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Partnership and Collaboration

Skill Definition

Partner and collaborate effectively with a variety of user groups and organizations to bolster stewardship capacity and community support for trail projects and programs

Entry Level Performance

  • Demonstrate understanding of land management specific policy/rules related to partnership management, including trail work and waiver requirements

Full Performance Level

  • Identify, build and maintain partnerships with individuals and groups of different backgrounds, ages and abilities
  • Work collaboratively to identify partnership goals and deliverables, prioritizing opportunities to work together

Expert Level Performance

  • Develop and maintain strategic partnerships with local, regional and/or national organizations that reflect diverse interests of various backgrounds, interests, and abilities
  • Develop formalized partnership agreements collaboratively with partners that includes goals, objectives and deliverables
  • Integrate strategies that embody DEI principles (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion), consensus and compromise throughout partnership communications

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Recorded Trainings for Partnership and Collaboration

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Further Education

Training Programs for Partnership and Collaboration

Sustainable Trails Development
Sustainable Trails Development

The Sustainable Trails curriculum welcomes students from various fields who are interested in trails development, programming and management, as well as design.

Advancing Trails Webinar Series
Advancing Trails Webinar Series

American Trails brings agencies, trail builders, planners, architects, advocates, and volunteers the latest in state-of-the-art information on all aspects of trails and greenways. Our webinars focus on a variety of trail topics, usually applicable…

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Skill Library

Program Administration

Program and Project Budgeting Contract Administration Funding/Grants Communications Education and Public Outreach Inspections/Monitoring Visitor Use Management Policy/Directives/Law Partnership and Collaboration Agreement Development
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Trail Skills Collaborators
Federal Highway Administration USDA Forest Service National Park Service Bureau of Land Management
American Trails Professional TrailBuilders Association Partnership for the National Trails System Northern Vermont University Northwest Arkansas Community College Eppley Institute Society of Outdoor Recreation Professionals Washington Trails Association