We raise the visibility of collaborative, community-based natural resource management across the West. By sharing these stories, we promote commitment to, and investment in, collaborative approaches.

 
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Wildfire Crisis Strategy Implementer Insights: Perspectives from Across the WCS Investment Landscapes
Wildfire Crisis Strategy Implementer Insights: Perspectives from Across the WCS Investment Landscapes
Count for Something: The Women-in-Fire Prescribed Fire Training Exchange (WTREX)
Count for Something: The Women-in-Fire Prescribed Fire Training Exchange (WTREX)
Supporting Collaborative Engagement in Forest Service Project Planning and Implementation
Supporting Collaborative Engagement in Forest Service Project Planning and Implementation
Pathways to Prescribed Fire: Lessons from Cooperative Burn Partnerships
Pathways to Prescribed Fire: Lessons from Cooperative Burn Partnerships
Building All-Lands Capacity Across the Northern Blues: Peer-Learning Exchange Workshop 
Building All-Lands Capacity Across the Northern Blues: Peer-Learning Exchange Workshop 

The following summary was developed from a virtual peer-learning exchange hosted by and for the Northern Blues All Lands Partnership, and organized by Rural Voices for Conservation Coalition (RVCC), Wallowa Resources, the Umatilla and the Wallowa-Whitman National Forests.

Rural Partnership Program: An opportunity for community-driven development
Rural Partnership Program: An opportunity for community-driven development

The Rural Prosperity Development Grant Program – the majority of the funding – would offer multi-year, flexible funding designed to offer long-term investments for community-driven rural development.

Governance Structures for Partners Working Across Large Landscapes: Key Takeaways
Governance Structures for Partners Working Across Large Landscapes: Key Takeaways
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Potato Rescue Project Helps Feed Rural Communities in Idaho
America’s Rural Opportunity Panel Event
America’s Rural Opportunity Panel Event
Peer Assist with Southern Willamette Forest Collaborative + Wallowa Resources
Peer Assist with Southern Willamette Forest Collaborative + Wallowa Resources

This spring, Rural Voices for Conservation Coalition hosted a peer assist for the Southern Willamette Forest Collaborative to visit Wallowa Resources in Enterprise, OR. Four steering committee members and two staff spent the day learning about the WR organizational model and visit Integrated Biomass Resources to see how IBR has filled a niche utilizing non-commercial saw logs.

 
 

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