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Governmental SitesBuilding and Maintaining a Partnership (a two-page guide). Forest Service Partnership Guide - produced by the Forest Service and the National Forest Foundation, is a tool to help Forest Service employees, experienced partners, and first-time or potential partners work together more effectively and efficiently. The Partnership Center website - developed through the shared vision of the National Forest Foundation and the USDA - Forest Service. The purpose of the web site is to provide partnering organizations and Forest Service staff with the information and access they need for enhanced working relationships. Partnership self-assessment tool – designed to help Forest Service units assess, sustain, and improve their abilities to work with partners in continuing the Forest Service’s long history of partnership and collaboration in land stewardship. Public Participation in the Defense Environmental Restoration Program for formerly used defense sites. This guide discusses procedures for the establishment and maintenance of public involvement programs and Restoration Advisory Boards. Stakeholder Involvement in the Defense Environmental Restoration Program website. The Department of Defense (DoD) understands that activities on military installations can impact the surrounding community. DoD works hard to actively engage the community and other stakeholders in identifying and addressing environmental concerns. DoD relies on partnerships with communities, state and Federal agencies, and tribal governments to provide insight and facilitate the success of the Defense Environmental Restoration Program (DERP). DOD Guidance on Improving Public Involvement in Environmental Cleanup at Closing Bases. This guidance implements the President's plan to expedite the closure and reuse of closing military bases. This guidance directs the Components to involve the community near a closing base in the cleanup program by making information available, providing opportunities for comment, and establishing and seeking public participation on a Restoration Advisory Board (RAB). Army Public Involvement Tool Box website. This website is intended to provide Army, Army civilian staff, and Army contractors engaged in public involvement with functional, proven techniques and information. This website is also intended to share the Army’s commitment and approaches for public involvement with all of its stakeholders. Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center Community Involvement website. This website describes the Navy’s support for community involvement in the environmental restoration program through various channels, including: Restoration Advisory Boards (RABs); Community Relations Plans (CRP); Information Repositories and Administrative Records; Technical Assistance for Public Participation (TAPP); and Risk Communication training. How to Design a Public Participation Program (PDF 37 pages) – A guide is to help people who plan public participation programs to design programs that will fit their unique circumstances. There is no one-size-fits-all approach to public participation. There are, however, certain issues that arise in designing any public participation program. This guide provides a systematic way of addressing these issues. Collaborative Action and Dispute Resolution (CADR). The CADR office promotes, coordinates, and facilitates greater use of alternative dispute resolution and consensus-building processes throughout the bureaus and offices of the U.S. Department of the Interior. http://www.doi.gov/cadr Department of the Interior Partnership Ethics. As Federal employees expand the use of partnerships, they and their partners must be mindful of the ethics laws and regulatory restrictions pertaining to fund-raising, accepting gifts, endorsements, and other considerations. Ethics do’s and don’ts. A chart for Department of the Interior employees when establishing partnerships with private organizations. Partnerships at the Department of the Interior. The Department of the Interior is committed to a collaborative approach to conservation. The more it can empower people as stewards of the land, the more effective the Department can be in its conservation mission. National Park Service Civic Engagement. The Civic Engagement Initiative is the National Park Service's challenge to itself, to find new ways to revitalize its mission of preserving and interpreting our nation's natural and cultural heritage. Forming meaningful partnerships with the very people most invested in the parks will instill in them a sense of ownership, and ensure the relevance of NPS resources and programs. Lessons Learned from Western Region Partnerships. This is a report from a March 2003 workshop, "Collaboration and Conservation: Lessons Learned from National Park Service Partnership Areas in the Western U.S." The workshop brought together 27 participants from the National Park Service and partner agencies and organizations that have extensive experience working in diverse partnership settings primarily in the western United States. The charge to participants was not only to share what they had learned about creating effective partnerships, but also to reflect more profoundly on what changes might be needed in the National Park Service to ensure a genuine commitment to partnerships. Community Toolbox. This National Park Service Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance Program website offers a collection of tools for: decision making, events and gatherings, visual and written communication, facilitation, organization, outreach, and information collection. Environmental Protection Agency Public Involvement website home page is a gateway to a wide variety of public involvement information, techniques, and tools. Public Involvement brochures on “how to” plan and budget, identify stakeholders, technical/financial assistance, outreach and information provision, conduct involvement activities, review and use feedback, evaluate, improve meetings and hearings, work with environmental justice communities, and overcome barriers. PIRT (Public Involvement Resources and Training) database has nearly 700 links to helpful web sites and materials. Feedback Questionnaires (23) for public hearings, meetings, listening sessions, FACA and community advisory groups, small group discussions and stakeholder negotiations. Frequently Asked Questions about Alternative Dispute Resolution and answers can be found on EPA’s Conflict Prevention and Resolution Center’s web pages. The Superfund Toolkit has a wide array of tools to help plan and conduct community involvement work. Public Involvement Definitions are on EPA’s website. EPA’s web-based Dialogue on Public Involvement in EPA Decisions was a two-week, on line discussion of a variety of topics with over 1100 registered from all 50 states and several other nations. All messages, the discussion summaries and a library of briefing materials are available for researchers. Process Design/Technique Descriptions EPA’s website has a series of planning tools from several different organizations that provide a wide array of involvement possibilities along with descriptions, strengths and weaknesses and appropriate uses. Stakeholder Involvement at Federal Facilities is EPA’s page that leads to information related to community involvement at such installations. Federal Highway Administration How to Engage Low Literacy and Limited-English-Proficiency Populations in Transportation Decision Making. This report documents "best practices" in identifying and engaging low-literacy and limited-English-proficiency populations in transportation decision-making. These "best practices" were collected during telephone interviews with individuals in 30 States. A Citizen's Guide to Transportation Decision Making. Have you ever wondered how decisions are made about transportation projects that affect your life? How do government officials decide where to put a bus stop, road, or bridge? How are these and other transportation projects planned? And how can you make sure your opinions are heard and considered by the planners, road designers, elected officials, and other citizens? The Federal Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration wrote this guide to give you the answers to these and other transportation-related questions. Public Involvement Techniques for Transportation Decision Making. People have a key role in the decisions shaping what transportation systems and services will be part of their communities. This collection of public involvement techniques provides the building blocks State and local transportation agencies can use to craft effective public involvement programs. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA’s National Ocean Service engages communities through participatory strategies to explore alternative solutions for marine sanctuaries and coastal management. Engaging Communities: Participatory Strategies for Coastal Managers Seeking Agreement. Engaging Communities: Participatory Strategies for Coastal Managers website. This site showcases three techniques designed to enhance public participation in resource management decisions: Building the Foundation, Exploring Alternative Solutions, and Seeking Agreement. What is NOAA doing to Encourage Public Involvement? Through its coastal management efforts, The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management (OCRM) encourages public involvement in a number of ways. This website describes public comment, education and outreach, coordination, and measuring success. Ocean and Coastal Resource Management Public Involvement Case Studies. This website describes three examples of projects states have supported with their coastal zone management funding: Indiana Lake Michigan Coastal Advisory Board, New Hampshire Beach Clean-up Programs, Guam Comprehensive Public Education and Outreach Campaign. NOAA’s National Ocean Services provides unique software tools and data sets to support community decisions that promote sustainable uses of coastal resources. NOAA provides technical assistance for conservation NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries involves volunteers and many organizations in habitat conservation and restoration. Nongovernmental SitesCenter for Collaborative Policy website. The Center for Collaborative Policy is a unit of the College of Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies at California State University, Sacramento. The mission of the Center is to build the capacity of public agencies, stakeholder groups, and the public to use collaborative strategies to improve policy outcomes. Red Lodge Clearinghouse website. The Red Lodge Clearing House arose from recommendations made at the Workshop on Collaborative Resource Management in the Interior West held at Red Lodge, Montana on 18-22 October 2001. The mission of the Red Lodge Clearinghouse is to support, nurture and connect collaborative natural resource groups. Collaboration Handbook. The Red Lodge Clearinghouse Collaboration Handbook provides common sense and practical advice about putting a collaborative effort together and making it work. University of Michigan - Lessons from Collaboration. Across the United States, diverse groups are turning away from confrontation and toward collaboration in an attempt to tackle challenging environmental problems. Researchers at the Ecosystem Management Initiative of the University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and Environment have spent over a decade examining what enables people to work together to address resource issues, resolve conflicts, and build partnerships that promote constructive problem-solving in agencies and communities. This site is a compilation of lessons learned for anyone who wants to understand the role of collaboration in resource and environmental management and how to make it work. Public Participation in Fire Plans. Enhancing collaboration and building community capacity for developing community wildfire protection plans - a three-year, five-state research project begun in 2005 to capture and share lessons learned in the collaborative development of community wildfire protection plans. Preparing a Community Wildfire Protection Plan - A Handbook for Wildland-Urban Interface Communities. This Handbook is intended to provide communities with a concise, step-by-step guide to use in developing a CWPP. It addresses, in a straightforward manner, issues such as who to involve in developing a plan, how to convene other interested parties, what elements to consider in assessing community risks and priorities, and how to develop a mitigation or protection plan to address those risks. Innovative Public Engagement Practices in ActionEldorado National Forest Motor Vehicle Route Designation Project: Techniques (PDF 4 pages), NEPA Timeline (PDF 1 page) Forest Service Combines Public Questioning with Place Mapping (PDF 2 pages) Sustainable Environment for Quality of Life (SEQL) (PDF 2 pages) |
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