1997 - The First CFERP Workshop - California
On September 12-14, 1997, the CFERP Program held its first collaborative workshop among the CFERP fellows, accompanying community representatives, academic advisors, and a number of forest community resource people. The workshop was held at the Mercy Center in Burlingame, CA, with 23 people in attendance.
Fellows presented and discussed their proposed research and their experiences /work-to-date. Community members presented forest community issues and perspectives. Resource people and academics provided critical feedback, suggestions, lessons from experience etc.
Some highlights from the workshop included: the sharing of community expectations and hopes through having collaborative research relationships and better mutual understanding of both the academic and community requirements and perspectives among all the participants.
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