Purpose of award summary of the goals and objectives of the project this award will be used to fund the essential work of a coordinator and communications lead for fishers and farmers partnership…

Purpose of award summary of the goals and objectives of the project this award will be used to fund the essential work of a coordinator and communications lead for fishers and farmers partnership for the upper mississippi river basin FFP , a member of the national fish habitat partnership nfhp ACE act FFP engages farmers, landowners and their networks in fish habitat conservation and restoration on private lands in a 121 5 million acre basin that is largely agricultural the group offers flexible funding for collaborative, local, farmer driven work on private lands peer to peer learning and technical information in plain language, specific to this audience and their work activities to be performed coordination and communications for FFP involve local, regional, and national strategies, contacts and actions this funding supports internal coordination engagement with the FFP steering committee, strategic plan development, daily actions to achieve strategic plan goals, administration , outreach and service to target groups promotion of opportunities, functional outreach tools relevant programs and a growing network , and attention to national context national fish habitat partnership requirements, funding and collaborative opportunities expected outcomes and milestones work during this funding period focuses on establishing and acting on a post covid strategic plan and public positioning specific outcomes include 1 coordination and communications leadership to implement FFP S strategic goals throughout 2 website review and updates reflecting current strategies and target audience needs, new program information, current resources, robust networking for farmer driven groups search function 508 compliance december 2022 3 participation in steering committee meetings throughout and including the annual field project tour and steering committee meeting AUG 29 30, 2022 and 4 advancement work to host a watershed leaders network workshop in 2023 beneficiaries united states fish and wildlife service and the dubuque county historic society dchs fiscal agent for fishers and farmers partnership FFP steering committee, FFP grant recipients including farmer led groups and their federal, state, county, and non government organization partner farmers landowners nfhp science team, communications and board and ultimately fish and mussel populations and habitat in the upper mississippi river basin cooperative grantsubstantial involvement FWS staff fishers and farmers partnership FFP coordinator will supervise project communications lead in projects and tasks they work on FFP coordinator will have the ability to direct tasks, review work, make decisions on projects, and help decide on future funding the FFP coordinator and communications team lead will work together on updating the FFP website, E news articles, outreach, workshops, and leading the communications and marketing team on projects with the FFP steering committee the communications lead and FFP coordinator work together on the leadership team along with CO chairs and science team fishers and farmers partnership forthe upper mississippi river basin is a self directed group of non government organizations, tribal organizations, and state and federal agencies united to add value to farms while protecting, restoring, and enhancing the 30,700 miles of rivers and streams of the upper mississippi river basin we work forflexible, collaborative relationships between landowners, agriculture, and conservation organizations to empower landowners to act for themselves and the greater good funding will be used to fund coordination and communications