Governance

Memorandum of Agreement

The Amador Calaveras Consensus Group (ACCG) is a diverse community based collaborative effort working to create healthy forests and watersheds, fire-safe communities, and sustainable local economies. The Group operates within California’s Amador and Calaveras Counties in and adjacent to the upper Mokelumne River watershed. The purpose of this Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) is to provide a framework between the members of the ACCG for working together.   This MOA provides clarity of intent, shared vision, membership eligibility and accountability, and basic policies and procedures for key organizational functions.

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ACCG Principles and Policies to Guide Operations

The Principles and Policies to Guide Operations detailed below are intended for the use of the ACCG in guiding projects the ACCG controls, manages, sponsors or is considering endorsing. The ACCG recognizes that not all of the principles and policies may be applicable or necessary on every project. Further, the ACCG recognizes that conforming with the principles and policies will require a balanced approach as projects will need to strike a balance between environmental, community and economic objectives. Entities seeking ACCG endorsement of projects should consider how their projects evaluate or integrate the principles and policies (refer to the Project Development & Support Process).

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Work Groups
Within ACCG, Standing Work Groups providing the routine organizational functions of the ACCG. These work groups are currently Administration, Planning, Landscape Assessment, Monitoring and Funding Coordination.

The administrative function provides management for executing the policies and decisions of the governance function, assures documentation and management of the organizations’ information and records, manages the balance between the organization’s different functions, oversees accountability, develops and manages procedures for the policies and practices of the ACCG.

The planning function provides research and analysis for policy and program development, designs implementation projects consistent with approved policy and resources reasonably available, prepares project proposals, drafts position papers and assesses opportunities.

The landscape assessment function coordinates and guides efforts to conduct a landscape-level assessment of the ACCG footprint and develop processes and tools to help advance projects aligned with the ACCG’s all-lands, landscape scale vision and triple bottom line mission

The monitoring function provides ecological, economic, and social monitoring oversight to 1) meet the objectives for the CFLRP program and ACCG, and 2) translate the benefits and lessons learned from restoration efforts to future management activities.

The funding coordination function provides collaboration and partnership in seeking funding in order to maximize the ACCG’s funding potential and capacity to pursue grants and avoid duplication of effort and competition.

Learn more about the Administrative, Planning, Landscape Assessment, Monitoring and Funding Coordination functions for ACCG…