April 20, 2015
Administrative & Legal Review Opportunities for Collaborative Groups (White Paper)
With the enactment of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act, Forest Landscape Restoration Act, and similar laws and policies, collaboration — an open and inclusive process through which two or more individuals or organizations work together to address a problem/issue that concerns them all and that no one of them is likely to be able to resolve alone — has gained increasing popularity as a way to resolve natural resource management challenges. With this increased engagement in the project development process, collaborative groups are beginning to see the fruits of their work from start to finish: landscape prioritization, project area identification, field trips, prescription development, proposals for action, project implementation, and monitoring of results are all now part of the work of collaborative groups. In this White Paper, published by the Ecological Restoration Institute at Northern Arizona University, Susan Jane Brown provides information on administrative and legal review opportunities for collaborative groups.
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