Webinar- Power of Empowerment

Register TODAY for Power of Empowerment (POE-101) Webinar

Date: February 11, 2016 from 1-2PM ET.

Course Fee: None

No matter your position, most organizational pressure to perform is self-imposed. It’s a result of being so busy being busy, not doing what you’re really supposed to do, or not understanding your role and responsibility. Learn the truth about your leadership weaknesses and the impact on your team and agency, and position yourself to change your thinking and behaviors.

Simply put, when you do your job better, you are in a better position to help your employees perform theirs better too.

At the end of this webinar, Participants will know the following:

Distinctions between delegate & empower

• Significance of TRUST
• Barriers to empowerment
• Benefits of empowerment
• Significance of empowerment leadership development

National Conservation Leadership Institute Fellowship Applications

The National Conservation Leadership Institute (NCLI) will begin accepting nominations for its eleventh Cohort on February 1st, 2016 from state fish and wildlife agencies and the conservation community nationwide. 

In today's rapidly evolving world, organizations face unprecedented challenges that demand professionals with extraordinary leadership skills. NCLI was designed by multiple conservation groups ten years ago to address that demand. Today numerous organizations realize the value of the program, sending employees year after year. Following the world-renowned principles of Adaptive Leadership™, NCLI helps high-achieving conservation professionals learn advanced, adaptive problem-solving skills; establish life-long, high-trust relationships across organizational boundaries; and foster meaningful dialogue among the diverse voices that collectively represent conservation in America.

We encourage you to submit up to three nominations from your agency to compete for one of 36 spaces in this world class leadership development program. Final selection is highly competitive so begin your internal recruitment now. 

As always, applicants to the NCLI must be nominated by their agency director. Nominations will be accepted February 1 until April 30, 2016. Please visit www.conservationleadership.org for further information on the nomination process, or contact Amanda Myers at 304.876.7797.

Staff Contact: Amanda Myers; amandam@matteam.org

Webinar: Bsal Rulemaking and Permitting Q&A Session #3

Mark your calendars! This is the last of three Q&A webinars sponsored by Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation and the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies to address a) the recent U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rulemaking listing salamanders as injurious in the Lacey Act, b) potential impacts to existing research and conservation efforts from the rulemaking, and c) permitting requirements, and compliance.
Rescheduled Date: Feb 10
Time: 1 PM ET
Duration:2 hours
Register HERE!

Webinar: Bsal Rulemaking and Permitting Q&A Session #2

Mark your calendars! This is the second of three Q&A webinars sponsored by Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation and the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies to address a) the recent U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rulemaking listing salamanders as injurious in the Lacey Act, b) potential impacts to existing research and conservation efforts from the rulemaking, and c) permitting requirements, and compliance.

Rescheduled Date: Feb 9
Time: 1 PM ET
Duration:2 hours
Register HERE!

Jan. 22 Nomination Deadline This Week for Climate Adaptation Leadership Award for Natural Resources

Do you know individuals or organizations that are making a difference to increase understanding of climate impacts on natural resources and/or providing innovative approaches to reducing impacts, improving response capabilities, and increasing resilience in a changing climate?


Nominate them for the new Climate Adaptation Leadership Award for Natural Resources and help us recognize their outstanding efforts to increase awareness and safeguard U.S. natural resources from climate change.

The deadline to submit nominations is January 22, 2016. Learn more at www.wildlifeadaptationstrategy.gov/award.

The Climate Adaption Leadership Award is sponsored by the National Fish, Wildlife and Plant Climate Adaptation Strategy in partnership with the Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Natural Resource Conservation Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Forest Service, and the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies.

Hurry Hurry!

Teaming with Wildlife Fly-in and Release of the Blue Ribbon Panel Recommendations

SAVE THE DATE
March 1-2, 2016
Washington, DC

Association Applauds Greater Sage-Grouse Decision

The Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, speaking for its 50 state fish and wildlife agency members, territories and provinces, today congratulates U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell for the federal government's decision not to list the Greater sage-grouse as a threatened or endangered bird under the Endangered Species Act. The Greater sage-grouse lives in 11 of the Western states: California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington and Wyoming and has a range reaching across 257,000 square miles, including two Canadian provinces. AFWA President Dave Chanda, Director, New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife, wishes to express AFWA's members' gratitude for the states, the federal agencies, the ranchers and the energy industry leaders that came together to protect the sagebrush habitat and this iconic western bird. Chanda stated, "In this unprecedented collaboration between federal, state and local agencies, and the private sector, we have gained enormous experience in what we can accomplish on a landscape scale when we work together."

> Check out this and other news releases.

Environment Canada releases its new 2015 Migratory Game Bird Hunting e-Permit

On August 4, 2015, Environment Canada launched an improved e-Permitting system to allow the purchase of printable electronic Migratory Game Bird Hunting (MGBH) Permits online. The e-Permit is available to hunters in Canada and the United States. On average, 17,225 U.S. hunters purchase the MGBH permit each year in Canada. The MGBH e-permitting system is available at the following web link: permis-permits.ec.gc.ca/en

The National Conservation Leadership Institute Announces the Fellows of Cohort 10

The National Conservation Leadership Institute (NCLI) is pleased to announce the 10th cohort of 36 Fellows for the 2015-2016 leadership development program. These conservation professionals will join the ranks of Fellows, now alumni, previously selected since 2006 from state agencies, federal agencies, non-governmental organizations and companies working in the natural resources industry. NCLI Fellows have become widely regarded as future senior leaders who will help to build a conservation legacy for the next generation.

Dawn Anderson, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks 

Scott Anderson, North Carolina Wildlife Resource Commission 

Peter Bangs, Alaska Department of Fish and Game  

Mandy Chadwick, Caterpillar, Inc.  

Steve Chadwick, Michigan Department of Natural Resources

Karie Decker, Nebraska Department of Game and Fish 

Paul Dey, Wyoming Game and Fish Department 

Jennifer Doherty, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation  

Patricia Dorsey, Colorado Parks and Wildlife 

Billy Dukes, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources

Geofrey Eckerlin, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

Guy Foulks, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service    

Dan Garren, Idaho Department of Game and Fish

Christine Hall, USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service

Mandy Harling, National Wild Turkey Federation

Gerold Holden, Ducks Unlimited, Inc.

Alan Jenne, Nevada Department of Wildlife

William Labiosa, USGS Northwest Region

Michael Larson, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Mike Livingston, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife

Eric Lobner, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources


Kristin Madden, New Mexico Game and Fish


Kirsten Mauritzson, Caterpillar, Inc.   

Michelle McClure, NOAA Fisheries

Craig McMullen, Arizona Game and Fish Department
 

Kara Meckley, NOAA Fisheries Office of Habitat Conservation 

Adam Miller, Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife


Brian Moyer, Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries   

Louise Murgia, Society of American Foresters

Eben Paxton, USGS Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center 

Carole Stanko, NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife

Catherine Phillips, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service  

Stephen Shea, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission 

Jason Sumners, Missouri Department of Conservation  

Matt Wagner, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department 

Ted Will, Georgia Department of Natural Resources 

The 36 Fellows of Cohort 10 will begin their intensive 8-month training experience at the National Conservation Training Center in October 2015. They will join an ever-growing network of more than 317 professionals who have come together from conservation organizations across the nation to further develop their leadership capacity through the NCLI experience. 

> To learn more about the NCLI, go to conservationleadership.org 

The Summer Issue of The AFWA Strategist- Now Online!

The Summer issue of The AFWA Strategist is now available! Articles include brief updates on re-authorization of the Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund; State and Tribal Wildlife Grant Program FY16 Funding; ESA Petition Rule, information about two upcoming Blue Ribbon Plan Listening Sessions; details about FWA's upcoming Annual Meeting; and more.

> Download the Summer 2015 issue of the AFWA Strategist