San Luis Valley Wildlife Refuge Complex

Photo: USFWS Mountain-Prairie, Flicker

Project Summary

Completion Date: 2015

Partners

  • US Fish and Wildlife Service

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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

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