TIMELINE
2018-2019 PHASE 1
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Conduct Outreach
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Develop Coalition & Advisory Board
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Humboldt Region Community Organizer Training
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​​Secure Key Allies and Seed Funding
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Initiate Policy Outcomes Discussion
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Initial Strategic Planning
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National media coverage: NPR, ABC News, Time magazine, New York Times
2022-2023 PHASE 3
2020-2021 PHASE 2
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Interim Policy Recommendations
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Community Outreach
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CROP Public Launch
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Complete Strategic Planning
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Funding Determinations
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Shasta/Butte County Organizer Training
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Secure Appropriations
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CROP Implementation
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Evaluation and Expansion
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National media coverage: NBC News, Today Show, Politico
2024-2025 PHASE 4
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Continue bipartisan federal and state decision maker education, leveraging national media to encourage action on public land trespass grows
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Encourage and support robust funding at the federal level for reclamation, as well as enhanced federal law enforcement on USFS/BLM lands
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Encourage and support funding at the state level for reclamation
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Use regional and national media to educate the public, motivate decision makers, and encourage citizen issue engagement
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Continue key issue research and provide accessible, science and fact-based database on trespass grow impacts
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Expand relationships with tribes and impacted communities
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Recruit and help train local crews for site reclamation in collaboration with science and state government partners
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Conduct issue webinars for conservation partners and press
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Co-author issue op-eds with regional non-profits to increase public awareness and increase support for action
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Continue trespass grow education of decision makers at the
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Continue to provide expert analysis and interviews on issue to national press
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Expand cooperative training of nonprofit and tribal crews for trespass grow reclamation on public lands
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Conduct and film workshops with CDFW and licensed cannabis industry to provide information to growers with key information on best environmental practices
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Provide regional, community based presentations on explanation of the issue, CDFW grant programs and funding opportunities, and future reclamation training opportunities
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Secure Tribal Outreach Coordinator for tribal presentations to encourage crew training for trespass grow reclamation of ancestral lands