Large Scale Collaborations

Large Scale Grasslands Collaborations

• Canadian Alignment with Roadmap Priorities

  • Full Report

  • Overview

  • Inventory of Organizations

• North American Grasslands Alliance: A Framework for Change

  • Stemming out of the North American Free Trade Agreement, the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) is a tri-national organization working to execute the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation. In 2013, the CEC published a conservation framework focused on the “spine” of North America: the North American grasslands. Read the full North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation here

• Grasslands Newsletter from the U.S. Department of Agriculture

• The Center for Collaborative Conservation’s “Collaboratives Behind the Scenes” Features the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies

• AFWA Grasslands Resolution

• Native Grasslands Conservation

  • As a convener of corporations, conservation organizations, and conservation-interested individuals, the Wildlife Habitat Council specializes in restoring undisturbed lands for the benefit of wildlife; the WHC’s “Native Grasslands Conservation” report includes seven case studies detailing specific conservation approaches led by corporations such as Boeing, BP Energy, and General Motors

• Business Plan for the Northern Great Plains

  • In September 2016, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation published its long-term conservation plan for the Northern Great Plains with the desired outcome of 1 million acres of “focal area” grasslands improved or maintained; the business plan is intended to be a “concise blueprint” of the resources and strategies needed to achieve the NFWF’s desired conservation outcomes