Collaboratives and Networks
We work with core partners to design ongoing collaboratives, coalitions and networks, collaborative governance structures, shared leadership and funding, strategic plans, active working groups. Some examples include:
Networks:
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Southwest Collaboratives Support Network
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Arizona Cross-Watershed Network
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Western Collaborative Conservation Network
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Network for Arizona Trails
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North Valley Outdoor Network
Collaboratives:
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Verde Front Sustainable Recreation Collaborative
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Lower San Pedro Collaborative
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Eastern Mojave Conservation Collaborative
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Lower Gila River Collaborative
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Southwest New Mexico Collaborative
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Greater Chino Valley Collaborative
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Jemez Mountain Collaborative
Forest and Watershed Management
Watershed collaboratives deal with a wide variety of issues and challenges including invasive species management, springs restoration, and connecting with local communities. SDR works with groups across jurisdictions to ensure continuity of efforts across the watershed and strengthen relationships and collective action among local entities.
Forest management creates new opportunities for multi-benefit and multi-interest solutions. SDR's work in the forest management sector has proven successful in designing and conducting effective collaboration and public involvement processes.
Recent projects include:
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Lower Gila River Collaborative
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Arizona Cross-Watershed Network
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Four Forest Restoration Initiative collaboration support
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Verde Watershed Restoration Coalition
Outdoor Recreation Planning
We work with communities, governments, and other entities to agree on recreation-related priorities, develop regional recreation plans and foster ongoing collaborative efforts addressing recreation and its management in the Southwest.
Recent projects include:
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Eastern Arizona Trails Collaborative
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Greater Chino Valley Collaborative
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Greater Santa Fe Recreation Partnership
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Greater Sedona Recreation Collaborative
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Greater Yavapai Regional Trails Planning
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North Valley Outdoor Network
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Santa Fe National Forest Recreation Planning
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Verde Front Sustainable Recreation Collaborative
Resilience and Climate Planning
SDR understands and helps partners navigate the intersections of land use, environmental resources, community values, economics, public health, and development.
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Recent projects include:
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City of Tucson community climate listening sessions
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Climate-smart landscape conservation design
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Southwest Adaptation Forums
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Southwest Climate Adaptation and Science Center strategic planning
Collaborative Conservation
SDR works with partners to address the issues at the nexus of conservation, preservation, and development. Collaborative conservation is the process of creating a more sustainable future for peoples and places by engaging stakeholders to jointly solve problems through collective learning and action.
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Relevant projects include:
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Lower San Pedro Collaborative
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Escalante River Watershed Partnership
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Eastern Mojave Conservation Collaborative
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Gila River Basin Native Fish Conservation Program
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Western Collaborative Conservation Network
Community Planning and Policy
Effective change comes from understanding local communities' needs and goals - people may prioritize values differently or sometimes disagree about what needs to be done. SDR understands the intersections of land use, environmental resources, mobility, community identity, economics, public health, and development and helps facilitate dialogues that lead to viable policies and action-oriented outcomes.
Recent projects include:​
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City of Flagstaff Thorpe Park Annex Planning
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City of Prescott Willow Lake Management Plan
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City of Tucson Complete Streets Coordinating Council
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Coalition for Farmland Preservation
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Imagine Greater Tucson regional visioning
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Plan Tucson
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Sedona Community Plan Update
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Verde Sustaining Flows Council
Strategic Planning and Governance
SDR provides strategic planning support for organizations, inter-institutional partnerships, and place-based collaboratives.
Recent strategic planning support:
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Borderlands Restoration Network
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National Audubon Society
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Partnership for the National Trails System
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Southwest Climate and Adaptation Science Center
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Southwest Ecological Restoration Institutes
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Springs Stewardship Institute
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USDA Water for Agriculture Project
Working Landscapes and Adaptive Management
Land and water conservation in Arizona often depends upon working farmlands, ragelands, and actively managed systems. SDR supports ongoing learning, monitoring, and adaptive decision-making for local and regional working lands efforts.
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Recent projects include:
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Altar Valley Watershed Restoration Plan
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Eastern Mojave Conservation Collaborative
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Las Cienegas National Conservation Area Collaborative Adaptive Management
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Manureshed Action Network
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San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area Adaptive Management