SOUTHWESTERN SUSTAINABLE RECREATION STRATEGY

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1 SOUTHWESTERN SUSTAINABLE RECREATION STRATEGY Recreation Staff Workshop Results 02/30/2013

2 RLT Introduction The need for a Southwestern Regional Sustainable Recreation Strategy

3 R3 Recreation Strategy Team

4 Process Used At the Workshop As Is Environment At Stake To Be Strategy

5 Process Used At the Workshop

6 Approach: Appreciative Inquiry

7 As Is The current situation, the whole thing as it really is What in the current situation, within the world you can affect, gives you hope? What is the most positive quotable quote that came from your interview? What is the most compelling idea that came from the interviews? What themes (1-3) most stood out for your group?

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9 As Is What is the most positive quotable quote that came from your interview? 1. The hope for the future lies in the education of all people to understand the holistic, collaborative approach to ecosystem management. 2. Sees new people coming in that will raise up rec program 3. The forest has control to make decision with communities (seeing more doing happening) 4. There is a better future through partnerships. 5. This conversation with people who are on the ground is key to planning for a sustainable future in recreation. 6. Hope that redesigning the rec program will provide a springboard for leadership support. 7. Pride of the community 8. Negative action resulted in positive 9. Leadership is looking to change and are decisive on need. 10. Collaboration reduces friction and antagonism and brings unity and more partnerships

10 As Is What is the most compelling idea that came from the interviews? 1. Support from leadership at all levels districts to WO 2. Recreation has a role in all 3. Doing job on ground well creates public participation and buy-in. 4. Final outcome of stewardship is best brought about by dedicated resource collaboration. 5. Leadership expressing the need for strategy. 6. Opportunities come from challenges and unexpected places. 7. Line officers support for allowing creative solutions 8. Challenging agency paradigms embrace or ignore? 9. Recognizing a challenge in a holistic view, looking beyond boundaries.

11 As Is What themes (1-3) most stood out for your group? 1. Teaching people (internal and external) how to positively influence land management through cooperation and a new way of thinking. 2. Integration across resources and with communities 3. Communication with leadership and public and all levels and resources 4. Partnership opportunities, build support 5. Success is reliant on our engagement with public and partners. 6. Focusing on ultimate outcomes, goals 7. Challenging adversity produces opportunities 8. Leadership

12 Environment What in the environment or outside the world you affect can give us the energy or the possibility for us to be wildly successful? What is the most positive quotable quote that came from your interview? What is the most compelling idea that came from the interviews? What themes (1-3) most stood out for your group?

13 Environment What is the most positive quotable quote that came from your interview? 1. People are ready to be the change. 2. Ride the public s passion for the land. 3. Honoring the fact that public may know something different. 4. Any project you do may turn into a larger opportunity. 5. Incorporating public and whole landscape creates success. 6. We are not in this alone. 7. As we start working on this, there will be wider interests and more partners. The stars are lining up. 8. We need to get it right internally. Whatever project we are providing input on we need to be credible and persistent.

14 Environment What is the most compelling idea that came from the interviews? 1. Collaborate differently give up some control 2. Connecting to special places 3. Finding new ways to deal with complexity. 4. Developing common ground (collaboration) and looking for the critical mass to create the reaction for success. 5. We are not in this alone. 6. Communication is key to telling story = success 7. Holistic approach 8. Take advantage of technology

15 Environment What themes (1-3) most stood out for your group? 1. Changing demographics and making that relevant 2. The land is our common ground and common future. 3. Collaborative stewardship 4. Treating stakeholders as partners 5. Communication consistently connecting to the public 6. Think bigger (other agencies and partnerships) 7. Communication networks exist, we have to be willing to recognize and empower this collaboration. 8. New people new ideas, good mentors, make sure the new people succeed by providing appropriate info. 9. New planning rule 10. Interest at Forest, Regional level, and WO and team in place.

16 AT STAKE (compelling reason for change) What is at stake here, that is so important that it s going to be worth the effort to undertake this potential difficult and risky journey? As a small group, take the findings from the pride exercise and list the top reasons in the categories of mind, heart and wallet that best address the questions.

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18 AT STAKE (compelling reason for change) Emotional people who listen with their hearts. Credibility of agency, employee morale > slow and painful death of agency Kids not going outside Clean water/air Loss of personal identity Loss of passion/commitment Losing the forest Legacy and tradition of culture and land Community pride Preservation of cultural/historic heritage Everything will die Loss of clean water/air, heritage, and Loss of sense of place

19 AT STAKE (compelling reason for change) Analytical people who listen with their brains. Tangible results Science foundation Rules and guidelines Juggling workload Ability to protect and manage the resource (consequences with NOT protecting) Interest and support of public Public participation and stewardship Response to resource concerns Preserving meaningful information Maintaining relevance Response to changes in demographics using science-based analysis/evidence

20 AT STAKE (compelling reason for change) Financially motivated people who listen with their wallets. Not have money to manage program Better use of time and money? Doing a good job with limited funds We can go bankrupt No room for error (e.g., losing fees) Protect and provide public health and safety Protecting our public investments Maximizing bang for the buck Leveraging with partnership and grant opportunities Loss of tourism affects local economy

21 TO BE Capture phrases that represent aspect of each member s dream vision. Pull these phrases into a few short provocative statements..

22 TO BE Positive Energy that fosters a fulfilling, challenging and rewarding work experience, successful in our accomplishments Internally and publicly shared vision and results Fully operational with field presence and appropriate array of recreation opportunities and funding Sound Decisions made based on scientific recreation analysis Good morale and feeling Colleague appreciation of different resource areas (mutual respect) Feeling at peace and content with the work you ve done We have the best available technology to do our jobs efficiently Leaders lead by inspiring and uplifting others Everything is purposeful Providing opportunities for public participation and learning Relevant to public and their connection to the land We have a creative and passionate workforce that includes volunteers. We have a realistic workload that maximizes people s talents. We have relevant meaningful work that fosters the public s connection to the land. The landscape is flourishing because of our work. Excitement for new opportunities Children running around, diversity / rainbow of participation Being out on land, not in office, engaging outside and sharing No mention of lack of funds- it just brings down morale. Things are in good condition- quality.

23 Vision 1st Draft Vision Statement: We have the tools, partners and resources doing the right things on the ground, connecting a rainbow of visitors to the land enjoying our healthy lifestyles and ecosystems.

24 Strategy What are the most important, major actions that will leverage the system we work, that will move us toward our sustainable vision? If possible, include the details of who and when.

25 Strategy Workforce Capability Stakeholder Engagement Partnership Sustainability as a Strategy Implementation needs Focus & Discipline Success Employee Morale

26 Focus & Discipline Some Quotations: Leadership buy in to saying no and staying with priorities Get realistic about budget, timeframes and costs. Sustainability has a cost. Fair and honest dialogue about what to focus on and invest in. Prioritize (sustainable) areas biggest bang for buck. RO/Forests dialogue to balance workload to carry forward and what to drop.

27 Focus & Discipline Continued support to let those projects go! So entrenched cannot see out. The idea here is the desire to safely pole vault out of the trench over some rough ground and into a new future.

28 Sustainability as a Strategy Some Quotations: Have patience and keep going back to strategy perseverance; consistent message Process to determine sustainability HOW TO RO push back on mandatory targets, dialogue with RO/WO Developing a living implementation model for sustainable rec Accept that everything won t be perfect. Can get paralyzed by this Time to explore new ideas Need to expand sustainability to broader audience within FS.

29 Workforce Capability Some Quotations: Adequate workforce and partners Workforce planning and stick to it get right folks Taking care of employees as well as public (prioritizing, training, figure out ways to accomplish goals) People there not just for personal success, but group success Training line officers, partners, volunteers. everyone, everything, everywhere

30 Stakeholder Engagement Some Quotations: Have listening sessions in many formats and locations (trail, at community center, through partners). Person to person, community/org contacts, etc. Establish a truly open dialogue between the forest and the community. Build consensus among user groups takes time and effort Provide for healthy ecosystems through the continued education of diverse user groups and children s programs. Multilingual information and interpretation Connecting people to nature (EE, communication, technology) Seeking out the public Everyone agreed on a common shared solution Interdisciplinary buy-in

31 Partnership Some Quotations: Invite partners from the community to lead in the development of recreation solutions Take opportunity to collaborate with public more ask public how Developing partnerships Partnerships and management across jurisdictions All hands, all lands approach. Commitment to partners reach out, coordinated approach

32 Implementation needs Some Quotations: Implementation tools Accountability mechanism to evaluate/show success Strategic analysis of rec program Provide training (both regionally and forest wide) for how to implement sustainable rec Identify and evaluate tools, tech that will move us towards vision

33 Employee Morale Some Quotations: Celebrate and enjoy successes and advertise them give recognition Reward system for heading towards sustainability Sense of accomplishment/fulfillment Internal recognition Award teams/individuals

34 Strategy Workforce Capability Stakeholder Engagement Partnership Sustainability as a Strategy Implementation needs Focus & Discipline Success Employee Morale

35 Next Steps Strategy Team Meeting Analysis of the existing Situation, Identify changes needed March RLT Meeting Sustainable Recreation Workshop

36 Comments and Feedback Suggestions Thoughts Concerns Ideas

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