Urban Wildlife Refuge Initiative (Recommendation 13)
Public Group active 1 year, 11 months agoShare and discuss ideas about implementation of the Conserving the Future vision for the Refuge System. Click on the Discussion Topics tab to view discussion threads for Recommendation 13.
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Shayna Carney posted an update in the group Urban Wildlife Refuge Initiative (Recommendation 13) 1 year, 11 months ago
Thanks to all who worked hard on putting together the Draft Urban Standards for Excellence! Great document! I’m excited for next week.
Standard 3: “Be a Community Asset” really got me thinking . . . In the introduction it talks about how the “Service must lend its support, skills, services, resources, and expertise in natural resource…[Read more]
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Heather Jerue uploaded the file: Draft Urban Standards of Excellence to Urban Wildlife Refuge Initiative (Recommendation 13) 2 years ago
The Draft Urban Standards of Excellence from the Urban Wildlife Refuge Initiative Implementation Team are now available for public comment.
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The goal of the Urban Wildlife Refuge Initiative is to engage urban communities in wildlife conservation in…[Read more]
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J David posted an update in the group Urban Wildlife Refuge Initiative (Recommendation 13) 2 years, 6 months ago
If I understand the contest, the goal is to come up with a name for the urbaninitiative outreach program, not to come up with names or designations for refuges in or near urban areas correct? If this is the goal what about a name like ”Rediscover America”, ”Your Hometown Refuge”, or ”Explore Your Own Backyard.”
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Cheri Ehrhardt, AICP posted an update in the group Urban Wildlife Refuge Initiative (Recommendation 13) 2 years, 7 months ago
Dan’s recent HQ News mentioned that we are considering a special name for urban NWRs. I feel they should just be NWRs, without any special designation in the name. With population growth and the spread of development, we are already seeing the landscape of some refuges becoming urbanized; would we then change their names to include some special…[Read more]
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Kate joined the group Urban Wildlife Refuge Initiative (Recommendation 13) 3 years, 1 month ago
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Heather Jerue posted an update in the group Urban Wildlife Refuge Initiative (Recommendation 13): 3 years, 2 months ago
Be sure to check out all the latest Urban Initiative communications from the past week! Here are just a few:
Newswire: Urban Story http://americaswildlife.org/newswire/urban-wildlife-refuge-initiative/
America’s Wildlife Blog: Marcia’s Pradine’s Blog – Generation X & Conservation…we’re still here – aren’t we?…[Read more]
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Marcia Pradines posted an update in the group Urban Wildlife Refuge Initiative (Recommendation 13): 3 years, 2 months ago
In our meeting with National Audubon Society, here is the promised Tools of Engagement to build our pyramid of engagement. http://Www.web4.audubon.org/educate/toolkit
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Anna Harris posted an update in the group Urban Wildlife Refuge Initiative (Recommendation 13): 3 years, 2 months ago
http://www.epa.gov/urbanwaters/funding/ Groundworks awarded four grants for urban water funding
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