What do you do when the only way to achieve your conservation goals is by working with others? Throughout the Service and across the conservation community, we’re increasingly recognizing that we have to collaborate to achieve desired outcomes at larger scales. The issues we face are complex and cut across jurisdictions, disciplines, organizations, and boundaries. Collaborating with others can be challenging, especially when our neighbors have different interests and needs or there is a history of conflict. However, when we work to find common ground and focus on relationships, collaboration can generate creative and durable solutions to some of our most difficult conservation problems.
In this broadcast, we will dive into key aspects of collaborative conservation, a term often used to describe work with private landowners, state agencies, non-governmental organizations, and others to achieve collective impacts. We will hear from social scientist Wylie Carr about some key concepts for successful collaboration, followed by perspectives from the field with Heidi Keuler, Fish Habitat Biologist and Fishers and Farmers Partnership Coordinator, as well as Todd Sutphin from the Iowa Soybean Association. Video recorded August 1, 2018.
Presenters:
Wylie Carr, Ph.D.
Social Scientist, Southeast Region
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Heidi Keuler
Fish Habitat Biologist, Midwest Region
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Fishers and Farmers Partnership
Todd Sutphin
Senior Operations Manager,
Environmental Programs and Services
Iowa Soybean Association
Fishers and Farmers Partnership
Host:
Kaylin Clements
Social Scientist, Human Dimensions Branch Natural Resource Program Center
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service