Housekeeping Items

1. Housekeeping Items • Make sure to register at NMFWA desk • Attendify App • Sign up for our membership- it’s free! • New Comers Meet and Greet tonight- meet at 5:30pm in lobby to hop on a trolley or meet us at 5:45pm at Wynkoop • Mixer starts at 6:30pm at Wynkoop for everyone else • Awards Banquet- loading buses starts at 5:30pm IN LOBBY (LOCATION CHANGE) • Please return unwanted tickets to NMFWA desk • Buses for field trip load at 7:45am on Friday • Please recycle badges, box at registration • Left side NMFWA shirt with PRIZE; BINGO with PRIZE • Download presentations at registration desk for Working Groups and Technical Sessions

2. NMFWA 2019-2020 Members Meeting March 5, 2019 Denver, CO

3. Meeting Agenda • Announcements • Officers’ Reports • Committee Reports • Working Group Reports • New Business • Introduction of 2019-2020 BOD • Closing Remarks/Adjournment

4. Points of Contacts Sessions- Janet Johnson AV- Vanessa Shoblock Show and Tell Reception- Roland Sosa • Posters- Roland Sosa • Silent Auction- Kirsten Christopherson (All proceeds go directly to Scholarship Fund) • Photo Contest- Bob Schallmann

5. Mission Statement The National Military Fish and Wildlife Association connects, educates, supports, and advocates for natural resources professionals across the Department of Defense to protect and enhance the military mission through sustainable resource conservation.

6. Attendance Certificate NMFWA Training Certificates • 34 hours of continuous learning • Will be sent via email to all registered NMFWA attendees Training Certificates • ESA, Climate Smart for INRMPs, Project-level Climate Change Adaptation Planning for Natural Resources Managers, and Strategic Planning Principles and Tools to Improve INRMPS will be separate and sent via email to attendees

7. 2018-2019 Board of Directors • President – Nicole Olmsted • Immediate Past President – Elizabeth Neipert • Vice President – Janet Johnson • Treasurer – Russ Lawrence • Secretary - Bill Berry • Directors At-Large • Jim Swift and Robby Smith • Regional Directors • East – Michael Wright and Blake Waller • Central - Michele Richards and Tim Buchannan • West – Roland Sosa and Zoe Tinkle • Newsletter Editor – Laura Busch

8. 2018-2019 Board Motions All Motions Passed • To approve Junior Kerns to purchase 300 2019 Denver pins and 300 2020 Omaha pins • To approve accountant fees for filing tax forms by 15 May 2018 (not to exceed $1,050) • To award Bryan Hall’s Year 2 of Website contract ($7,700) • To purchase NMFWA business cards for outreach (not to exceed $200) • To provide Past President Chester Marin with a stipend to attend TWS meeting to receive a conservation outreach award for his wildlife art work ($200) • To approve payment for two scholarships for Scholarship Committee ($1,250) • To grant Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science Platinum Level sponsorship for 2019 meeting in lieu of instructor fees for Project-level Climate Change Adaptation Planning for Natural Resources Managers training in Denver • To approve budget for 2019 Annual Meeting and Training Workshop ($78,825) • To accept final Wildland Fire Working Group charter thereby establishing a new Wildland Fire Working Group within NMFWA • To approve David McNaughton as interim Chair for Herpetology Working Group • To approve revised budget for 2019 Annual Meeting and Training Workshop (not to exceed $85,038.34 Total) • To approve revised budget for 2019 Annual Meeting and Training Workshop (not to exceed $90,000.00 Total)

9. Program Updates • New Working Group format to standardize business from technical sessions • Our Association is growing • More Members • More Working Groups • More Trainings • Same amount of time

10. NMFWA Attendance

11. NMFWA Updates • New Website is operational https://www.nmfwa.org Thanks to Bryan Hall and Elizabeth Neipert • Membership Database Thanks to Bill Berry and Todd Wills • Membership Listserv Based on current membership database • Elections First year for website voting and we had great voter turnout! Please continue to vote

12. Treasurer’s Report • Treasurer, Russ Lawrence NMFWA Account Balance (12/31/18) • Checking: $67,956.51 • Savings: $60,498.59 • Scholarship Fund: $6,673.11 • Increase of $9,331.89 from 12/31/17

13. Treasurer’s Report • 2018 Revenue Sources - Workshop Sponsorship & Registration - Show & Tell Silent Auction (goes to Scholarship Fund) - Scholarship Donations - Merchandise Sales (breaks even) - CMNRP Certifications - Bank Account Interest • 2018 Expenditure Categories - Website maintenance and Domain renewal - Scholarships - Shipping - Workshop (Next Slide)

14. Treasurer’s Report • WORKSHOP EXPENSES • Training • Show & Tell • Welcome Mixer • Newcomers Event • Shipping & Printing • Photo & Bingo Contest • Promotional Items • Gifts (Attendees, Speakers, Board of Directors) • Awards • Awards Banquet • Field Trip

15. Treasurer’s Report • Registration Cost: $410 - NMFWA Receives $205 - WMI Receives $205 • Meeting coordination costs (future location searching, site visits, contract review, online registration fulfillment and development, marketing, communication, related meeting requests, floor management, program and app, advertising, partner services, exhibit coordination, and attendee services). • Per diem rates - big hotel properties don’t always offer rooms at the federal per diem rate. WMI works with hotels when developing the contracts to secure the per diem rate. DoD attendees are the driver for obtaining rooms at per diem because travel may not be approved otherwise. • Room charges, AV packages, coffee breaks • NMFWA costs for 2018 Workshop: $47,375 • All of it due before workshop registration fees are received • 355 attendees (up by 56 from 2017)

16. Program • Janet Johnson, Vice President • Secured event venues and managed logistics • Coordinated registration and training with Delaney • Approved technical sessions, Working Group meetings, trainings and a field trip

17. Fish and Wildlife News (FAWN) • Laura Busch, Editor • Updates: • FAWN is published three times a year • June, October and January • Planning for new web version • Need member input • • Articles on the great natural resources work occurring on military installations • • Out of Office – Photo and a sentence or two describing photo

18. Committee Reports

19. 2018-2019 Committee Chairs • Archives – Ian Trefry • Awards– Jim Swift • Certification– Dan Savercool • Government Affairs– Russ Lawrence • Hall of Fame- Junior Kerns • Membership – Todd Wills and Bill Berry • Nominations – Elizabeth Neipert • Outreach – Charles Baun • Scholarship – Coralie Cobb • Training – Shawn Stratton, Coralie Cobb, and Ian Trefry • Website – Elizabeth Neipert • WMI Coordination – Dave McNaughton

20. Archives Committee • Members: Ian Trefry (Chair) • Boxes of paper archives sent from Rich Fisher to Ian Trefry this year • Ian has started scanning and sorting (thousands of pages) • Everything is logged into an excel database • Current BOD is uploading meeting minutes to a google drive

21. Awards Committee • Members: Jim Swift (Chair), Robby Smith, Jackie Smith, Michael Ravesi • General Awards • Conservation Research • Model Programs/Projects • Policy • Enforcement • Military Involvelement • Conservation Partnerships • Promoting Public Awareness • Lifetime Achievement • PresidentialAwards • Award for Bio-Political Leadership • Laurence R. John Award Deadline for awards submission is 15 December https://www.nmfwa.org

22. Awards Committee Natural Resources Conservation Management: There are 9 Awardees in the following categories • Research • Model Programs and Projects • Enforcement • Communication, Conservation Partnership • NMFWA Lifetime Achievement Award

23. Awards Committee The rationale for all the awards and all past NMFWA Award recipients are listed on the NMFWA website: http://www.nmfwa.org Don’t be shy…nominate someone for a NMFWA Award today!

24. Certification • Members: Dan Savercool(Chair) • Two certifications approved • Erika Buckreis as an Associate Certified Military Natural Resources Professional • Tammy Conkle as a Senior Certified Military Natural Resources Professional • Application is available online https://www.nmfwa.org/certification-program.html

25. Government Affairs • Members: Russ Lawrence (Chair) • Transition year. Many thanks to Junior Kerns • Keeping tabs on Sikes Act language • Senate Environment Committee • Senate Armed Forces Committee • Establishing Relationship with Congressman Rob Bishop • Former Chairman of the House Committee on Natural Resources • A Senior Member, House Armed Services Committee • Readiness Subcommittee, Strategic Forces Subcommittee

26. Hall of Fame • Members: Junior Kerns (Chair) • One inductee for 2019 • Larry Adams 2019 Inductee, to be honor at banquet • Bryan Hall wants to interview previous Hall of Fame inductees for website • Looking for new committee members

27. Membership Committee • Members: Todd Wills (Chair), Bill Berry (Membership database manager) • As of February 1, 2019: • 923 current members • 46 former members

28. Membership Committee • NMFWA.org Website • Join NMFWA • Join Working Groups • Update your email, employer, installation • Just “Join” again, we’re smart enough to figure it out. • We will pass the changes to all applicable Working Group Co-Chairs • Up to 3 emails, consider adding a personal email • All current members on new list server

29. Member Metrics

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32. Member Metrics Unknown, 25, 3%

33. Member Metrics (43%) 535 (57%)

34. Member Metrics

35. Nominations Committee Members: Elizabeth Neipert (Chair), Russ Lawrence, Robbie Smith, Zoe Tinkle, Tim Buchanan, and Blake Waller • 11 people ran for positions • Voting conducted solely on website (no login required) • 143 voters • Close races in all positions with multiple nominations THANK YOU TO ALL WHO RAN!!

36. Nominations Committee Board of Directors 2020-2021 I (Liz) will be chairing the committee (again) next year, if you have questions or are interested in the Board of Directors Next year we will be voting for new leadership President Vice President Treasurer One At-Large Director One Regional Director for East, Central, and West

37. Outreach • Members: Charlie Baun (Chair) • Always looking for new ideas • Newcomers Event (Sign-Up or Show-Up) • 2019 Beers and Cheers (Trivia for the Nex-Gen) Tuesday 1730-1830 at Wynkoop • Mentorship Subcommittee (Need New Blood) • Determine activities for 2019-2020 • Engage new members/early career professionals • Web-based form for participation (NMFWA Website) • Continue Outreach Development Plan (Agency and Academic Outreach Plan)

38. Scholarship Committee • Members: Coralie Cobb (Chair), Greg Fleming, and Kirsten Christopherson • Purpose of the Committee: To provide financial aid to wildlife and fisheries biologists, botanists, ecologists, range conservationists, foresters, and wildlife law enforcement agent oriented students • All proceeds from the Silent Auction • 2018: 5 applicants, 2 awarded • 2019: Apply online by 15 July 2019 (2 applications received to date) • https://www.nmfwa.org/nmfwa-scholarship.html

39. 2018 Recipients Audrey Boraski - $1,000 Bachelor's of Science in Biology from Keene State College in May of 2017. Attending Antioch University New England in the fall of 2018 in their Conservation Biology program. Seth Clark - $500 Senior at Colorado State University in Ecosystem Science and Sustainability. He would like to work towards a masters in a related field such as wildlife biology and conservation before moving on to a PH.D.

40. Training Committee Members: Coralie Cobb, Ian Trefry, Janet Johnson, Shawn Stratton • Understand travel restrictions and the need for dual purpose travel of meetings and trainings. • Heard requests for new and emerging topics (Big Thank You to NMFWA VP Janet Johnson with all of her work coordinating multiple trainings). • Decisions were made within the committee and NMFWA Board of Directors to pursue the following training sessions for the 2019 NMFWA Training Workshop: • Advanced Endangered Species Act Topics: How to Effectively Write A Biological Assessment. • Climate Change for INRMP’s: Adaptation planning for DOD Natural Resource Managers. • Integrated Monarch Monitoring Across Department of Defense Properties & Nationwide • Clean Water Act & 404 Permits: What is Jurisdictional Today? • Navigating NMFWA & the Wildlife Society Certified Biologist Application Process • Project-Level Climate Change Adaptation Planning for Natural Resource Managers.   • Strategic Planning Principles & Tools to Improve the Efficiency, Effectiveness & Collaborative Impact of INRMP’s

41. Training Committee • Standardize Survey Form • We can offer the same trainings again next year based on demand • We will look into new trainings based on feedback • Member input if you have a training we can offer • Thank you Neil Bass, Jackelyn Ferrer-Perez and Christy Wolf

42. Website Committee Members: Elizabeth Neipert (Chair) Goal: Website that meets membership needs • Provide modern web presence • Offer relevant information • Engage users • Provide means to actively participate in NMFWA Extended Contract for Webmaster Bryan Hall

43. Website Committee NMFWA.net is www.nmfwa.org

44. Website Committee

45. Website Committee Committed last year to revamp our email distribution list New membership list allowed perfect opportunity Listserv sign-up included in membership Yahoo groups no longer in use

46. Website Committee 2018-2019 Statistics 27,000 unique visits 82,000 page views 450% increase from last year Upcoming Plans Continue to be main tool for member interaction and information transfer Continue quality check and assurance and execute maintenance plan Continue content and functionality build Increase WG participation and information hosting We’ve Got You Covered!

47. WMI Coordination • Members: David McNaughton (Chair) and Matt Dunfee, WMI • Committee Chair is also on the WMI NAWNRC Steering Committee • Need topics for 2020 Special Sessions • 2020 Omaha, NE • 2021 Grand Rapids, MI

48. Working Group Reports

49. 2018-2019 Working Group Chairs • Bats – Lauren Wilson and Jackie Smith • BASH–Kevin Wakefield and Jenny Washburn • Bird Conservation– Greg Fleming and Alan Schultz • Climate Change– Christy Wolf and Kevin Du Bois • Conservation Law Enforcement- Lissa Grimes and Michael Simon • Fish and Wildlife Recreation – Brandon Martin and Chris Johansen • Herpetology – Dave McNaughton • Invasive Species – Doug Burkett and Mary Anderson • Pollinators- Cory Campora and Jackelyn Ferrer • Wildland Fire – Mark Stevenson and Stephen Najjar

50. Bats • Co-Chairs: Lauren Wilsonand Jackie Smith • Held WG Meeting at the 2018 NMFWA in Norfolk, Virginia • Maintained and updated WG email distribution list, includes 118 members • Distributed a regular WG Newsletters (7 in 2018) with info on WNS, DoD updates, bat projects and literature. • Served as a source of information for questions asked by NMFWA members/DoD community related to current bat issues/literature sources. • How best to exclude bats from building stairwells • Supported past Co-Chair Eric Britze with organizing a Bat Technical Session for 2019 NMFWA • Updated the WG Goals and Objectives • Updated the WG Webpage on www.nmfwa.org. • Bat Working Group Meeting – Wednesday @ 1515 Ballroom E • Technical Session on Bat Conservation – Wednesday @ 1300 Ballroom E