Partnering allows for leveraging funding and resources. There is ample grant funding opportunities out there right now.
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The more active management we are doing on the ground, the better.
The biggest problem with working on federal lands is not working with the federal government, it's getting through the NEPA process. The current administration made it so "cumulative impacts" have to be analyzed...which can add years to the NEPA process and opens more doors for potential litigation. If they can partner and do the work as categorical exclusions, that would be ideal.