Stewardship On A Grand Scale

Welcome to the NLCS Networking Initiative

Conservation System managers in the field, state and WO have been selected to spearhead the Governing by Network Initiative. Each participant in the initiative is designing a network project to seize opportunities or overcome challenges to advance the current goals and objectives of NLCS. 

From July 1 to November 5th we will meet in small groups via conference call to support the development of networking as a management tool. For the dates and times of meetings as well as the conference call numbers please click on the "conference center" tab above.

 

Network Initiative Objectives

  1. Increase peer learning networks among the NLCS
  2. Encourage experimentation with new technology
  3. Share best practices for networking
  4. Identify solutions at the community level
  5. Unit implementation strategies and technical presentations
  6. Identification of networking successes/opportunities
  7. Products and presentations posted on BLM Partnership website
  8. Promote/encourage use of the NLCS Forum

Governing by Network

 How would you evaluate your ability to design a network initiative with regard to the 6 principles for Governing by Network?

  1. Focus less on programs and more on public value.
  2. Don't get lost in the fine print.
  3. Money is a tool, not the tool, for forming networks.
  4. The perfect is the enemy of the good.
  5. Develop a new set of core competencies.
  6. Downsize and upsize simultaneously.

 

National Landscape Conservation System

Landscapes of the American Spirit   

The Bureau of Land Management’s National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS) contains some of the West’s most spectacular landscapes. It includes over 850 federally recognized areas and approximately 27 million acres of National Conservation Areas, National Monuments, Wilderness Areas, Wilderness Study Areas, Wild and Scenic Rivers, and National Historic and Scenic Trails.

The NLCS is uniquely diverse. It encompasses red-rock deserts and rugged ocean coastlines, deep river canyons and broad Alaskan tundra. Many areas are remote and wild but others are surprisingly accessible. The NLCS also reveals and protects our cultural legacy. It safeguards American Indian cliff dwellings and cultural sites, and preserves the remaining traces of our Nation’s historic trails and pathways.

The NLCS works to conserve the essential fabric of the West. NLCS areas are part of an active, vibrant landscape where people live, work and play. They offer exceptional opportunities for recreation, solitude, wildlife viewing, exploring history, scientific research, and a wide range of traditional uses.

These are places that spark the imagination. Their spacious beauty has drawn people to the West for generations. The NLCS sustains for the future- and for everyone- these remarkable landscapes of the American spirit.

http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/prog/blm_special_areas/NLCS.html

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Contact

Liz Madison President Liz Madison Consulting Sterling, VA Est. 2002 703-450-7870 Office
703-593-7845 Cell