Ten years of collaboration in Wallowa County
Diane Snyder and others, founder and builders of Wallowa Resources, by concentrating on the doable, brought trust to an area suffering the downside of the timber wars and have served as catalysts in preserving the values of place, forests and waterways while adding to the jobs base.
Lakeview — professionals at work
Lakeview Stewardship Group — Dedicated to bringing resource disputes to the table, inclusive of all stakeholders, building on trust, testing in the field, adapting where necessary, monitoring results. Jim Walls, Jane O'Keeffe, Mike Anderson and others have built a collaboration with staying power.
How cooperation is preserving the Blackfoot
BY PERRY BACKUS, THE MISSOULIAN, 10/11/06
Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, who has been touring the country to talk with people about cooperative conservation, said he was “very impressed. This is the finest example of cooperative conservation that I have seen or heard about.”
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EPA Targeted Watershed Grants
An EPA program designed to encourage successful
community-based approaches and management techniques to protect
and restore the nation's waters.
EPA is especially looking for innovative projects that engage on-the-ground approaches to solving water quality issues.
The deadline for application is November 15, 2006
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