The Colorado Outdoor Stewardship Coalition, a group of representatives from nonprofit organizations and public land agencies, works to further outdoor stewardship in Colorado. Hosted by Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado (www.voc.org), the Coalition has been working since 2010 to organize Stewardship Forums, write reports on the collective impact of volunteer stewardship, and plan Outdoor Stewardship Day, an educational day at the State Capitol. Follow this blog to keep up with new initiatives.
Great comments from AM panel!
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1- assure infrastructure to support cadre of citizen stewards
2- support public/private partnerships
Colorado Youth Corps Association's Good Works for Youth VISTA program achieves both of these things-26 full-time VISTAs statewide building capacity at youth environment non-profits (not just youth corps!) to get low-income kids outdoors.
a couple other key points... Make sure outcomes and outputs are measured. And link programs 2 overarching strategies.
ReplyDeletethe morning session on engaging citizens on ground ided many focus areas 4 work. The take home 4 me is the importance of stewardship of human capital as well as natural resources.
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