Case Studies
The Managing by Network Case Study Program has been part of Managing by Network since 2009.
Federal employees have the opportunity to speak to a success, failure, challenge, opportunity, work-in-progress or vision relative to their work in partnerships and community collaboration.
Our Case showcases the work of federal agencies with more than 500 partner organizations: nonprofits; cooperating associations; local, state and other federal agencies; businesses; universities; museums; local schools; international organizations; and professional alliances. Study Catalog
More than 220 presentations provide models of informal and formal partnerships; of community collaboration with a range of stakeholders; of site-based conservation efforts and landscape-scale alliances.
Case Studies by Year
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2021
BLM
- Marcia deChadenedes, BLM, Collaborative Action & Dispute Resolution (CADR) Program Lead, HQ-210: Division of Decision Support, Planning, and NEPA, CO. San Juan Islands Terrestrial Managers Group
Gorge Refuge Stewards
- Jared Strawderman, Gorge Refuge Stewards, Stewardship & Community Engagement Coordinator, Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge Complex Stevenson, WA & Sarah Williams Brown, USFWS, Community Engagement Specialist, Portland-Vancouver National Wildlife Refuges, Ridgefield, WA. Urban Wildlife Conservation Program: Conserving the future with communities and partners in the Portland-Vancouver Metro area
NOAA
- Ali Weber-Stover, NOAA WCR, Natural Resources Management Specialist, California Coastal Office, Santa Rosa, CA. Bay Restoration Regulatory Integration Team (BRRIT): Facilitating multi-benefit restoration projects in the San Francisco Bay through enhanced collaboration. With Valary Bloom, USFWS Senior Fish and Wildlife Biologist, San Francisco Bay Delta Fish and Wildlife Office, Sacramento, CA
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Kola Garber, NOAA Sea Grant, Deputy Director & Acting Assistant Director for Partnerships, NOAA National Sea Grant College Program Silver Spring, MD.Kola Garber, NOAA Sea Grant, Deputy Director & Acting Assistant Director for Partnerships, NOAA National Sea Grant College Program, Silver Spring, MD. National Sea Grant College Program Partnerships.
USACE
- Brian Rast, USACE, Lead Silver Jackets Coordinator, Project Manager, Kansas City District, Planning Branch, Kansas City, MO. Partnerships and the Infinite Game of Flood Risk Management.
- Katie Noland, USACE, Social Scientist, Levee Safety Center Risk Communication Team, Washington, DC. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Partnership Pains and Gains Developing the Levee Safety Program Guidance
USDA FS
- Betsy Koncerak, USDA FS, Grants Management Specialist, Pacific Northwest Region, Malheur National Forest, John Day, OR. A Peek Into the Life of a Grants Management Specialist.
- Donna Mattson, USDA FS, Partnerships Team Supervisor, Washington Office, Enterprise Program, Elgin, OR. Dynamic Approach to Sustainable Recreation Strategy Development.
- Kelsey McNicholas, USDA FS, Partnerships and Community Development Coordinator, Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest, Gainesville, GA. Restoring Ourselves Restoring Our Lands: Empowering Educators to Examine Our Role in Equitable Access to Public Lands
- Leslie Hay, USDA FS, Southwestern Region Wildlife Program Leader, Southwestern Region, Regional Office, Albuquerque, NM. Jaguar Conservation and Partnerships: One Goal, Many Roads.
USFWS
- Valary Bloom, USFWS Senior Fish and Wildlife Biologist, San Francisco Bay Delta Fish and Wildlife Office, Sacramento, CA. Facilitating multi-benefit restoration projects in the San Francisco Bay through enhanced collaboration. With Ali Weber-Stover, NOAA WCR, Natural Resources Management Specialist, California Coastal Office, Santa Rosa, CA.
- Jess Collier, USFWS, Fish Biologist, Green Bay Fish & Wildlife Conservation Office, New Franken, WI. Great Lakes Basin Road-Stream Crossing Inventory.
- Jared Strawderman, Gorge Refuge Stewards, Stewardship & Community Engagement Coordinator, Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge Complex Stevenson, WA & Sarah Williams Brown, USFWS, Community Engagement Specialist, Portland-Vancouver National Wildlife Refuges, Ridgefield, WA. Urban Wildlife Conservation Program: Conserving the future with communities and partners in the Portland-Vancouver Metro area
Vermont Agency for Natural Resources
- Kathryn Wrigley, VT ANR, Forest Recreation Specialist, Forestry Division, State Lands Program, Essex Junction, VT. Leveraging Partnerships to Help Manage Backcountry Site Hazard Trees.
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2020
BLM
- Tye Morgan, BLM, Planner and Environmental Specialist, Medford Field Office-Ashland Resource Area, Medford, OR. Virtual Public Meetings: A Prequel Case Study
NPS
- Emily Donovan, Park Ranger, Lowell National Historical Park, Lowell, MA. Community Engagement and Collaboration for Exhibit Planning at Lowell National Historical Park
NOAA
- Jennifer Day, Regional Coordinator, Great Lakes Regional Collaboration Team, Ann Arbor, MI.Government Collaboration: Building Collaboration for One NOAA Internally to Facilitate One NOAA Externally
- Evan Sawyer, Drought Coordinator (Natural Resource Management Specialist) NOAA Fisheries, West Coast Region, California Central Valley Office, Sacramento, CA. Sacramento River Science Partnership: Partnering to develop a shared understanding
USDA FS
- Alicia King, Public Affairs and Partnership Staff Officer, Chugach National Forest, Anchorage, AK. Partnership Engagement in Inclusion & Diversity Festival Planning
- Ricardo Lopez, Forest Engineer, Angeles National Forest, Arcadia, CA. Angeles National Forest Collaborative Transit to Trails
- Elizabeth (Liz) Munding, NEPA Planner, Coconino National Forest, Red Rock Ranger District, Sedona, AZ. Oak Creek Watershed Restoration Project: Pullouts, Protection and the Public.
- Lisa Shores, Management Analyst, Office of Regulatory and Management Services; Directives and Regulations, Washington, DC. Embracing Obligation & Increasing Opportunity
USFWS- Kevin Kalasz, Fish and Wildlife Biologist/Coastal Program Coordinator, South Florida/Everglades, South Florida Ecological Services Field Office, Big Pine Key, FL. Pine Rockland Conservation Business Plan: It Takes a Community.
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2019
BLM
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Mary (MJ) Byrne, Special Assistant to State Director for RAC, Partnerships, Ed. & Interp., Youth, Volunteering, Idaho State Office, ID. Turning Relationships into Partnerships (including Every Kid Outdoors and Hands on the Land / Teachers on the Land)
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Katy Kuhnel, Outdoor Recreation Planner, Challis Field Office, Idaho State BLM, ID. Making Community Connections
NOAA
- Ally Lane, Fish Biologist, West Coast Region, CA, Bridging Data Gaps Through Interagency Coordination
USFS
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Karl Honkonen, Watershed Forester, Northeast Area/State & Private Forestry, NH. Saco Watershed Collaborative
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Rachel Neuenfeldt, Partnership and Community Engagement Specialist, Wayne National Forest, OH, Forest Plan Revision Through Partnerships
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Jeanne Stevens, Tribal Relations Specialist, Coconino National Forest, AZ, Springs Monitoring & Restoration Initiative
Academy
- Leigh Goldberg, Scholar-in-Residence, One Tam Case Studies
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2018
BLM
- Caroline Kilbane, Outdoor Recreation Planner, AZ, Lake Havasu Shoreline Sites
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
- Sarah Barrett, Biological Scientist IV and Brie Ochoa, Species Conservation Planning Biologist III, FL, Management Plan Development in the Sunshine
Marin County Parks
- Kevin Wright, Government and External Affairs Coordinator, CA, Yard Smart Marin: Think Before You Spray
NOAA
- Rebecca Ingram, Social Research Associate, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, HI, Building a Network of Partnerships to Support NOAA’s Integrated Ecosystem Assessment
USFS
- Mary Biggs, Resource Assistants Program Liaison, WO, DC, Strengthening Partnerships. Creating Opportunities. The USDA Forest Service Resource Assistants Program
- Debra-Ann Brabazon, USFS, Forest Fire Prevention Education Officer/Fire Information, MI, Engaging Youth: Lessons Learned Along the Path of Growing Relationships
- Coeli Hoover, Research Ecologist, NH, Cat Herding: A Tale of Two Documents
- Dawn McCarthy, Recreation Team Leader, OH, The Baileys Mountain Bike Trail System: Improving Communities Through a Collaborative Vision
USFWS
- Brooke Burrows, Wildlife Refuge Specialist, MN, Minnesota Valley Trust and the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge & Wetland Management
- Laurie Fairchild, Private Lands Biologist, MN, What to Do When You're Stuck: One Approach to Reimagine and Reconnect Resource Accomplishments with Realities on the Ground
- Todd Jones-Farrand, Science Coordinator, LCC, MO, The Rise and Fall of a Landscape Conservation Cooperative: Lesson for Large-Scale Collaborative Efforts
- Lisa Van Alstyne, Chief, WSFR Policy Branch (F&W Administrator), VA, When a Good Idea Goes Bad: Taking a Risk on an Alternative Approach in WSFR
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2017
BLM
- Edd (Sherman) Franz, Outdoor Recreation Planner, CO, Community Collaboration: Bureau of Land Management Recreation Program
NOAA
- Anne Mullan, Endangered Species Biologist, OR, Gravel Mining and ESA Salmonid Recovery: Collaboration in the Willamette River
NPS/Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee
- David Diamond, Executive Coordinator, Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee, MT, Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee (GYCC): A Case Study of More Than 50 Years of Federal Partnership
Partnership and Community Collaboration Academy
- Leigh Goldberg, Scholar-in-Residence, Tamalpais Lands Collaborative Case Studies
USBR
- Mary Reece, Manager, Program Development Division, AZ, New Mexico Unit of the Central Arizona Project: An Arranged Marriage
USFS
- Dave Cunningham, Partnership Specialist, MT, Friends of the Little Belts
- Danny McBride, USFS, Regional Partnership Coordinator, Intermountain Region 4, UT, Utilizing Partners to Build Partnerships & Capacity
- Erick Stemmerman, Administrative Staff Officer, Olympic National Forest, WA, Storrie Fire Settlement
USFWS
- Cindy Corsair, Fish and Wildlife Biologist, RI, A Tale of Two Cities: Urban Wildlife Refuge Partnerships in New Haven, CT and Providence, RI
- Heidi Keuler, Fish Habitat Biologist, WI, Fishers and Farmers: Watershed Leaders Network
- Susi von Oettingen, Endangered Species Biologist, NH, Tracking Migrating Roseate Terns: UsingPartners to Find a Needle in a Haystack
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2016
BLM
- Noelle Glines-Bovio, BLM, National Conservation Lands/Visual Resource Management State Lead, WY, Lessons Learned about Partnerships in Rhyolite, NV
Independent Consultant
- Peter Bugoni, MT, Role of Stewardship Contracts in Communities: Successes and Challenges of Project in the Great Burn Proposed Wilderness
NOAA
- Diane Driscoll, Senior Fisheries Biologist, NOAA Fisheries West Coast Region, WA, Why Fish Need Trees
- Irma Lagomarsino, Partnerships, Communications, External Affairs Branch Chief, NOAA Fisheries West Coast Region, OR, ESA Consultations - How to Avoid Jeopardy: Lose the Swagger, Share a Vision
- Leslie Wolff, Hydrologist, NOAA Fisheries California Coastal Office, CA, From Regulatory Relationship to Partnership: Instream gravel mining and salmon habitat restoration on the Mad River, North Coast of California
NPS
- Jane Farmer, Park Ranger, Interpretation, Natchez Trace Parkway, MS, Connecting Chickasaw and Choctaw Students to the Ancestral Homelands
DOD, Navy
- Deb Smith Ormsbee, Program Analyst, Naval Air Warfare Center, CA, Western Regional Partnership: Reliable Outcomes for America's Defence, Energy, Environment, and Infrastructure in the West
USFS
- David Bergendorf, Senior Program Specialist, National Partnership Office, DC, and Alison Leiman, National Grants and Agreements Policy Specialist, MN, Secure Rural Schools and Community Self Determination Program Implementation
- Leslie Brandt, Climate Change Specialist, Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science, Eastern Region and Northern Research Station, MN, Urban Forestry Climate Change Response Framework
USFWS
- Sherry Barrett, Mexican Wolf Recovery Coordinator, Southwest Region, NM, Mexican Wolf Recovery Program
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2015
George Washington University
- Dr. Joe Follman, Ed. D., George Washington University, Washington, DC, Using Partnerships to Expand Volunteer Programs on Conservation Lands
NPS
- Hollie Lynch, Education Program Coordinator, Chesapeake and Ohio National Historical Park, MD, Canal Classrooms: Finding a Pathway to the Classroom Through Partnership
- Aleutia Scott, Supervisory Park Ranger, OR, Doctor's Orders: Get Outside! A National Park Partnership to Promote Community Wellness and Children's Health in Greater New Orleans
- Kimble Talley, Training Specialist, Stephen T. Mather Training Center, WV, Connecting Teachers to America’s Best Idea: What Arkansas’s National Parks Mean to Me!
- Maryann Zujewski, Education Specialist, Salem Maritime and Saugus Iron Works National Historic Sites, MA, Park for Every Classroom (PEC): Advancing Education Programming
Partnership and Community Collaboration Academy
- Leigh Goldberg, Scholar-in-Residence, Tamalpais Lands Collaborative Case Studies
USFS
- Evan Burks, Partnership Coordinator, Pike & San Isabel National Forests, Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands, CO, Western Utilities Partnership: A Story of Forest Health, Regulation and Changing Paradigms
- Annette Heckart, USFS, Regional Interpretation & Conservation Education Program Manager, AK, Re-imagining the Begich, Boggs Visitor Center
- Debra Proctor, Natural Resources Planning Specialist and Elizabeth Tichner, Natural Resources Specialist (Recreation), Chequamegon Nicolet National Forest, WI, Lac Courte Oreilles Band of the Lake Superior Chippewa Tribe: Conservation Youth Corps
- Michelle Stevens, Heritage and Recreation Program Manager, Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands, CO, Circling the Wagons for the Santa Fe Trail: National Historic Trail Partnerships
- John Titre, Recreation Manager/Social Scientist, Coronado National Forest, Nogales District, AZ, Sustaining Partnerships: A Sustainable Recreation and Restoration Case Study
USFWS
- Nicole Adimey, Fish and Wildlife Biologist, Coastal and Gulf Restoration Program, FL, Partnering: Lessons Learned Along the Way
- Maria Arnold, Youth Program Analyst, National Conservation Training Center, WV, Hands on the Land Story: Exploring Learning Landscapes through America's Largest Outdoor Classrooms
- Juliette Fernandez, Assistant Refuge Manager, Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge, AZ, Bobwhite Aboard, Bobwhite Abound: Partnerships Taking Flight to Save a Species
- Aron Flanders, Fish and Wildlife Biologist/Private Lands Biologist, Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program, KS, Community Based Partnerships
- Mary Kralovec, Assistant Refuge Manager, Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, AZ, Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge and Cabeza Prieta Natural History Association - Successes and Failures of a 'Friends Group'
- Rachel London, Fish and Wildlife Biologist, Ecological Services, VA, Adventures in FACA: How USFWS Developed it's Voluntary Guidelines for Wind Energy Development
- Miles Meyer, Supervisory Fish and Wildlife Biologist, South Florida Ecological Services Office, FL, Partnerships - They're Not All the Same: Developing Partnerships that Meet Specific Purposes
- Kristin Shaw, EPIC Urban Conservation TAG Coordinator, Eastern Tallgrass Prairie and Big Rivers LCC, IN, Large Landscape and Urban Conservation Initiatives: Ecological Places in Cities (EPIC)
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2014
BLM
- Michelle Ethun, Assistant Field Manager, Eastern Interior Field Office, AK, Looking For a Few Friends in the White Mountains
- Mike Johnson, Zone Social Scientist, BLM Arizona and New Mexico State Offices, AZ, Adapting Project Design to Local Conditions: Learning on the Fly in an Interagency Collaborative Effort
- Greg Liggett, Paleontologist, MT, You Mean We are Partners: National Paleontological Heritage
- Matt McCoy, Assistant Field Manager, ID, A Tale of Two Projects: What I Learned About Collaboration on the Job
- Paul Tigan, Assistant Field Manager, San Luis Valley Field Office, CO, From Political Compromise to Partnership Canvas: Rio Grande Natural Area
- Laura Van Riper, Social Scientist and Conflict Resolution Specialist, OR, Transforming Conflict: The National Riparian Service Team Approach to Addressing Wicked Problems
NPS
- Aly Baltrus, Chief of Interpretation and Visitor Services, Zion National Park, UT, Building a Foundation: Zion National Park Foundation
- Justin Bates, Community Planner, RTCA, TX, NPS RTCA and the Tejano Trails: Using Partnerships to Highlight East Austin’s Unique History
- Katie Durcan, Assistant National Coordinator, National Heritage Area Program, DC, HeritageArea30: Making a Difference
- Rae Emerson, Partnership Program Specialist and Community Liaison, National Mall and Memorial Parks, DC, Expect the Unexpected: Pershing Park
- Kari Prassack, Chief Paleontologist and Fossil Curator, Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument, ID, All on Board! Developing a Partnership with Multiple National and International Agencies
- Sophie Sarkar, Outdoor Recreation Planner, Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance Program, PA, The Mantua Greenway: A Collaborative Community Revitalization Effort
USFS
- Jim Beck, National Partnership Coordinator and International Programs Liaison, DC, US Forest Service International Programs Partnerships
- Alicia Bell-Sheeter, Analyst, Office of Tribal Relations, DC, Informal Interagency Collaboration to Better Serve Tribes
- Dana Coelho, Urban and Community Forestry Program Manager, Rocky Mountain Regional Office, South Platte Urban Waters Partnership: Building a Regional Collaboration
- Tamberly Conway, Partnerships, Diversity and Inclusion Specialist, DC, Greening, Growing and Letting Go
- Megan Eno, Florida National Scenic Trail Partnership Coordinator, FL, The Partnership Life Cycle: Florida National Scenic Trail
- Sandy Mack, Liaison Officer, Southwestern Crown Collaborative, Helena, Lolo, Flathead National Forests, MT, Political Savvy: The Southwestern Crown Collaborative
- Jennifer Maziasz, Land Planning Management Specialist, Chequamegon Nicolet National Forest, WI, Lake Superior Landscape Restoration Partnership
- Barbara McGuinness, Forester and Environmental Literacy Coordinator, PA, Oak SILVAH Partnership Creating a Community of Practice to Sustain Forests
- Adriane Ragan, USFS, Partnership/Volunteer Coordinator, Prescott National Forest, AZ, Verde Valley Life and Fire Safety Partnership
- Jeff Sorkin, Team Lead – Rapid Response Team, Rocky Mountain Regional Office, CO, Building Trust by Sharing Air Quality Data
USFWS
- Ann Marie Chapman, Visitor Services Specialist, MRO Division of Visitor Services, MN, Career Discovery Internship Program
- Karin Christensen, Facilities Operations Chief, National Conservation Training Center, WV, NCTC Deer Hunt Partnership
- Kevin Connally, USFWS, Fish and Wildlife Biologist, Austin Ecological Services Field Office, TX, The Edwards Aquifer Recovery Implementation Program: Community Based Solution
- Cat Darst, Biologist, Desert Tortoise Recovery Office, CA, Rethinking Recovery: Using Science, Technology and Collaboration for Recovery of the Mojave Desert Tortoise
- Christina Milloy, Fish and Wildlife Administrator, Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program, CT, Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program 75th Anniversary
- Julia Pinnix, Visitor Services Manager, Alaska Peninsula and Becharof NWR, AK, The Kanatak Trail: History, Recreation and Partnership in Becharof National Park
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