WILDLIFE AND HABITAT RESTORATION WORKING GROUP
Five-Year Action Plan
2009-2013
Created: October, 2008
Revised: November, 2008
Approved:
INTRODUCTION
Who we are, what we do, what is restoration, why is it important.
At the end of each year, upon transference of the working group Chair position, the outgoing Chair will provide details on how and which strategies were accomplished to TWS Council in the year-end Report to Council.
GOALS
Goal 1: Facilitate communication and the exchange of information among members of the Society interested in restoring wildlife populations and degraded habitats.
Strategies:
Add a case study section to the working group website.
Create a listserve.
Contribute at least one article or news item every year to The Wildlifer.
- When an article or news item is contributed that information will be provided to the Secretary for tracking purposes.
Contribute at least two articlesper five year period to The Wildlife Professional.
- When an article is contributed that information will be provided to the Secretary for tracking purposes.
Goal 2: Enhance knowledge and technical capabilities of wildlife professionals in the area of restoration.
Strategies:
Provide links on the working group website to restoration organizations.
At least once a year, provide case study projects on the working group website and/or TWS publications.
- When a case study is contributed that information will be provided to the Secretary for tracking purposes.
Goal 3: Increase public awareness and appreciation of the technical capabilities of restoring wildlife populations and degraded habitats.
Strategies:
At least once a year at least one member of the Executive Board will provide a talk to a civic group within their respective Region, Section, State, County, or City.
- When a member of the Executive Board provides a talk they will add “TWS Wildlife and Habitat Restoration Working Group” to their title slide and provide that information to the Secretary for tracking purposes.
Goal 4: Develop ecosystem management principles that are achievable and enable community-wide recovery.
Strategies:
The Executive Board will discuss producing a position statement that will be posted on the working group website as well as published in The Wildlifer upon approval by TWS Council.
Goal 5: Identify effective monitoring and evaluation programs to determine successes and failures of restoration techniques.
Strategies:
Provide monitoring protocol examples on the working group website that have been proven to be effective in determining restoration success or failure.
Solicit monitoring protocols from the membership and other restoration organizations and provide those on the working group website as either pdf files or links.
Promote the State Wildlife Action Plans in a position statement that will be posted on the working group website as well as published in The Wildlifer upon approval by TWS Council.
OBJECTIVES
Objective 1: Provide regular communication among members of the Society experienced in restoration through meetings, symposia, workshops, newsletters, specialty publications, and other means.
Strategies:
Conduct either a symposia, workshop, panel discussion, or field trip at each Annual TWS Conference.
- When one of these are conducted that information will be provided to the Secretary for tracking purposes.
Conduct a business meeting at each Annual TWS Conference.
- The Secretary will be provided with business meeting minutes from each Conference for tracking purposes.
See Goal 1.
Objective 2: Promote membership in the Society and the Working Group to wildlife professionals interested in restoration.
Strategies:
The Executive Board will review the possibility of adding the TWS logo with our working group name and the link to our website to the Global Restoration Network restoration home page.
Attend at least one non-TWS conference, meeting, symposia, workshop, etc and discuss a restoration project as a TWS working group attendee.
- When a member conducts one of these they will add “TWS Wildlife and Habitat Restoration Working Group” to their title slide and provide that information to the Secretary for tracking purposes.
Objective 3: Make recommendations to The Wildlife Society Council for specific actions by the Society in the area of restoration techniques.
Strategies:
If a recommendation about restoration is needed, the Chair will spear-head that recommendation and solicit comments from the membership and Executive Board and present that recommendation to TWS Council.
Objective 4: Develop draft technical reviews, position statements, and other materials in the area of restoration for consideration by The Wildlife Society Council.
Strategies:
If position statements from the working group are needed, the Chair will spear-head those statements and solicit comments from the membership and Executive Board and present those statements to TWS Council.
See Goal 4.
Objective 5: Provide information and technical assistance to Society members in the area of restoration.
Strategies:
Provide a listserve and contact list of area experts within the membership who are willing to provide technical advise on restoration methodology and techniques.
Objective 6: Provide information and technical assistance to journalists, government officials, other organizations, and the general public in the area of restoration.
Strategies:
Any working group member will provide at least one article or news item within the five year period to either an agency, organization, or newspaper for public distribution regarding a restoration project.
- When this is done, that member will add “TWS Wildlife and Habitat Restoration Working Group” to their title and provide that information to the Secretary for tracking purposes.
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