Workgroups
Workgroups are collaborative communities, often within an organization that complete efforts
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Workgroups are people that work together on shared goals, often because of employment. Our platform encompasses workgroups in both USA and Canada, including Federal, State, and Provincial agencies, local governments of Counties and Regional Districts and their Municipalities, and from Special Districts to Private actors, including small NGOs and even Non-Institutional Groups. Agencies are very influential because of their management of Funding and Regulation and their steady base funding that supports staff. In our region Tribal Governments have a unique position, asserting Treaty Rights. Many important decisions over Land Use and Infrastructure are delegated to Counties/Districts and Municipalities. Private entities dominate the production of goods and services. Among all this actors, NGOs attempt to cultivate Public Goods and improve Common Pool Resource Management. Formal Academic institutions are both public and private, however Knowledge Creation also occurs outside of the Academy. Coordination groups play a unique role in bridging among institutions.
What Is In A Workgroup Page
Check out our Style Guide for suggestions on developing workgroup pages. Workgroup notes might include: sources of funding or legal authorities, the number of people in the group, how they are organized, what do they do, the geography they work in, and the purposes towards which groups work. One might develop a chronology section, to record the history and pivotal moments in the life of a workgroup. You might use Content Templates to list Efforts or Products.
Workgroup Categories
Consider using the following categories when creating workgroups:
- Workgroup Type - Workgroup type describes the kind of institution in terms of its legal status, and is our primary way of identifying workgroups
- Effort Type - Effort categories define workgroup intentions and purposes, and is can be useful to list workgroups by the kinds of activities that they conduct.
- Places of Operation - Some workgroups work within a particular geography. If you include place categories, a workgroup can be identified by place.
- Jurisdictions - Similar to places, some workgroups are focused on certain governmental jurisdictions.
Workgroups by Region
A useful way to see the collection of workgroups is by Region, and each region page describes its workgroups further.
26 workgroups in South Puget Sound- Olympia Coalition for Ecosystems Preservation
- City of Olympia
- Deschutes Estuary Restoration Team
- St. Martins University
- City of Lacey
- Nisqually Reach Nature Center
- Nisqually Land Trust
- Thurston Conservation District
- Capitol Land Trust
- Squaxin Island Tribe
- Thurston Regional Planning Council
- Thurston County
- Pierce County
- Native Plant Salvage Foundation
- Mason County
- Thurston County Stream Team
- Greater Gig Harbor Foundation
- Great Peninsula Conservancy
- Center for Natural Lands Management
- The Evergreen State College
- Community Farmland Trust
- Community Foundation of South Puget Sound
- Black Hills Audubon Society
- The Estuarium
- Community Sustaining Fund of Thurston County
- Arbutus Folk School
- Mason Conservation District (MCD)
- Mason County
- Kitsap County
- Great Peninsula Conservancy
- Jefferson County
- Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe
- Hood Canal Salmon Enhancement Group
- Kitsap Forest and Bay
- Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe
- Hood Canal Coordinating Council
- Skokomish Watershed Action Team
- Suquamish Tribe
- Kitsap County
- West Sound Partners for Ecosystem Recovery
- City of Bainbridge Island
- Bainbridge Island Land Trust
- Great Peninsula Conservancy
- Tulalip Tribes of Washington
- Pierce County
- King County
- Puyallup Tribe of Indians
- Duwamish Tribe
- Wabash Farms
- Muckleshoot Indian Tribe
- Floodplains for the Future
- Commencement Bay Natural Resource Trustees
- Skagit Watershed Council
- Skagit River System Cooperative
- Western Washington Agricultural Association
- Skagit Climate Science Consortium
- Snohomish County
- Stewardship Partners
- Tulalip Tribes of Washington
- Snohomish Conservation District
- Stillaguamish Watershed Council
- Sno-Valley Tilth
- People for the Preservation of Tualco Valley
- Snohomish Coordinated Investment Network
- French Slough Flood Control District
- Snohomish Communications Coordination
- Snohomish Sustainable Lands Strategy
- Sound Water Stewards
- Stillaguamish Tribe
- Skagit County
- Skagit Land Trust
- Port of Everett
- City of Everett
- Sound Salmon Solutions
- Snoqualmie Valley Watershed Improvement District
- City of Lake Stevens
- City of Langley
- Whidbey Environmental Action Network
- Snoqualmie Valley Protection Alliance
- Adopt-A-Stream Foundation
- Snoqualmie Watershed Forum
- Western Washington Riparian Workgroup
- Island Conservation Corps
- Friends of the San Juans
- San Juan County
- San Juan Islands Agricultural Guild
- The Madrona Institute
- San Juan Island Conservation District
- Oak and Orca Bioregional School
- EcoSense
- Habitat Acquisition Trust
- Cowichan Watershed Board
- Friends of Bowker Creek Society
- Gulf Islands School Gardens
- Garry Oak Ecosystem Recovery Team
- Salt Spring Agricultural Alliance
- Transition Salt Spring
Workgroup Categories
Label Workgroup or Topic Pages as related to a kind of institution.
Complete List of Workgroups By Type
Federal Agencies
Washington State Agencies
Not including "programs" or public "academic" institutions
Provincial Agencies
Not including "programs" or public "academic" institutions
Local Governments
Including Counties (USA), Districts (Canadian), and Municipalities. See Category:Nation State for the hierarchical sub-divisions of government.
Tribal Governments
Educational Groups
Both academic and for youth.
Special Districts
Non-governmental Organizations
Mostly private corporations with federal public benefit status
Coordination Bodies
Both public and private groups focused on coordination among workgroups.
Private Workgroups
Most of the population, seeking an income through providing goods or services.
Non-institutional Groups
Workgroups that do things without a state-recognized institutional structure.