PUBLIC POLICY


A change in public policy rarely occurs without a long arduous process. Creating new policy or changing policy requires collaboration across disparate groups, a multi-step public process, and the buy-in of the general population. Politicians represent the people's interests. Businesses and private entities wield great influence. Experts and academics provide key theories and ideas. Government red tape can further complicate the effort. From water management to energy policy to immigration, the Public Conversations Project works with individual government bodies and groups aiming to improve public policy:
  • Bringing partisan stakeholders together to work on policies
  • Designing and facilitating meetings
  • Consulting at local, state, and federal levels
 PCP has worked with representatives of the following organizations on public policy issues:

Adirondack Association of Towns and Villages
Adirondack Council
Adirondack Fairness Coalition
Adirondack Park Agency
Adirondack Park Local Review Board
American Jewish World Service
Aspen Institute
Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center
Center for Global Development
Center for Law and Social Policy
Champion International
Collaborative on Health and the Environment
Conservation International
Hancock Timber Resources Group
International Center for Research on Women
International Women's Health Coalition
International Paper
International Planned Parenthood Federation
James River Timber Corporation
Maine Audubon Society
Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands
Maine Forest Biodiversity Project
National Audubon Society
National Consumers League
National Council of State Legislatures
New Hampshire Fish and Game Department

Northern Forest Alliance
Population Action International
Population Council
Population Reference Bureau
The Appalachian Mountain Club
The Ford Foundation
The John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
The Maine Forest Products Council
The Maine TREE Foundation
Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences
Rescue Foundation
Sierra Club
Small Woodlot Owners Association of Maine
Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests
The Natural Resources Council of Maine
The Nature Conservancy
The North Woods
The Northern Forest Lands Council
The Pew Charitable Trusts
The Wilderness Society
University of Maine College of Natural Resources, Forestry and Agriculture
Verite
Vermont Land Trust