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Central Grasslands Roadmap

The Central Grasslands Roadmap is a collaborative effort to increase conservation of North America's Central Grasslands, which span more than 600 million acres across Canada, the United States and Mexico.

2022-05-12T14:43:40-05:00March 22nd, 2022|

The Importance of Listening and Trust in Conservation Partnerships

If you think about it, our North American model of wildlife conservation is by definition a diverse-perspective partnership where wildlife are recognized as a public trust resource, owned by both nobody and everybody and managed by public agencies for the public good. In the United States, wildlife conservation has been a partnership since our founding! But how do we know if we have trust or how do we begin to build trust?

2022-05-12T14:44:26-05:00February 16th, 2022|

America the Beautiful Year One Progress Report

It is hard to believe it has almost been a year since the Administration stated its vision of a new path for conservation: An idea that became a commitment to support the function of landscapes, collaboratively, for human and natural values, developed and led locally as described in the America the Beautiful preliminary report.

2022-05-12T14:44:50-05:00January 12th, 2022|

Collaborative Conservation Challenges, Opportunities and a Chance to Help

As with everything, it has been difficult for Partnerscapes, and all organizations that count on public support, to meet and communicate effectively with potential supporters over the last two years. With that in mind, please consider supporting Partnerscapes and/or your local collaborative effort as we all look forward to a much improved 2022!

2021-12-10T18:59:25-06:00December 10th, 2021|

Western Collaborative Conservation Network (WCCN) Releases Recommendations on Institutionalizing Collaborative Problem Solving in Federal Natural Resource Agencies

The Western Collaborative Conservation Network is pleased to share recommendations developed over the last two years for those federal agencies, and by extension other agencies and organizations, that want to work collaboratively with local and landowner perspectives to ensure that collaborative approaches are an important part of their work.

2025-01-27T12:10:03-06:00November 11th, 2021|

Virtual Private Lands Partners Day October 5th and 6th Recordings Available

For the second year in a row, we were not able to gather in person in October due to the pandemic, but we were able to organize some stories of collaborative conservation from across the country, virtually, as well as hear from a couple of our national conservation leaders.

2021-10-19T16:12:07-05:00October 19th, 2021|

Persistence of Voluntary Conservation Actions on Private Lands – The Impact of the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program

With approximately 70% of the land in the United States in private ownership, voluntary conservation efforts are critical to sustain fish and wildlife, soil health and all natural resources. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program (PFW) has been providing voluntary technical and financial assistance to private landowners for over 30 years and continues to be critically important to conservation of federal trust species and a catalyst for public-private conservation partnerships across the country.

2021-08-20T13:27:30-05:00August 20th, 2021|

Partnerscapes Cancels In-Person Private Lands Partners Day 2021

After much consideration and debate, the Partnerscapes board has decided not to hold an in-person Private Lands Partners Day in 2021. This was not an easy decision, but with ongoing Covid restrictions in Oregon and travel restrictions remaining in place for many public agencies, it was the best decision.

2021-06-21T14:46:30-05:00June 21st, 2021|