Conserving the Future: Wildlife Refuges and the Next Generation

Thanks for commenting on my post Betsy! Yes and yes! We need to get more friends, like you, involved in this visioning process right now. How can we do that? I have been sharing this with our friends group and I know NWRA is sharing it with friends groups through their routes of communication, but [...]

I realize this is a draft vision document, and we aren’t supposed to ask “how?” at this stage, but I can’t stop myself… How are we going to continue to propose to do more with less? Maybe we need to identify new core areas (these vision topics for example) where our friends groups and other [...]

Additional thoughts about 360 and perceptions… I would like to clarify that I’m not suggesting that anyone be rated in their performance review by information in a 360, but that it could be incorporated as part of the annual review discussions as a way of improving/focusing on leadership development throughout the organization. There is an [...]

Thank you Bill for bringing up this topic. It is one that is very close to my heart. I agree with everyone, but challenge the “at least one FULL-TIME individual…” per region. I feel that is too close to status quo and is insufficient in today’s information age. Standardization is one thing, but we are [...]

Thanks to the individuals on this team for giving their time and energy. I am grateful for your engagement in the job and our future! I hope that more comments come in soon, but it could be that comments are being received outside of this public forum. Jimmy, you have done well. I would like [...]

Bill and Kipp, I agree with both of you. To make that commitment a reality, I believe we need staff who are designated for web support in the field, just like we have IT Specialists and CCP Planners for example. Field staff are struggling to fit this duty in amongst the many other responsibilities they [...]