Photo: Barbara Slaiby |
"Often stories and sense of place connect with a landscape
of great significance in the national psyche. We have an opportunity
through these various partnership arrangements to embrace and extend
the conservation and interpretation role of the agency and deal
with the evolving sense of what constitutes an important place today."-
Jonathan Doherty, project manager, Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Water
Trails Network
Photo: Barbara Slaiby |
People working on new models of parks and “partnership areas”
and those in the National Park Service providing assistance through
partnership programs have accumulated a substantial body of experience.
There have, however, been few opportunities to examine what has
been learned, share this knowledge with others, and incorporate
those lessons into policy and practice.
In May 2000 a group of conservationists from the NPS and its partner
organizations gathered for a collaborative session convened by CSI
and QLF/Atlantic Center for the Environment for the NPS Park Planning
and Special Studies Program. The workshop, "Planning and Collaboration:
Lessons Learned in Areas Managed through National Park Service Partnerships,"
provided the opportunity for participants to:
