Partners for Conservation

Supporting and Sustaining the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Approach to Working Landscape Conservationthe Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program PFW Is a Proven Approach to Voluntary Conservation Viewed Positively by Landowners and Other Partners PFW Is Marking Its 35TH Year in 2022 and Like Many Programs and Organizations That Have Achieved This Level of Maturity, It Is Currently Experiencing an Accelerated Loss of Long Tenured Staff PFC Inc Partnerscapes Will Work With the Partners for Fish and Wildlife PFW Program to Develop Products Increasing the Awareness, Understanding and Appreciation for the PFW Approach Both Inside and Outside the Program This Information Transfer Will Occur Through a Variety of Virtual and in Person Channels Including Webinars, Podcasts, Videos, Blog Posts, and Other Web Distributed Tools as Well as in Person Meetings and Outreach Ideal Messengers Are Likely to Include a Mix of Landowners, Experienced PFW Staff as Well as Other Partner Perspectives the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Approach to Voluntary Conservation Is Based, at Its Core, on Relationships Between Different Perspectives, Built on Trust and Credibility, That Are Both Flexible and Achieve Results Seen as Desirable by All Viewpoints Involved Very Little About This Approach to Conservation, Either in Practice or Theory, Is Included in the Formal Education of Incoming PFW Staff the Transfer of Knowledge and Skills, From Experienced Practitioners to Newer Employees, Is Accomplished by Mentoring and a Small Number of PFW Designed Learning Opportunities in This Deliverable, Partnerscapes Will Bring a Landowner Perspective Through Participation in These Existing Training Opportunities