US Army Corps of Engineers, Collaboration and Public Participation Center of Expertise
The USACE Collaboration and Public Participation Center of Expertise (CPCX) was a response to the growing need for alternative methods of dispute resolution in the management of our nation’s waters. CPCX is an authoritative source for senior Corps leaders, government agencies, civilian, and international leaders from related industries to study and confer on the tactical […]
USDA Forest Service National Partnership Office
The Forest Service works to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of the nation’s forests and grasslands to meet the needs of present and future generations. Our partners are vital to accomplishing our mission and increase our productivity through collaboration on shared goals. Partners of the Forest Service include nonprofit and for-profit entities; rural, urban, […]
Bureau of Land Management, National Conservation Lands Division
The BLM’s twenty-four year old National Conservation Lands currently includes 905 units covering over 37 million acres designated by Congress and the President to conserve special features, from winding rivers to mountain vistas. The National Conservation Lands offer the American people exceptional opportunities for hunting, solitude, wildlife viewing, fishing, history exploration, scientific research and a wide range of […]
America’s Great Outdoors Initiative
Listen to these videos as a podcast. On April 16, 2010, President Obama launched the America’s Great Outdoors (AGO) Initiative and charged the Secretaries of the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality to develop a 21st-century conservation […]
Engaging with Communities in Public Land Stewardship, Bureau of Land Management
A Toolkit for Building and Sustaining Effective BLM Partnerships with Friends Groups (February 2020) Purpose of This Toolkit: Due to the challenges of multiple-use management on public lands, the BLM benefits significantly from a partnership approach. This toolkit seeks to address and clarify partnership issues and needs, encourage partnerships with friends groups, and provide guidance, […]
21 Partnership Success Factors
Brian O’Neill’s 21 Partnership Success Factors summarize best practices developed from two decades at Golden Gate National Recreation Area. As the Superintendent of Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Brian O’Neill (1941-2009) and his staff earned a reputation as a model partnership park where partnerships are a way of approaching how best to accomplish the park’s […]
Capacity Building for Collaboration Case Study (2018)
A Case Study on Building and Sustaining Landscape-Scale Stewardship Networks in the 21st Century, by Leigh Goldberg Consulting With the growing complexity and scale of environmental, social, and economic challenges facing the long-term stewardship of working and conserved public and private lands in the United States, place-based collaborative networks are very likely the future vehicle […]
Mature and Old-Growth Forests: Partnerships for Success
Shanna Kleinsmith, USDA FS Writer-Editor National Forest System, Policy Office Idaho
Amargosa Vole Recovery Team Partnership
Chris Otahal, BLM Wildlife Biologist Barstow Field Office California
Croatan Fireshed Partnership
John Langdon, USDA FS Partnership Coordinator Uwharrie & Croatan National Forests North Carolina
