Welcome to The Collaboration Site. Engineered as a full support site for collaborative groups committed to resolving resource use conflicts throughout the interior west.	We'll help you get started and keep going! Direct you to funding sources! Supply the latest news affecting your work! Collaboration at work - stories from the field! Update you on legislation and regulations!

Roadless Rule Revoked   In the final days of the Clinton administration, the Forest Service adopted the Roadless Area Conservation Rule prohibiting road construction and timber harvesting in all inventoried roadless areas. Now, the Bush administration has given advisory power to state governors–allowing input regarding management of roadless areas for state needs.   READ MORE >> UPCOMING EVENTS Cooperative Conservation Conference   A White House Conference on Cooperative Conservation will be held August 29-31 in St. Louis. Over 1,100 invited participants are expected to attend in an effort to identify ideas for conservation policies and initiatives and to exchange information on successful partnerships.   READ MORE >> FROM THE FIELD Cimarron Watershed Alliance dealing with thorny issues Members have expressed mixed views regarding coalbed methane development, causing the group to take a position of "educational neutrality"— providing information about the pros and cons of developing coalbed methane and letting residents and local leaders come to their own conclusions. CIMARRON WATERSHED ALLIANCE >> IN THE NEWS A great day in Lincoln–everybody wins A new winter travel agreement is reached and called "good for wildlife, good for the forests, and good for Montanans who use the forests." SEE FULL STORY >>

New site navigation In addition to our new "reading rooms," we've created a new section of the site that will present news, legislation, collaboration stories and other information related to the issues and disputes at the forefront of resource management and use. GO TO WAYS & MEANS >> IN THE NEWS New Mexico at the forefront again A five-year-old program aimed at reducing the risk of catastrophic wildfire on New Mexico's public forests while bringing together diverse—and sometimes adversarial—interests is shaping up to be a forest- and people- management success story and could provide a model for other states. SEE FULL STORY >> IN THE NEWS Ivory-billed woodpecker found The woodpecker, which has been considered extinct for 60 years, has been found in a swamp in eastern Arkansas, ornithologists announced. SEE FULL STORY >> CONTACT US Ross Johnson Phone: (406) 495-1069 Toll Free: (888) 495-0757   The Red Lodge Clearinghouse is a program of the Liz Claiborne Art Ortenberg Foundation.

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