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Overview
The Collaboration Support Program (CSP) was developed with support from the Ford and Surdna Foundations to provide flexible funding to sustain existing place-based collaborative efforts (see text box below) as well as incentive to take the risks necessary to innovate and move the field of collaboration forward.
The Collaboration Support Program complements and adds to the NFF’s “continuum of assistance” spanning from the Community Assistance Program, which enables newly- forming collaborative groups to take the first steps towards becoming working organizations, to the Mid-Capacity Assistance Program, which provides capacity-building grants to support existing collaborative groups to build their capacity and implement successful stewardship projects, and the suite of grants is completed by the our matching grant programs: the Matching Awards Program, Wilderness Stewardship Challenge Program, and Ski Conservation Fund. These programs provide matching grants for on-the-ground projects focused on community forestry, watershed restoration, wildlife habitat, and recreation.
The Collaboration Support Program provides two types of small grants: Capacity Grants and Innovation Grants. Please see the full RFP for more information.
Col·lab·o·ra·tion: A voluntary process through which a broad array of interests, some of which may be in conflict, enter into civil dialogue to collectively consider possible recommendations and actions that improve the management of natural resources to benefit both the environment and surrounding communities. Collaboration is different from a partnership in that collaboration involves a diverse array of stakeholders; a partnership is likely to engage a few parties that are interested in working together on a specific project. (Adapted from David D. Chrislip, 2002)
Application Process
Please read the full RFP below for application process and guidelines.
2008 Deadline
Proposals are due in the Missoula office on or before Friday, May 23, 2008.
To Apply
Proposal documents can be accessed through the links below:
Additional Resource Documents:
Frequently Asked Questions
1. Who is eligible to apply for the CSP?
Place-based collaborative groups or organizations that are in need of capacity building or are implementing a new strategy or idea that will move the field of collaboration forward and be broadly applicable. Organizations must be working to develop solutions for sustainable management or restoration on and around National Forests and Grasslands and seeking to build local ecological, social and economic sustainability.
2. Who is not eligible to apply for CSP?
Local, state or federal agencies; Individuals; Organizations requesting support for scientific research; Organizations requesting support for litigation/advocacy; Individual organizations seeking support for their own participation in a collaborative process; or Organizations already receiving capacity-building funds through the Community Assistance Program or Mid-Capacity Assistance Program.
Contacts
For information about this grant program and/or its administration, please contact:
Chelsea Pennick
Conservation Programs Associate
406-542-2805, ext. 20
cpennick@natlforests.org
Past Awards
2008 Collaboration Support Program Project Selections
Diablo Trust (AZ)
Coconino National Forest
To support a collaborative planning process to create a comprehensive recreation management demonstration project on the Diablo Trust land area, specific to 426,000 acres of intermingled private, state and federal lands southeast of Flagstaff, AZ.
2007 Project Selections
Clackamas Stewardship Partners (OR)
Mount Hood National Forest
To support the mission of restoring the ecological function of the Clackamas River Basin while benefiting locale economies through the development of a strategic plan.
www.clackamasstewardshippartners.org/
Lake County Resources Initiative (OR)
Freemont-Winema National Forest
To rejuvinate a collaborative that has been in existence since 1998 addressing forest management issues including wildlife, riparian areas, recreation, biomass utilization, roads, soils, and the Lakeview Federal Stewardship Unit.
www.lcri.org
Public Lands Partnership (CO)
Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests
To address public lands issues and work towards community-based collaboration, involving a variety of community interests, resources, knowledge and values in order to improve management decisions.
River To River Cooperative Weed Management Area (IL)
Shawnee National Forest
To abate the threat of terrestrial and aquatic invasive plants using coordinated management efforts, public education and technical and financial assistance.
San Juan Citizens Alliance (CO)
San Juan National Forest
To support the San Juan Rivers Protection Workgroup, a stakeholde- initiated collaborative effort to bring together water users, conservation groups, and state and federal agencies to find consensus protection strategies for six rivers.
www.sanjuancitizens.org
Southern Appalachian Man and the Biosphere Foundation (NC)
Pisgah and Cherokee National Forests
To export a model invasive plant management program as a Cooperative Weed Management Area, including formalizing partnerships and initiation of invasive plant survey, establishment of plans for control, management, and monitoring.
www.samab.org
Swan Ecosystem Center (MT)
Flathead National Forest
To collaboratively protect forests and wildlife, a sustainable timber economy, public recreation and a rural way of life in the Swan Valley of western Montana as Plum Creek Timber Company sells lands and subdivision development increases.
www.swanecosystemcenter.com
Uncompahgre Plateau Project (CO)
Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and Gunnison National Forests
To create a model demonstration project with U.S. Forest Service to address resource management issues on over 10,000 acres of the Uncompahgre Plateau.
www.upproject.org
University of Minnesota (MN)
Chippewa and Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forests
To develop practical knowledge and effective strategies to limit the impacts of non-native earthworms in northern forests using a comprehensive synthesis of the state of knowledge on earthworm invasion with input from diverse stakeholders.
Watershed Research & Training Center (CA)
Shasta-Trinity National Forest
To improve forest health, native plant and animal habitat, and community wildfire protection through the use of prescribed fire.
www.thewatershedcenter.com
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