Holistic Resource Management
Our Vision
To achieve the goal of sustainable natural resource systems by building leadership skills and creating collaborative relationships founded on holistically-based decision making.
Our Goals
- Develop sustainable agricultural and natural resource systems.
- Become more effective decision makers through holistic management.
- Promote collaborative relationships among stakeholders in Washington State through the consensus process.
- Enhance leadership capacity and become positive role models.
Holistic Management Project
- This$2.7 million project for 1995-1998 has convened 158 stakeholders from diverse groups to bring consensus on natural resource management issues. These stakeholders represent crop and livestock producers, foresters, state and federal land managers, universities, cooperative extension, environmental interests and tribal members.
- To meet the project goals of improving communication and understanding of the inter-related resources they manage and rely upon, training was designed in holistic management consensus building, leadership, goal setting, and biological planning, monitoring and policy analysis. In addition, 22 management/support groups were developed to work collaboratively on local issue and sponsor field demonstrations.
- Major support for this project comes from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, with additional support from Washington State University, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Center for Holistic Management, and Covey Leadership Center.
- Also participating are the Natural Resource Conservation Service, Washington Departments of Natural Resources, Ecology, Fish and Wildlife, Conservation Commission, United States Forest Service, Bureaus of Land Management and Indian Affairs, and Palouse-Clearwater Environmental Institute.
Desired Outcomes
- Create win-win relationships and decisions through increased trust and collaboration.
- Implement agricultural and natural resource management practices that are economically, ecologically and socially sound.
- Continue this process after the 1998 completion of this grant funded project.
- Increase economic well-being and quality of life for all stakeholders, while conserving and improving the resources upon which they depend.
Educational Activities and Opportunities
This project is designed to offer instructional and experiential learning opportunities to achieve the desired transformational changes in beliefs and behaviors that will lead to more sustainable strategies and actions. During this four year project, ten courses will be offered in four regions throughout Washington state.
These courses include:
- Holistic Management in Practice
- Covey Leadership Center's Seven Habits of Highly Effective
- People
- Financial Planning and Generating Weath
- Covey Leadership Center's First Things First
- Consensus Building
- Covey Leaderhship Center's Principle Centered Leadership
- Biological Planning and Monitoring/Land Planning
- Goal Setting
- Rural Community Development
- Policy Analysis
Contact Information
Donald D. Nelson, Project Director
Holistic Management Project
P.O. Box 646310
Department of Animal Science
Washington State University
Pullman, WA 99164-6310
Office: (509) 335-2922
Fax: (509) 335-1082
email: nelsond@wsu.edu