HOW WE WORK

CREATING CHANGE THROUGH PEOPLE AND PLACE

We recognize that meaningful change occurs through collaboration. Understanding that effective work requires structure, organization, and skilled individuals, we emphasize investments in people to find shared goals and bring projects to life.

OUR APPROACH

To meet the vision and goals of the WRCD, we utilize a framework to build local capacity and leadership. This model provides local organizations and communities with the opportunities to define how they want to address natural resource issues and take action to create a lasting impact in place.

Discover

We work to understand local context uncovering local needs, assets, challenges, and resources.

Define

We collaborate with partners to evaluate community readiness for change and explore innovative approaches.

Develop

We help to develop tools and resources to support organizations and individuals leading local initiatives.

Deliver

We work with organizations and individuals leading the work in their place to help co-create tailored programs and projects to address specific community needs.

CORE VALUES

Collaboration

We are a partner.

We dig deep to understand partner needs, challenges, and vision. We approach our work with a focus on the relationships, reciprocity, and thoughtfulness that we would want for ourselves.

Inclusivity

We embrace diverse voices, perspectives, and lived experiences.

Community-based organizations, our partners, our team, and the environment are our stakeholders. We consider them in every decision.

Equity

We acknowledge and engage hierarchies and privileges present in our environment.

We believe that providing service to our communities with equity at the center of our work can help mobilize change to meet community values and priorities.

Our Commitment to Equity

Accountability

We honor COMMITMENTS.

We hold ourselves responsible for decisions and actions, and view mistakes as opportunities for growth.

Authenticity

We value openness and sincerity.

We hold transparency, honesty, and vulnerability as a standard of integrity in our work and interactions with others.

Training and Learning Opportunities

We provide educational experiences and skill development training opportunities for local leaders to build their expertise and capacity.

Partnership Liaising

We foster collaborations relationships between diverse stakeholders to achieve shared goals.

Resource Development

We work to identify, secure, and leverage resources to support community initiatives and sustainable development.

Planning

We partner with local organizations to develop strategic frameworks and action plans to achieve long-term community-based goals.

Assessments

We conduct comprehensive evaluations to understand needs, challenges, and opportunities for informed decision-making.

Facilitation

We aim to guide groups through processes to foster understanding, collaboration, and program and project development.

Project Management

We work to identify, secure, and leverage resources to support community initiatives and sustainable development.

Policy

We work to understand systems and inform our partners of policy decisions impacting social and environmental justice.

OUR IMPACT

Our work emphasizes the importance of investing in people to drive project success. Recognizing the intricate nature of natural resource issues, we prioritize collaboration among diverse expertise and perspectives. This ethos shapes our endeavors as we translate our work into actionable projects, programs, and community initiatives.

SUPPORTED

ACRES

of prescribed burning, including 584 acres of private land

INVESTED

MILLION

$ 0

in community wildfire resilience efforts

RESTORED

MILES

of Yakima River tributary habitat used by salmonids for spawning and rearing

ASSISSTED

COMMUNITIES

develop and update Community Wildfire Protection Plans and Hazard Management Plans

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