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Alliance Agreement 
ALLIANCE MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS
Caledonia Conservancy (CC)
Door County Land Trust (DCLT)
Glacial Lakes Conservancy (GLC)
Kenosha/Racine Land Trust (KRLT)
Milwaukee Area Land Conservancy (MALC)
Northeast Wisconsin Land Trust (NEWLT)
Ozaukee Washington Land Trust (OWLT)
River Revitalization Foundation (RRF)
Wisconsin Chapter of The Nature Conservancy (TNC)
BACKGROUND: Natural
resources of Wisconsin's Lake Michigan Basin face rapidly accelerating
threats from inappropriate management. In most cases these threats
directly or indirectly impact the water quality of Lake Michigan
and its tributaries and threaten to erode the ecological and scenic
integrity of lands within the basin. To effectively address these
threats well-coordinated and collaborative conservation strategies
are necessary.
PURPOSE: Collaborate
to identify, protect, restore and manage lands that protect water
quality, wildlife habitats and the scenic integrity of Wisconsin's
Lake Michigan Basin.
COLLABORATIVE STRUCTURE: The Lake Michigan Shorelands Alliance is a loose consortium of private, not-for-profit conservation organizations, referred to herein as “member organizations,” working to protect the important natural resources of Wisconsin’s Lake Michigan Basin. The member organizations form the decision-making body of the Lake Michigan Shorelands Alliance. As deemed appropriate by the member organizations, ‘support partners,’ such as the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, regional planning commissions, etc., may serve in an advisory capacity for the collaboration. Gathering Waters Conservancy facilitates the growth and development of the LMSA and will assume the role of fiscal agent for the collaboration when capacity building funds are secured.
MISSION: The Lake Michigan Shorelands Alliance is a collaboration of non-profit Wisconsin conservation organizations focused on building organizational capacity to accelerate the protection of significant land and water resources in the Lake Michigan basin.
DRAFT VISION:
1. Increased federal funding to region for land and water conservation work.
2. Staffed land trusts operating from Marinette County and Washington/Rock
Islands to the Illinois border.
3. Effective land use plans adopted in each county in the region which address natural resource conservation needs.
ALLIANCE GOALS:
1. Focus conservation efforts on critical and/or protected land and water resources, building on ongoing conservation efforts;
2. Coordinate resources among groups, and identify and pursue a variety of funding opportunities;
3. Promote capacity building through communication and cooperation between LMSA members and others;
4. Promote creative solutions for land and water protection; and,
5. Build local and regional public support for protection of critical natural resources.
MEMBER EXPECTATIONS:
In order to achieve these goals, each member organization is expected to:
1. Assign a contact person who will represent the organization, and provide all appropriate contact information;
2. Participate in at least 3 of the 4 annual meetings of the LMSA;
3. Adopt the Wisconsin Land Trust Statement of Principles;
4. Adhere to the Land Trust Alliance's Standards & Practices,
in particular, adopting a Conflict of Interest policy for the organization;
5. Provide timely information and reports as requested by the LMSA and/or Gathering Waters Conservancy in order to meet grant proposal deadlines and grantor reporting requirements.
LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELANDS ALLIANCE:
Recognizing the importance of terrestrial
and aquatic resources within the Lake Michigan Coastal Region, we
the undersigned agree to participate in and support the Lake Michigan
Shorelands Alliance in an effort to maximize voluntary conservation
efforts to preserve, protect, enhance and maintain the natural resources
that underlie healthy, viable and livable communities.
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