Sage Grouse Efforts Get Steamboat Boost – ColoradoPols.com …Colorado is currently needing to complete a strong conservation plan to show the federal government that it, along with the other ten states that have greater sage grouse habitat, is serious enough about protecting the grouse that it can avoid a listing under the Endangered Species Act. That more »
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ColoradoPols » Sage Grouse Sonnet, Because its All About Love
Sage Grouse Sonnet, Because its All About Love – ColoradoPols.com Musings for St. Valentines Day From @PiceanceDog The grouse courts on its sagebrush steppe At winters end in familiar lek. To strut and puff as the hens inspect, A dance, like a sonnet, in a metered step To find love with the right more »
GJ Sentinel » Gas-drilling foes turn out in force, against tall odds
Gas-drilling foes turn out in force, against tall odds | GJSentinel.com. PAONIA — North Fork Valley residents are rallying again to try and stop oil and gas development involving tens of thousands of acres, but in this case face a daunting challenge because the land already is leased. Some 200 people turned out at a more »
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Gift Workshop: The Art of Advocacy-Finding the Way to the Winning Campaign
The Art of Advocacy: Finding the Way to the Winning Campaign Thursday, February 12, Lunch at 12 Noon with program from 12:30 – 1:30 pm. The Learning Council at the Old River Road Trading Post 15495 Black Bridge Road, Paonia “Be the Change you wish to see in the World” Gandhi A brief more »
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So, What is ‘Advocacy Campaigning’?
Cesar Chavez – “We don’t organize to educate. We educate to organize.” Sweet Victory! Think you need a stop sign on the corner? Want to stop a fracking waste pit? Homeowners’ board giving you trouble? Then you might be considering how to develop an ‘advocacy campaign.’ Boiled down, an advocacy campaign is a methodical and more »
The Art of Advocacy: Finding Your Way with Strategies and Tactics
“To see things in the seed, that is genius.” Lao Tzu In its simplest sense an advocacy campaign is a methodical, strategic effort to convince a decision-maker to make a specific decision by a certain deadline. It involves a campaign goal (as described above), strategic objectives, development of tactics and anticipated outcomes, campaign more »
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Overview to Campaign Development
So you’re ready for some change? What To Do Now? If you have decided to develop an advocacy campaign, you might be wondering what happens next. The tangible result of campaign development is the campaign plan, its product is the functional campaign itself, and its purpose is to reach the campaign goal. The campaign plan is thus made more »
The Plight of Backwater County
Crafting the Winning Campaign Sometimes we have to show up. For whatever reasons, there we are facing the prospects of developing an advocacy campaign. Where do we start? In the three-part Advocacy Campaign workshop series, the Art of Advocacy starts with some ideas on what makes a successful campaign. Overview to Campaign Development follows with basics of campaign more »
NorthForkScrapbook.org » A View of the Valley: the North Fork Alternative Plan
A View of the Valley: the North Fork Alternative Plan I hate to fly. It terrifies me. Always has. I haven’t been on a commercial airliner since September 8, 2001, when I ended up stuck in DC over 9/11. My friend Jeff finally persuaded me to go for a ride with him in his little more »
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KVNF Community Radio » Colorado Farm and Food Alliance
Fracking And Agriculture Clash In Colorado’s North Fork Valley Listening… 5:20 …There’s a new alliance of farmers and food producers trying to keep fracking from taking place in the North Fork Valley, an agricultural area in Western Colorado known for its organic farms, orchards, and vineyards. Brent Helleckson’s vineyard, Stone Cottage Cellars, overlooks the town more »
