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Overview Case Studies & Lessons Education & Training Research Publications Search Site Map Home	Collaboration in Resource Management: An Interagency Approach National Conservation Training Center (NCTC) Course November 13 - 17, 2000 In November 2000, EMI faculty and associates Steven Yaffee, Julia Wondolleck, Todd Bryan, and Sarah McKearnan conducted a 5-day pilot training workshop on collaborative resource management at the NCTC facility in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. Attended by participants from seven federal agencies, the course covered topics from negotiation skills to capacity building including the nuts and bolts of collaboration principles and obstacles. Selected Materials from the Course in PDF Format Course Outline Objectives Course Binder Table of Contents Instructor Biographies Pictures and Quotes from the Course "This course seems to be stepping into a void and filling an unmet need." "Almost all that I do involves collaboration and this course gives me the opportunity to better understand why things didn't work and to be more effective in the future." "Collaboration is the wave of the future if we're going to be successful in natural resource management." "The course has helped identify/label challenges I have experienced in past collaboration process, and it defined alternatives/solutions to those challenges." "Well organized and professionally presented." "Excellent course! " "Excellent instructors " This site was developed by the Ecosystem Management Initiative through a partnership with the US Forest Service and the US Department of Interior. Read more.