ThunderBasinCollabora1veLearningWorkshop2March16,2016–Newcastle,WY

Jessica Clement, Ph.D.

Agenda1:00 Introduc1ons

1:15 Welcome,DennisJaeger,USFSMedicineBow-RouCNa1onalForestandThunderBasinNa1onalGrassland,ForestSupervisor.

1:20 PurposeandOverviewofWorkshopSeries.

PurposeandOverviewofthisworkshop.

1:30 LaurenPorensky,Ecologist,USDAAgriculturalResearchService:USDAResearchontheGrassland.

2:00 DavidPellatz,ThunderBasinGrasslandPrairieEcosystemAssocia1on:CurrentGrasslandResearchEfforts.

2:10 DiscussionregardingCurrentIssuesontheThunderBasinNa1onalGrassland2:30 Break-OutGroupsDiscuss:

•  WhatissuesshouldtheWorkingGroupfocusonregardingtheTBNG?

•  Whatarethegapsinknowledgeregardingcondi1onsontheTBNG?

3:30 ReportBack3:50 NextStepsandWrap-Up

4:00 Adjourn

Collabora1onandCollabora1veLearningCollabora1onAprocessinwhichinterdependentpar1esworktogethertoaffectthefutureofanissueofsharedinterests.

Collabora1velearning

•  AframeworktocreatesharedlearningwithinaCollabora1veProcess.

•  Consistsofevents(mee1ngs,fieldtrips,etc.)topromotecrea1vethought,construc1vedebateandeffec1veimplementa1onofproposals.

•  Thepurposeistoexploretheknowledgepar1cipantshaveregardinganissue.

ACollabora1veLearningProcess•  Exploreasitua1onandop1onsforcrea1ngprogressratherthanproblemandconflict.

•  Focusesonconcernsandinterestsnotposi1ons.

•  Encouragesinterrelatedratherthanlinearthinking.

•  Recognizesthatsharedlearninghastooccurbeforeimprovementsarepossible.

•  Throughsharedlearningandtransparencycreateequalaccesstoinforma1on,allowingsolu1onstoemergethatotherwisecouldnot.

ThunderBasinCollabora1veLearningProcess

Step1• FirstWorkshop:DiscoverHistoryandValues• SecondWorkshop:DiscoverCurrentCondi1onsandKnowledge

• ThirdWorkshop:ExploreDesiredCondi1onsUl1mateObjec1veofWorkshops:Step2:Provideinforma1onfromcommuni1estoinformalong-term,place-basedmul1-stakeholderworkinggrouptoresolvecomplexissuesintheThunderBasinincludingprairiedogmanagement.ThisworkinggroupwillbeconvenedbytheRuckelshausIns1tute.

AgreedMee1ngGuidelines1.  WeallhaveaninterestintheThunderBasinandits

Na1onalGrassland–pleaseuserespecbulbehavior.2.  It’sokaytodisagree.3.  Wewillseektounderstandwhileseekingtobe

understood:ask“why?”.4.  Wewillallpar1cipateinmakingthisasuccessful

collabora1velearningopportunity–wewillnotinterruptothers,dominateorwithholdinforma1on.

5.  Wewillbeconstruc1ve:Discusslesswhatdoesnotworkandmorewhatwethinkwillwork.

6.  Sideconversa1onsaredisrup1ve.7.  Ifpossible,wewillturnoffcellphonesandpagers.If

wecan’t,wewilltakethecalloutsidetheroom.

NextWorkshops•  Session3DesiredCondi1ons:May19–GilleCe

•  Sugges1onsforloca1on?

Today’sObjec1ve:CurrentCondi1ons

Whatdoweknow?Whatdowenotknow?

WhatissuesshouldtheWorkingGroupfocusonregardingtheTBNG?

JessicaClement,Ph.D.Jessica.clement@uwyo.edu