Steering NASCA's Futureno bull...just conservation
NASCA's strategic plan expires in December 2008!
We will conduct a series of activities throughout 2008 to construct a new plan.
This plan, to be introduced formally at our September 2008 annual meeting in Whitefish, MT, will guide our activities over the next five years, 2009-2013.
NASCA's region directors will encourage and welcome all NASCA members in our 2008 planning discussions.
Results of NASCA's February 10, 2008 Visioning Session:
NOTE: NASCA members brainstormed these ideas in small groups. By late-summer 2008, NASCA members will eliminate all but two or three of these statements, creating a new vision and mission statement for the organization.
By 2015, NASCA will be world class at:
| Leading states and territories to address self-sufficiency goals and funding needs. |
| Providing the tools to allow states and territories to accomplish conservation and natural resource conservation. |
| Representing and advocating state conservation agency issues with one voice; understanding and respecting each state's unique role |
| Articulating the states' conservation vision, and goals that unify partners |
| Acting as the state authority on conservation issues |
| Addressing state/territory problems with ready resources; assist and guide members through pre-emptive actions and reactions to emerging issues |
| Leading strategic discussions at state and federal levels to leverage the political and financial power of state governments, further complimenting the roles of current partners. |
| Communication, service delivery to all members, and issue resolution with partners. |
| Developing and communicating the future of conservation |
The one way NASCA will measure it's success:
| All states and territories participate and are fully engaged in their NASCA membership. |
| Fifty member states and territories fully engaged in NASCA. |
| NASCA is recognized as a results-oriented leader in the conservation partnership. |
| NASCA is recognized as a leader at the partnership level |
| Members recognize NASCA's leadership role |
| Members continually ask NASCA for assistance; NASCA becomes a "go-to" resource |
Region Visioning Sessions; March-April 2008
By 2015, NASCA will be world class at...
| March 18, 2008 Northern Plains Region | ...leading the partnership in strategic discussions to leverage the political and financial power of state governments on existing and emerging conservation issues. |
| March 24, 2008 South Central Region | ...setting, with partners, priorities for our national conservation agenda |
| March 25, 2008 Southeast Region |
...representing state view
points on conservation, natural resources and environmental issues with one voice;
while understanding and respecting each states unique role. |
| March 27, 2008 Northeast Region | ...demonstrating need and garnering support for soil and water conservation with all pertinent decision makers and land owners. |
| March 31, 2008 North Central Region | |
| April 11, 2008 Pacific Region |
...influencing decision makers, organizing information exchange, and providing special products and services needed for all state and island territory conservation agencies. |
The one way we will measure our success...
| March 18, 2008 Northern Plains Region |
...NASCA
becomes a sustainable self supporting organization and is a leader at the
partnership level. |
| March 24, 2008 South Central Region | ...our ability to influence federal legislation and appropriations. |
| March 25, 2008 Southeast Region |
...NASCA is acknowledged and
respected for its input on national conservation policy and has a seat at the
table during the discussions on the next Farm Bill. |
| March 27, 2008 Northeast Region | ...is through empowering NASCA members to carry out their roles as state leaders |
| March 31, 2008 North Central Region | |
| April 11, 2008 Pacific Region | ...financial and personal support and involvement by all state and island territory conservation agencies in NASCA programs, events and activities. |
Region Missioning Sessions
April-May, 2008
NASCA serves (who) for (what purpose)?
| Pacific Region |
NASCA serves its member state conservation agencies to provide, collectively, our influence in legislation, programs, and policy important to the members; receive and provide information that will assist members; and provide unique products and services that members need to build their capacity to fulfill their states mission to their customers. |
| Northern Plains |
NASCA serves all State Conservation Agencies to provide effective
representation on the national level, and to provide information and services members need to build their capacity. |
| North Central | NASCA serves and represents state conservation agencies for the purpose of implementing the state mandated conservation programs while coordinating efforts with partners. |
| South Central |
NASCA serves its member state conservation agencies on the
national level to strengthen national policies and programs that enhance the
members leadership capabilities and informational analysis to address their
state conservation mandates. And also by participating and being influential in
setting national conservation programs and policies. |
NASCA's role in the national conservation partnership:
| Pacific Region |
Provide examples of how state conservation agencies and NASCA enhance the implementation of conservation efforts. Define the role of state conservation agencies for our partners. Define and articulate issue/concerns/problems with conservation implementation and districts’ overall operations and challenges. |
| Northern Plains |
To be at the table as: an
equal leader, a
voice for state perspectives,a
conduit to get information back to the states |
| North Central | Provide information, share state's perspective, provide a window to the state NRCS, represent the training role/responsibility, communicate state program and policy implications at the national level |
| South Central |
To provide unified
leadership for the collective efforts of members to foster those
policies and programs which best serve conservation needs. State agencies also
bring a state and regional perspective of conservation issues with a component
to Congress. |
