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RVCC Issue Papers
Up one levelSustainable Northwest and the Rural Voices for Conservation Coalition (RVCC) partners develop issue papers to explain our perspective on problems and introduce our proposed solutions. The issue papers are the RVCC's primary communication materials and a credible source of information for congressional staff, federal agency decision makers, interest groups, academics, and the media.
RVCC Vision and Policy Priorities
For an encompassing understanding of the coalition's core beliefs, enduring values, and issue priorities, we recommend viewing the
RVCC Vision and Policy Priorities
Announcing the 2011 RVCC Issue Papers!
Rural Capacity for Conservation and Job Creation
Sustainable Biomass Energy: The Need for a Comprehensive Energy Policy that Includes Thermal Energy (Joint RVCC/CEFC issue paper)
Monitoring: An Essential Tool for Achieving Environmental, Social, and Economic Goals
Rural Voices for Conservation Coalition FY2012 Appropriations Priorities
2011 RVCC Land & Community Scorecard: 10 Criteria for Effective Federal Programs
Stewardship Contracting: Successes in the Field
Partner Coalition Papers
The following issue papers and outreach documents have been recently published by partner coalitions and organizations that share many of the same goals as RVCC. These groups play an integral role in helping to ensure vibrant rural communties and landscapes across the nation. We encourage you to read them as well.
Coalition for Eastern Forests and Communities
Capitalizing on Nature’s Benefits: New Incentives for Private Forest Landowners
Ecosystem Workforce Program
Local Benefits from Land Management: A Strategy for Measuring Performance
Capacity of Community-Based Organizations for Natural Resource Development
Economic Development Service Provision for Natural Resource-Based Economic Development
National Rural Assembly
Working Group Position Paper: Rural Transportation Policy
- 2011 FY2012 RVCC Appropriations Priorities
- 2011 RVCC policy recommendations for federal appropriations in FY2012.
- 2011 Rural Capacity for Conservation and Job Creation
- Policy and investment recommendations focused on strengthening capacity so that rural communities will be able to integrate the nation's conservation and economic development goals.
- 2011 Sustainable Biomass Energy: The Need for a Comprehensive Energy Policy that Includes Thermal Energy
- Recommendations for the inclusion of a thermal energy component in national renewable energy policy and the role of biomass energy in this process.
- 2011 Monitoring: An Essential Tool for Achieving Environmental, Social, and Economic Goals
- Recommendations for the promotion and inclusion of monitoring as a critical tool to build social agreement and achieve effective land management objectives.
- 2011 RVCC Land & Community Scorecard: 10 Criteria for Effective Federal Programs
- RVCC criteria for the evaluation of present and future federal programs to determine how well they serve the good of the people and the good of the land.
- 2011 Stewardship Contracting: Successes in the Field
- Case stories of recent examples of successful stewardship contracting projects and their multi-faceted benefits.
- 2010 Climate Change Adaptation Issue Paper
- 2010 policy recommendations for climate change adaptation in rural communities.
- 2010 Thermal Biomass Policy
- 2010 policy recommendations for the promotion of renewable woody biomass thermal energy.
- 2010 FY2011 Appropriations Issue Paper
- The 2010 policy recommendations for federal appropriations in FY2011.
- 2010 Stewardship End-Result Contracting Issue Paper
- 2010 policy recommendations for using Stewardship End-Result Contracting to create economic benefit for rural communities while restoring public lands.
- 2010 Rural Green Jobs Issue Paper
- 2010 recommendations for the creation of green jobs in rural communities.
- 2010 Thermal Biomass Policy Issue Paper
- 2010 policy recommendations for the promotion of renewable woody biomass thermal energy.
- 2010 Ranching Issue Paper
- A description of the current challenges facing ranchers and range stewards and recommendations to promote sustainable ranching practices as an economically viable conservation strategy for western rural communities.
- 2010 Community-based Organizations Issue Paper
- 2010 recommendations to promote and support the role of Community-based Organizations in conservation and sustainable economic development activities.
- 2010 Private Lands Issue Paper
- 2010 policy recommendations for the management of private working lands to ensure the long-term health of the Western landscape.
- 2009 Climate Change Issue Paper
- 2009 policy recommendations for climate change adaptation and mitigation in rural communities.
- 2009 Private Lands Issue Paper
- 2009 policy recommendations for the management of private working lands to ensure the long-term health of the Western landscape.
- 2009 Rural Green Jobs Recommendations
- 2009 recommendations for the creation of green jobs in rural communities.
- 2009 Economic Stimulus and Rural Green Jobs Proposal
- 2009 recommendations for the Economic Stimulus and Rural Green Jobs Initiative
- 2009 Recommendations for FY2010 Appropriations
- Download the 2009 policy recommendations for federal appropriations in FY2010
