The Southwest Ecological Restoration Institutes (SWERI) developed a collaborative governance assessment as part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service (Forest Service) Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program (CFLRP) Common Monitoring Strategy.1 The collaborative governance assessment was designed to evaluate collaborative health, function, resilience, and perceived outcomes of collaborative work.
The purpose of this brief is to:
- Summarize high-level findings from the collaborative governance assessment; and
- Document participants’ recommendations to improve collaborative performance and progress.
Photo credit: Zuni Mountains landscape (Source: John Formby, USFS Forest Heath Protection)