
- Developing Landscape Scale Partnerships, co-authored by Tina Scott, Scott Planning Associates
- Investing in Landscape Scale Stewardship
Generating, Scaling Up, and Sustaining Partnership Impact: One Tam’s First Four Years is a publication of findings from a four-year study of the One Tam collaborative.
The Partnership Impact Evaluation Guide provides an additional tool for partnership practitioners on ways to evaluate and create impact metrics. It also provides guidance on how to measure impact indicators over time.
Learn more about the One Tam collaborative.
Funded by the S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation
