When working on riparian issues, allow the local community to drive the process, identify the timelines, and identify the way in which they wish to manage riparian areas. Use awareness, team and tool building, community-based action, and monitoring. Continue reading →
Audience: Landowners 
People who own property and use it for residential, recreational, forestry, or agricultural purposes. People who work the land, such as farmers or loggers, are described as separate target audiences.
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Ambrose, N. E., Fitch, L., & Bateman, N. G. (2006) Finding 2
When working on riparian issues, give the community the opportunity to build a relationship with extension staff, to build trust and understanding, and to allow enough time for multiple interactions to occur. Continue reading →
Ambrose, N. E., Fitch, L., & Bateman, N. G. (2006) Finding 4
Participating as part of community and watershed groups is more likely to lead to learning new information and making management changes. Continue reading →
Ambrose, N. E., Fitch, L., & Bateman, N. G. (2006) Finding 5
To help landowners learn new information, about riparian areas, landowners prefer that staff characteristics include knowledge about riparian management and understanding of the practicalities of living and working near riparian areas. Continue reading →
Bidwell, R. D., & Ryan, C. M. (2006) Finding 1
To assure that watershed groups can play a valuable substantive role in states’ watershed management programs, encourage and maintain heterogeneous participation in watershed partnerships as they work through assessment, planning or day-to-day operations of the partnership, wrestle with internal differences, and establish new collective goals and strategies to achieve them. Continue reading →
Bidwell, R. D., & Ryan, C. M. (2006) Finding 2
To assure that watershed groups can play a valuable substantive role in states’ watershed management programs, encourage active recruiting to include a variety of perspectives. As collaborative policies are developed, sponsors must strike a balance to achieve an appropriate balance of participants to address each concern. Continue reading →
Bidwell, R. D., & Ryan, C. M. (2006) Finding 3
Explicitly recognize the implications of organizational affiliation when designingpolicies that foster collaboration in watersheds. Organizational culture and preexisting constituent relationships may dictate definitions of the problem and the range of preferred alternatives in agency-affiliated partnerships. Continue reading →
Ghanbarpour, M. R., Hipel, K. W., & Abbaspour, K. C. (2005) Finding 1
Apply group decision analysis (including needs and opportunities of stakeholders) in the long-term watershed planning process. Steps include: develop an understanding of watershed issues, problems, constraints and capabilities; consult about management strategies and alternatives; and prioritize strategies and alternatives. Continue reading →
Voege, H., & Crocker, S. (1998) Finding 5
Provide clear information about goals and plans for land parcels. Provide regular feedback about how well goals and plans have been achieved. Continue reading →
Cobourn, J., & Donaldson, S. (1997) Finding 3
Use a variety of outreach methods, with each targeted at specific, desired behaviors. Continue reading →
