A Toolbox of Resources

During this peer learning session attendees will: • Gain an understanding of recent changes to the Service First authority; • Hear overviews and examples of partnership authorities and agreements including Service First Authority, Good Neighbor Authority, Stewardship Agreements, and Shared Stewardship; and • Have an opportunity to ask questions of the speakers

During this session, speakers described the authorities that can be useful for achieving success in Shared Stewardship, described the ins and outs of using these authorities, discussed the role of these authorities in advancing Shared Stewardship of our nation's forests, and answered questions from attendees about mixing and matching authorities for success in Shared Stewardship. Speakers included Lynn Sholty, U.S. Forest Service Grants and Agreements Specialist; Alison Leiman, U.S. Forest Service Business Operations Grants Policy Specialist; Cody Desautel, Intertribal Timber Council President and Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation Natural Resources Director; Phil Rigdon, Intertribal Timber Council Vice President and Yakama Nation Department of Natural Resources Superintendent; and Jon Songster, Idaho Department of Lands Good Neighbor Authority Bureau Chief.

As land managers shift their focus to landscape-scale treatments, the traditional model of developing a project proposal, funding, implementation, monitoring, and adaptation also must shift. The resources required for such a transition include both the tangible, like funding and research and the intangible, like place-based knowledge and local labor. These resources are numerous, but accessing them requires robust relationships and coordination among federal, state, local, tribal, and private partners for landscape-scale and cross-boundary success.

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