Reference Library: Topics

Stakeholder Participation

Recommended! Building Local Partnerships, by Know Your Watershed. Covers the basics of building local partnerships, such as: Who should be included in your local partnership and what can they contribute?; Keys to successful partnerships; Leadership comes from within; Building a shared purpose; Make best use of talents; How to deal with difficult people; and Building consensus.
http://www.ctic.purdue.edu/KYW/Brochures/BuildingLocal.html

Using Stakeholder Processes in Environmental Decisionmaking: An Evaluation of Lessons Learned, Key Issues and Future Challenges, (1998) by T. Yosie and T. Herbst.  This extensive document (downloadable in Adobe Acrobat format) reviews some of the reasons behind the increased interest in stakeholder involvement, as well as some of the key issues and challenges associated with managing stakeholder processes.
http://www.riskworld.com/Nreports/1998/STAKEHOLD/PDF/nr98ab01.pdf

Volunteer Management Online Resources by the Charles A. Dana Center at the University of Texas Austin.  Provides information on a variety of topics related to volunteer management, including: getting your organization ready to involve volunteers, volunteer screening, legal issues and risk management, and recognizing volunteers.
http://www.serviceleader.org/manage/index.html

What Citizen's Can Do, Chapters 21-28 in A Watershed Primer for Pennsylvania: A Collection of Essays on Watershed Issues, by the Pennsylvania Environmental Council.  Download informative essays (in Adobe Acrobat format) describing a variety of ways to involve stakeholders in your watershed.  Essay titles include: "Volunteer Environmental Monitoring"; "Stream Cleanups"; "Working with Landowners"; "Working with Businesses to Protect the Watershed"; "Residential Water Conservation"; "Watershed Education"; "Environmental Advisory Councils"; and "Fundraising for Watershed Protection."
http://watershedatlas.org/rc/primer.html

References

Ohio EPA's "A Guide to Developing Local Watershed Action Plans in Ohio" pages 7-10.