Practice 8E: Partnership Documentation
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About This Practice
This guidance covers Practice 8E, which has one element:
When engaging in a partnership on a joint acquisition or long-term stewardship project or when co-holding conservation easements, create written agreements to clarify:
The goals of the project
The roles and responsibilities of each party
Legal and financial arrangements
Communications to the public and between parties
Collaborative efforts to conserve land have become the norm. The best projects engage local, state, nonprofit and sometimes federal partners. We all want leverage for our limited funds and to benefit from the shared ownership created through partnerships. -- Sam Schuchat, Executive Officer, California Coastal Conservancy
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