Toolkits
Toolkits
Partnerships & Collaboration
PARTNERING WITH INDIGENOUS / FIRST NATIONS
Communication and Education
CENTRAL GRASSLANDS ASSESSMENT MAP
Policy
Conservation Delivery
CLIMATE & CARBON SEQUESTRATION
Research & Monitoring
Toolkits: A Shared Resource Library
With more than 200 organizations across seven sectors representing Mexico, Canada, the U.S., and Indigenous/First Nations, the Central Grasslands Roadmap is a massive, diverse effort. As we continue to identify shared priorities, we are actively compiling resources to support collaborative communication, policy advocacy, research agendas, and best practices.
These Toolkits offer compilations of resources, research, tools, publications, and/or findings about policies, conservation delivery, communication tools, and other pertinent topics.
Partnerships and Collaboration Toolkits
LARGE SCALE COLLABORATIONS AND SUPPORT FOR THE CENTRAL GRASSLANDS ROAMDAP
From resources generated in Canada in support of the Roadmap to AFWA and CEC resolutions to NFWF’S work and the Joint Ventures important regional approach, this toolkit looks at the larger context in which the Roadmap fits
PARTNERING WITH INDIGENOUS / FIRST NATIONS
Respect and honor diverse voices and rights when designing priorities, placing emphasis on listening more, giving back, and supporting. This toolkit includes a few resources, but these compilation needs to be expanded upon.
BEST PRACTICES AND CASE STUDIES OF COLLABORATION
Collaboration is at the heart of the Central Grasslands Roadmap, this toolkit links to a plethora of resources on effective collaborative conservation
Job opportunities from across the biome … check out what’s out there right now, and share opportunities us they come your way
Communication and Education Toolkits
THE CENTRAL GRASSLANDS ASSESSMENT MAP
The initial Central Grasslands Assessment Map and Further Explanation
The data for this map can be found here: CGR DataShare V2 (public)
Other Roadmap partners are also producing important spatial assessments and resources which we share in a larger toolkit below to complement the Roadmap
THE CENTRAL GRASSLANDS ROADMAP ROADSHOW MATERIAL
In addition to the plethora of material found in these Toolkits (Click on the “Assessment Map” just above and the “Grasslands and You” Campaign just below as well as the other sections), you might also be interested in a brochure describing the Roadmap effort to partners, an abbreviated brochure for the Grasslands and You campaign, and additional presentation collateral forthcoming.
An education campaign complete with illustrations, social media files and starting points for sharing the importance of Grasslands to a wide array of audiences
An asynchronous problem/solution based curriculum that connects youth to the grassland ecosystem that exists outside their back door. While raising literacy and awareness, the program also engages them in developing solutions to challenges that exist within the grasslands. In addition to a coloring book for grade school curriculum as well.
Photos and other digital media to help illustrate the Grasslands
Updates about some of the most recent endeavors of the Central Grasslands Roadmap
Telling the story of the people and the land of the Central Grasslands biome is a vital component of understanding the complexity and beauty of this place. Video-based narratives offer the voices, visuals, and content necessary … check out these select video resources.
Policy Toolkits
Read the collaborative letters written by the Roadmap Policy Committee to leaders at U.S. Federal Agencies … learn how to join the Roadmap Policy Committee and inform our Policy Agenda, including information for the Farm Bill, Recovering America’s Wildlife Act (RAWA), and North America’s Grasslands Conservation Act (NAGCA).
Initial page starting for funding frameworks and best practices, as well as funding opportunities that Roadmap participants might benefit from … ideally this is built out more by the Roadmap’s Foundations and Funders workgroup.
Conservation Delivery Toolkits
Sustainable grazing and effective working lands are paramount to the Central Grasslands. These articles, publications, and projects showcase best practices of conservation ranching.
CLIMATE RESILIENCY AND CARBON SEQUESTRATION
The Central Grasslands Roadmap community is working collaboratively to help change the narrative about the power of grasslands to store carbon and the role that grazers play to make this ecosystem effective. These resources provide research, publications, articles, and talking points to spread the word about the grasslands and nature-based climate solutions.
MANAGING WOODY SPECIES ENCROACHMENT
Ensuring that intact grasslands remain “green-side up” is a key objective of the Grasslands Roadmap. While this includes keeping ranchers ranching, it also means addressing woody species. These resources provides insight on current work in this area.
Research and Monitoring Toolkits
SPATIAL SYSTEMS AND ASSESSMENTS
There are a myriad of assessments and GIS tools that look at the Central Grasslands in different ways. This toolkit provides a glimpse at several that have gone into the Roadmap collaboration.
A multi-sector forum was hosted in the fall of 2021 to determine a list of avian species that would help the Roadmap track the progress and impact of conservation across the biome, and represent the diverse communities involved in this work.
A forever growing body of research on grassland ecosystems and the diverse species within that ecosystem. This toolkit can help provide substance for a literature review and can help determine a research agenda, gaps in research, and new best practices to consider.