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Amendment 4 Website is up & running!
Friday, September 12, 2008
Come visit the Amendment 4 Website to learn more about Florida's Conservation Amendment.
NEW DATE! Florida's Teaming with Wildlife Coalition Meeting
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Due to Tropical Storm Fay, the Teaming with Wildlife Coalition Meeting was postponed. Our new meeting date is Sept. 30, 2008 from 3:00 - 5:00 pm at the Rosen PLAZA Orlando. Once again, this coincides with the Florida's Wildlife: On the Frontline of Climate Change Summit which has been rescheduled for October 1 - 3, 2008. Both take place at the Rosen Plaza, Orlando.
What: Teaming with Wildlife Meeting
Where: Rosen Plaza, Orlando
When: Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2008
3:00 – 5:00 pm
RSVP for the Teaming with Wildlife Meeting by email reply to jliles@fwfonline.org no later than Sept. 23. Seating is limited so please make your plans to attend!
Teaming with Wildlife is a coalition of people and organizations working to prevent wildlife from becoming further endangered. Climate Change will only add to the risks already confronting our native species. It will require an unprecedented effort, by all stakeholders, to tackle what many are calling “the issue of our generation.”
Please plan to join us to help further develop the role and scope of Florida’s Teaming with Wildlife program by attending this important meeting of current and prospective members.
Teaming with Wildlife supports:
* Improving the leadership of state fish and wildlife agencies by advocating for fish and wildlife conservation and promoting cooperation among fish and wildlife agencies.
* Teaming with Wildlife builds support for Florida’s Wildlife Action Plan (an important framework for dealing with impacts to wildlife from Climate Change) and other state wildlife conservation programs.
* Identifying and promoting opportunities for state fish and wildlife agencies to collaborate with partners on implementation of the state wildlife action plan.
Team efforts have secured nearly $23 million dollars for Florida wildlife protections over the life of the program. These funds go to highly successful on-the-ground conservation programs that have benefited both wildlife and people. In 2009 Congress is poised to pass meaningful legislation to curb Greenhouse Gases and mitigate the impacts of Climate Change. Now, through efforts like Teaming with Wildlife, we can help guide that debate.
For more information about Teaming with Wildlife go to http://www.teaming.com/states/florida.html .
To become a member of this growing coalition follow the link at
http://www.teaming.com/pdf/TWW%20Endorsement%20Form.pdf
Also at the Rosen:
Teaming with Wildlife advocates will be meeting the day before we kick off “Florida's Wildlife: On the Frontline of Climate Change,” a conference sponsored by the National Wildlife Federation and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. One of the goals of this three day conference (Oct.1-3) is to integrate Climate Change components into the State Wildlife Action Plan. The conference and the Teaming meeting are both taking place at the Rosen Plaza, in Orlando. Please note that while there is no fee for the Teaming with Wildlife meeting there is a modest registration fee for the Climate Change Summit. See http://www.ces.fau.edu/floc/ for more details and information on registration.
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