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Introducing the Oregon Conservation Partnership...
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Over the past two years the Network of Oregon Watershed Councils (NOWC) and Oregon Association of Conservation Districts (OACD) have built a formal partnership that includes shared office space and staff capacity, as well as jointly sponsored programming.  We are increasingly working with the Oregon Conservation Education & Assistance Network (OCEAN) and Coalition of Oregon Land Trusts (COLT).  This collaboration has brought efficiencies to the work we do, enabled us to help build key statewide relationships, and garnered more attention for our collective conservation efforts.  Our joint work has also lent greater value to the individual identities of each organization.
 
To better highlight our collective efforts, we have created a new name for the partnership – The Oregon Conservation Partnership (OrCP).  This new name won’t replace individual organization identities or logos, but it will serve as an umbrella to help highlight those places where we work together.  We will continue to operate as individual organizations with distinct missions, goals, and identities.
 
Over the past six months, we’ve been planning some important events and made some exciting changes we’d like to share with you:
  • Regional Conversations:  We will be sponsoring six regional meetings throughout the state in July and August.  These will build upon last year’s summer events, with agendas focused on topics of regional importance and more structured dialog with key agency partners.  More details shortly!
  • 2015 Fall Conference:  Save the date - the 2015 Joint Gathering of Councils and Districts will be held November 2-4 at Valley River Inn in Eugene.
  • Additional Staff Capacity:  To help with program development and delivery, the Network and OACD have contracted some additional part-time staff to join the partnership office.  We’d like to welcome Jason Faucera and Sandy Hershfelt to the team.
 
We’ll be announcing the availability of additional online resources in the coming months.  We look forward to serving you all, both individually, and jointly as the Oregon Conservation Partnership.


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