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

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.”

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 7, 2015

Getting the Work Done - Employee versus Contractor?

Both nonprofit organizations with staff and those that are all‐volunteer periodically face the issue of reorganizing their human resources to adjust to new challenges and increase effectiveness. This document outlines considerations to make when hiring a staff person or contractor.

April 7, 2015

Formalized Agreement between a Collaborative & the Forest Service

The Northeast Washington Forestry Coalition (NEWFC) signed a memorandum of agreement (MOU) with the Colville National Forest in 2003. The MOU formalized the working relationship between NEWFC and the Forest, and also specified that NEWFC would provide the Forest Service “a written statement articulating the level of support” NEWFC has for a project.

April 7, 2015

Employing Field Crews on National Forests

This best practice outlines a series of tips from the Watershed Research and Training Center, which has run field crews for 14 seasons on the Shasta-Trinity National Forest.

April 4, 2015

Partnership Resource Center

The Partnership Resource Center is the result of a true partnership developed through the shared vision of the National Forest Foundation (NFF) and the National Partnership Office of the U.S. Forest Service. Recognizing the many resources being developed about collaboration and partnerships, the Forest Service and the NFF gathered a group of people in 2009 to talk about how to renovate the Partnership Resource Center into an interactive portal. Those working collaboratively in the effort include the U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution, the Red Lodge Clearinghouse and Southwest Decision Resources, as well as the Forest Service's Ecosystem Management Coordination staff, the Chief Information Office, and Forest Service staff from forest and regional levels.

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.

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Cat Creek Multi-Party Monitoring Protocol

Running an Effective Collaborative Meeting

Forest Service & Non-profit Share an Employee

Orienting New Members into a Collaborative

Governance Documents for Collaboratives

Getting the Work Done - Employee versus Contractor?

Formalized Agreement between a Collaborative & the Forest Service

Employing Field Crews on National Forests

Partnership Resource Center

The Collaboration Cloverleaf: Four Stages of Development