San Luis Valley Wildlife Refuge Complex
Photo: USFWS Mountain-Prairie, Flicker
Project Summary
Completion Date: 2015
Partners
US Fish and Wildlife Service
JW Associates provided facilitation and public involvement services to the US Fish and Wildlife Service for the San Luis Valley Refuge Complex Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP) and Land Protection Plan (LPP). The Alamosa, Baca, and Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuges were part of this project.
The public meetings were well attended by the public due to interest from potential oil and gas development at Baca NWR. Other federal and state agencies, and local groups were part of the workshops. These tasks all involved planning, coordination, and facilitation of diverse stakeholders groups working through large-scale planning.
Project Actions
Facilitation of the following meetings:
Three-day Vision & Goals Workshop
Agency coordination/stakeholder meeting
Three-day alternatives workshop
Two sets of three public meetings
Three-day Alternative Development Workshop
Meeting planning, agenda development and presentations
Created and revisioned various documents resulting from the meetings
Planning, coordination and facilitation of diverse stakeholder groups working through large-scale planning
Benefits
Protect critical habitat for wildlife
Establishment of a conservation plan
Establishment interagency/organization collaboration that supports joint decision-making processes
Develop a process to inform stakeholders and organizations