heart beat of the world – the crown of the con>nent · • ian dyson – alberta government...

www.crownroundtable.orgGaryM.Tabor–gary@largelandscapes.org

HeartBeatoftheWorld–theCrownoftheCon>nent

HandsAcrosstheBorder-September14,2016

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Clear Hills and Western Alberta Uplands

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RoundtableontheCrownoftheConEnent:ConnecEngPeopletoSustainandEnhanceCulture,Community,andConservaEon

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Landowners

ConservaEonists

Educators

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SmallBusiness

CommunityLeaders

Tribes&FirstNaEons

LeadershipTeam•  LenBroberg–UniversityofMontana•  MikeBruisedHead–BloodTribe•  JeanCurEss–MissoulaCounty•  IanDyson–AlbertaGovernment•  ShannonFrank–OldmanWatershed•  RichJanssen–Conf.Salish&KootenaiTribe•  ShawnJohnson–UniversityofMontana•  StephLegault–Y2Y•  JeffMow–SuperintendentGlacierNP•  SheenaPate–GeotourismCouncil•  MellyReuling–CenterLargeLandscapeConservaEon•  MarySexton–Privatelandowner•  JohnShannon–USForestService•  JimStone–BlackfootChallenge•  PaulTravis–FlatheadLandTrust•  MelissaWeatherwax–BlackfeetCommunityCollege

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2006• GraduatestudentsaffiliatedwiththeCenterforNaturalResources&EnvironmentalPolicy(CNREP)completeapreliminaryinventoryofformalandinformaliniEaEvesintheCOTCtoclarifywhoisdoingwhat.

2007• TheCrownMangers’Partnership(CMP)invitesCNREPtopreparea“communicaEonsplan”forCMPtoimprovebothinternalandexternalcommunicaEons.• CNREPandtheLincolnInsEtuteofLandPolicyconveneabroad-basedworkshopofabout100peopleinWhitefish,MontanatotakestockofcurrentandemergingissuesandiniEaEvesintheregion.

2008• CNREPandtheLincolnInsEtuteconveneasmallworkshopofabout30“leaders”inKalispell,Montanatoexploretheideaofa“roundtable”toconnectthevariousiniEaEveswithintheregion• CNREPcreatesawebsitefortheRoundtableandasetofGISmaps

2009• CNREPcompletesa“walk-about”tovisitwithalloftheTribesandFirstNaEonsintheregion,andconvenesamulE-daymeeEnginPincherCreek,AlbertawithTribes&FirstNaEons• CNREPandtheLincolnInsEtuteconveneanotherworkshopwithrecognizedleadersintheregionatGlacierNaEonalParktoconEnueexploringwaystoconnectpeopleandorganizaEonsintheCrownoftheConEnent

2010• CNREPinvitestheCenterforLargeLandscapeConservaEon(CLLC)tocomealongsideandco-directtheRoundtable• CNREPandCLLCconvenea“government-to-government”dialogueinPolson,MontanatoexploreopportuniEesandchallengesintheregion• CNREP,LincolnInsEtute,andCLLCorganizeandconvenethe1stAnnualConferenceinWaterton,Alberta• CNREPproducesafoundaEonalpolicyreportonissuesandopEonsfacingtheregion• CNREP,CLLC,andotherpartnerslaunch“FriendsoftheCrown”

2011• CNREP,LincolnInsEtute,andCLLCorganizeandconvene2ndAnnualConferenceinPolson,Montana;theConfederatedSalishandKootenaiTribes(CSKT)co-hosttheConference• CNREPandCLLCinvitestakeholdertoformthe“founding”LeadershipTeam• LeadershipteamdevelopsandadoptsTermsofReferenceforgoverningtheRoundtable• CNREPandCLLCprepareaproposaltotheKresgeFoundaEonforcoreoperaEonssupport,includingtheannualconference(grantawarded)

2012• CNREPandCLLC(staff),inconsultaEonwiththeLeadershipTeam,prepareaproposaltotheKresgeFoundaEonforanAdap0veManagementIni0a0ve(AMI)(grantawarded)• LeadershipTeamandstaffsolicitandevaluateproposalsfortheAMIandeventuallyawardgrantsto12projects• LeadershipTeamandstafforganizeandconvenethe3rdAnnualConferenceinFernie,BriEshColumbiaandprepare2012Update• LeadershipTeamandstaffprepareandadoptfirstStrategicPlan

2013• CNREPandCLLCstaffprovideassistancetoimplementAMIprojects,includingcontractadministraEon,regularlearningsessions,andproject-specificsupport.• CNREPandCLLC(staff),inconsultaEonwiththeLeadershipTeam,prepareafollow-upproposaltotheKresgeFoundaEontoconEnuetheAdap0veManagementIni0a0ve(AMI)(two-yeargrantawarded)• LeadershipTeamandstafforganizeandconvenethe4thAnnualConferenceinEastGlacier,MT• LeadershipandstaffpreparefirstBusinessPlantoguidetheRoundtable’sannualprojectsandoperaEons• 16AdapEveManagementIniEaEveprojectsfunded

2014• NewSupportTeamstructuregoesintoplace• ShortfilmontheRoundtableproducedandshared• LeadershipTeam,SupportTeam,andlocalplanningteamorganizeandconvenethe5thAnnualConferenceinWatertonLakes,AB• NewLeadershipTeammembersadded,represenEngMissoulaCountyandtheBlackfeetCommunityCollege• TribalGatheringaddedtostartofAnnualConference• AdapEveManagementprojectsmoveforward

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