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April 7, 2015

Cat Creek Multi-Party Monitoring Protocol

The Cat Creek Stewardship Project (Cat Creek project) was a collaboratively designed forest restoration project in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest in southwest Washington State. This resource document shows the project's monitoring protocols, which were designed to be an evaluative tool for local stakeholders to monitor and assess the socio-economic and ecological impacts of the project.

April 7, 2015

Running an Effective Collaborative Meeting

The effectiveness of meetings plays a vital role in the success of a collaborative group. It’s important to pay attention to the details of meetings because they are very expensive events in terms of people’s time and travel. Plus, no one wants to go to a poorly run meeting, and there can be enough challenges in finding agreement without struggling over preventable issues.

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.”

April 7, 2015

Governance Documents for Collaboratives

When a group of people with conflicting interests come together to talk about common ground, building relationships can be a fragile process. One way groups navigate through tough discussions is to establish a clear governance structure and to follow a code of conduct about the responsibilities of participants in the group.

April 4, 2015

The Collaboration Cloverleaf: Four Stages of Development

Research has shown that successfully addressing the factors below results in a more effective collaborative effort. There may also be some factors that your collaborative must address that aren’t listed here. We call this a cloverleaf as you will meet all of the challenges repeatedly and not necessarily in order. As the group moves around the cloverleaf, its members will increase in skill level, so the next time the group faces the same challenge, it will be better prepared. This tool is meant to give you an idea of “what’s next” and what might be missing.

April 4, 2015

Multi‐agency Memorandum of Understanding

Multiple interests join together in a common plan for the Uncompahgre Plateau through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).