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October 7, 2015

Best Practice: Northeast Washington Forestry Coalition Forest Restoration and Conservation Guidelines

Collaborative groups are increasingly developing creative tools to streamline collaborative processes and work more efficiently with the U.S. Forest Service. This best practice includes Northeast Washington Forestry Coalition (NEWFC) Guidelines and an example of how the guidelines have informed Colville National Forest project development.

September 29, 2015

Best Practice: Collaborative Guiding Principles

This best practice guide focuses on guiding principles, which often capture early agreements made by a group, and serve as a filter through which to evaluate projects or activities. This guide includes excellent examples pulled out of operating protocols from the Blue Mountains Forest Partners, Amador-Calaveras Consensus Group, Panhandle Forest Collaborative, and Collaborative Trails.

September 21, 2015

Best Practice: Building Local Support & Credibility

Developing a strategy and supporting documents can help tell a collaborative group’s story and build public support -- In 2014 the Elkhorn Restoration Committee, which focuses on the Elkhorn Mountain wildlife management area of the Helena and Beaverhead‐Deerlodge National Forests in Montana, developed a communication strategy members call the Inform, Involve, and Educate Outreach Program. The strategy was developed to build public support and credibility for the group, and also to help recruit new members. The Restoration Committee hopes to share its story, accomplishments, and program of work with members of local government, sportsmenʹs organizations, community groups, schools, businesses, and private landowners.

August 24, 2015

A Quick Guide for Incorporating Collaboration Into the Watershed Condition Framework (WCF)

Produced by the University of Oregon Ecosystem Workshop Program, this quick guide provides strategies for collaborating at each of the steps in the WCF.

August 24, 2015

FACA Easy Button

Developed by the National Partnership Office (U.S. Forest Service), the FACA "Easy Button" provides key principles and practical advice for complying with the Federal Advisory Committee Act

August 24, 2015

Restoring Forests and Communities: Lessons from the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program

Citation: ANTUMA, J., ESCH, B., HALL, B., MUNN, E., AND STURGES, F. 2014. RESTORING FORESTS AND COMMUNITIES: LESSONS FROM THE COLLABORATIVE FOREST LANDSCAPE RESTORATION PROGRAM. UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF NATURAL RESOURCES & ENVIRONMENT

April 24, 2015

Stewardship and the U.S. Forest Service

The NFF developed this "quick guide" to stewardship contracting and agreements in 2014 to support peer learning.

April 8, 2015

A Roadmap for Collaboration Before, During and After the NEPA Process

Working together in a collaborative environment is more important than ever to both the Forest Service and the public. However, there is often a knowledge gap between the lead agency and stakeholders; each use their own language and have their own set of expectations. The National Forest Foundation is pleased to announce the publication of a new tool intended to bridge the gap in a clear, concise and usable way by identifying opportunities and presenting techniques for collaboration.

April 7, 2015

Forest Service & Non-profit Share an Employee

The Ochoco National Forest shares a permanent, full-time Forest Service hydrologist with the Crooked River Watershed Council (CRWC) through a Participating Agreement. This best practice outlines the details and steps the Ochoco took to develop the agreement.

April 7, 2015

Orienting New Members into a Collaborative

This best practice outlines the Diablo Trust's proactive work to ease transitions and turnover by developing an orientation document, called the “Diablo Trust: History, Purpose and Overview.”