On October 25th, 2019 over 120 family members, neighbors, and conservation partners gathered to dedicate The Nature Conservancy’s (TNC) Owen Preserve in Yale, Virginia (Sussex County). The Owen land consists of over 1,850 acres and is being managed for recovery of northern savannas, among the rarest of longleaf habitats across the southeastern U.S.
Partners for Conservation (PFC) Executive Director Steve Jester and Texas Board Director Gary Price participated in a panel on communication and partnership among diverse perspectives at a session held for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Biologists in the southwestern states.
September was a very busy month for Partners for Conservation in our efforts to support public-private partnerships and collaborative conservation, with both a workshop and Private Lands Partners Day!
Ute Creek Cattle Company, in Bueyeros, N.M., has been selected as one of seven regional finalists of the Environmental Stewardship Award Program (ESAP). The award, announced during the 2019 Cattle Industry Summer Business Meeting July 30 in Denver, recognizes the operation’s outstanding stewardship and conservation efforts.
Earlier this month state and federal conservation agency staff and nongovernmental organization representatives from across the West gathered in Manhattan, Kansas to focus on private lands conservation partnerships. This was the theme for the bi-annual Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (WAFWA) meeting.
Partners for Conservation was honored to partner with the USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service, Pheasants Forever, and others as a part of the first Western Working Lands for Wildlife Workshop held June 18-20 in Twin Falls, Idaho.
PFC attended a recent Working Lands Roundtable convened by the Western Governors’ Association (WGA) examining topics such as at-risk species conservation, broad-scale threats to western working landscapes, and cross-boundary coordination in resource management and planning.
Partners for Conservation convened the 2019 annual meeting and January 2019 board meeting in Atlanta, Georgia January 23 and 24.
Partners for Conservation convened the 2019 annual meeting and January 2019 board meeting in Atlanta, Georgia January 23 and 24.
Over the last decade, Private Lands Partners Day (PLPD) has evolved to become the premier national gathering of private landowners and resource professionals engaged in public-private conservation partnerships.
During August, Partners for Conservation convened two different groups of collaborative conservation practitioners in Boise, Idaho. The objective of the workshops was to provide information on the basics of diverse conservation partnerships, what it takes to build effective collaborations, as well as roadblocks and opportunities for collaborative conservation in western working landscapes. Each of the two groups, which included agency employees, landowners and representatives of nonprofit organizations, spent a day and a half talking about the basic building blocks of collaboration including effective and transparent communication, building trust and credibility, and establishing a shared vision of success that all participants can buy into. Everyone learned more about the “people to people” skills of building effective conservation partnerships. The groups also provided input to Partners for Conservation on the types of support they need most to sustain collaborative efforts that address their social and economic concerns—in addition to ecological concerns—all of which form the three legs of the stool for diverse, multi-perspective collaborative conservation efforts. The discussions were captured and Partners for Conservation is pleased to share the report “Collaborative Conservation Workshops 2018” developed from the proceedings. Partners for Conservation hopes to continue these efforts and toward that end we are hosting a session titled “Diverse Conservation Partnerships for Team Leaders” scheduled for late February 2019. Support for this series of learning sessions was provided by the Hewlett Foundation, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service.
Two hundred people gathered in Springfield, Missouri October 2-4 for the 11th annual Private Lands Partners Day. Attendees from 32 states saw first hand some of the public-private conservation partnership efforts engaging private landowners and private lands in Missouri. In addition, they heard presentations from landowners from all over the country about the partnerships and stewardship in which they were engaged, ranging from innovative grazing cooperatives to generation of alternative energy in conjunction with pork producers. Participants also heard from state and national leaders including Acting Chief of the USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service Leonard Jordan and Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke. The conference also featured a multiple-perspective and interactive panel on land ownership succession planning. A report summarizing the meeting will be available in the near future, available to attendees, future attendees, and anyone else who would like to learn about the meeting. Partners for Conservation and the local planning team are already beginning to develop the 2019 meeting, which will be held in Ogden, Utah September 24-26. Watch the newsletter and social media for information on the meeting in the weeks ahead.
Partnerscapes Conservation Network Facebook Group is a national community for anyone involved in collaborative conservation. It’s a place to share stories, learn from others, and celebrate success. Landowners, Tribal members, agencies, organizations, and individuals are all welcome—whether you’re bringing years of experience or just getting started.
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