Developing Strong Partnerships

A Forest Service employee teaches students in a woods with fallen leaves covering the ground.Partnerships come in many shapes and sizes.  When there is mutual benefit, people come together to accomplish common objectives.

In this section you will find training resources on how to create strong partnerships and the authorities the US Forest Service has for working in partnership with communities and learn about the various agreements and contracts used to formalize the relationship.

Spotlights

Administrative Processes

Administrative processes are guided by manuals and handbooks that lay out the agency's policies, practices, and procedures.

FS Partnership and Collaboration Guides

Guides from Other Agencies

Features

Training Resources

The purpose of these trainings is to help you overcome the hurdles to collaboration and partnership activities and adopt effective strategies to achieve better outcomes for the people we serve and the land we care for.