Welcome to WestCAN
Keeping ranchers on the land as stewards of rangelands is one example of the issues being increasingly addressed through a collaborative approach.
The
National Forest Foundation and the Sonoran Institute, working in partnership
with the Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Forest Service, and others, offer the Western
Collaboration Assistance Network (WestCAN). WestCAN promotes
collaborative approaches to natural resource management conflicts by providing
a range of expertise to help collaborative efforts get started, work through
challenging issues, and demonstrate progress. Specifically, WestCAN provides:
- Technical assistance (help in developing
agreements or contracts, nonprofit organizational development, for
example);
- Links to peer coaches (to provide suggestions and
expertise on a short-term basis) and mentors (longer-term and more
in-depth help in working through a collaborative process);
- Access to the WestCAN Resource Library providing ready access to
field tested technical resources, best practices, and lessons learned
about working collaboratively on natural resource issues.
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WestCAN Sponsors:
WestCAN thanks our generous sponsors:
The Flora Family Foundation
Ford Foundation
Meyer Memorial Trust
Surdna Foundation
Rose E. Tucker Charitable Trust
The Virginia Wellington Cabot Foundation
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Featured Resource:
Background on Collaboration: History, Definition, Description
The emergence and spread of collaborative processes is a complex story. The tale of one collaborative effort - The Malpai Borderlands Group - can help illustrate this story.
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Featured Contributor:
The US Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution
The Institute provides
a neutral place where public and private interests can reach common ground through
the use of non-adversarial, interest-based negotiation. Its goals are to:
• Resolve environmental conflicts and improve
environmental decision-making through collaborative problem solving
approaches
• Increase the capacity of agencies and other affected
stakeholders and practitioners to manage and resolve conflicts
• Provide leadership within the federal government to
improve environmental decision-making and policies through Environmental Conflict Resolution.
Any person or
organization involved in an environmental conflict with a federal agency, can
call upon the Institute for assistance. One valuable service to be utilized by WestCAN is the National Roster of Environmental
Dispute Resolution and Consensus Building Professionals developed to improve access to qualified professionals engaging in ECR processes. To learn more about the Institute: http://www.ecr.gov
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