NAWMA NASCAR Quarterly June 2010 UNPDF

MAY

2010

NAWMA UPDATE

NEW Website

NAWMA

Board

Greg Hensel, President MN

It is NAWMA’s goal to provide

useful information to

be shared and adapted to pro-

grams across the United

States.

The NAWMA Board

of Directors would like

to invite you to look at

our new, improved and

updated website

www.nawma.org.

Comments, suggestions

and ideas are welcome

and encouraged.

WWW.NAWMA.ORG

Fred Raish, V-President CO

Riley Walters, Past

Patricia Rawlek, Can-

ada

EDRR page for example, Dr.

Randy Westbrooks provided

step by step direction how to

develop EDRR programs with

Fact Sheets, Organizational

Framework, Recommended

Step for Developing EDRR

programs and a list of EDRR

scheduled meetings.

Colorado has provided an

excellent example of their

State EDRR Job Description.

Aaron Foster

John Cantlon

Charles Brooks

Many hours were spent

reviewing, providing and

updating the information

on the website. The

NAWMA Board of Di-

rectors would like to

express their sincere ap-

preciation to Bob

Parsons, NAWMA Web-

master and Sarah Love,

Owner, Dzines for all

their hard work and

dedication on this effort.

Jeff Vogel

Tim Higgs

David Heck

Mark Cardinal, Can-

Sheilah Kennedy

We need an EDRR con-

tact person for each

State and Province.

Bob Parsons, Book-

Mike Friesen, Exec..

Director

NAWMA & NASCAR!!!

SAVE THE DATE:

September 27-29, 2010

NAWMA Annual

Conference

Pueblo, Colorado

More information will be on

the NAWMA website.

Watch for Call for:

Papers and Poster

Session

NAMWA and DuPont will

be working on details of

this event over the next

few months. We are look-

ing at Phoenix 2011 NAS-

CAR race.

DuPont has also given 4

NASCAR tickets for auc-

tion, including parking pass,

Sunday race ticket and ac-

cess to DuPont hospitality

Tent. Please watch the

NAWMA website for

more information as we

coordinate this HUGE

event.

After the NAWMA Board

of Directors tour of the

DuPont Facilities and Din-

ner discussion with James

Collins, President, DuPont

a suggestion was presented

to Mr. Collins regarding

pulling DuPont support of

NASCAR Driver, Jeff

Gordon and Invasive nox-

ious weeds and Invasive

Species. The suggestion

was accepted! NAWMA

and DuPont will jointly be

working together to pro-

mote Invasive Species

Education and public out-

reach through the NAS-

CAR fan base and media

to inform the devastation

caused by invasive spe-

cies, to the public that

may not be familiar with

the negative impacts

caused by non-native

noxious weeds and inva-

sive species. Our goal is

to gain membership and

funding support for

HHC.

NAWMA NOTES page 2 May 2010

Healthy Habitats Coalition

A State by State Advocacy Effort

The NAWMA Board of Di-

rectors decided last year dur-

ing our Annual Conference,

to take an active role in pro-

moting and working with

Healthy Habitats Coalition.

As NAWMA members rec-

ognize, the harmful impact

of invasive species on Amer-

ica’s lands and waters is a

growing biological crisis.

Despite increased societal

awareness about the eco-

nomic and environmental

threats posed by invasive

species, natural resource

agencies lack the focus and

funding levels to meet the

invasive species challenge.

should align with on a fed-

eral and state level. HHC

core members developed a

Champion State Initiative

that took 7 months to de-

velop and refine while

working with governors,

their staff, and state natural

resource personnel. And

HHC has written a policy

resolution that can help

bring clearer focus to IS

issues on a regional basis.

they want is the solution.

HHC has formally sug-

gested four ASKs to Fed-

eral and state leaders under

the HHC banner called the

Champion State Initiative:

1. Federal agencies must

meet their obligation to

control new invasions and

reduce the spread of inva-

sive species populations in

every local or state office.

2. Federal leaders need to

pass 25 cents for every

federal acre to the state

agency to stimulate a re-

newed and cooperative IS

control effort.

3. States must bring their

weed laws into the highest

level of implementation to

provide the structure

needed to implement IS

plans and manage funding.

4. If funded, regional me-

dia will reach out to urban

areas to bring the issue

forward to the public, im-

pacting members of state

and federal legislative per-

sonnel.

How will HHC accomplish

these goals:

1. We have a new Direc-

tor, Tracee Bentley with

Peak Resources in Colo-

rado.

She brings a high degree

of federal and state advo-

cacy experience.

2. We will make visits to

state and federal legislators

on the Champion State

Initiative. HHC has al-

ready made its first

DC trip in February and

Is scheduled to meet in DC

again in April.

3. HHC is requesting Fed-

eral leadership to change

the effectiveness of on the

ground efforts to create

measurable results.

4. HHC is partnering with

new NGOs key to making

new progress to eliminate

"stove pipes" and competi-

tive obstacles.

5. We are developing ad-

vocacy based meetings for

states to create a critical

mass of effort on policy

change.

HHC is actively connecting

and building new partner-

ships directed at County

and state governments. The

result will be improved

relationships and poten-

tially funding and coopera-

tive efforts. Critical actions

include working and ex-

panding partnerships with

Governors and the respec-

tive Ag Departments,

County leaders, Conserva-

tion Districts, Fish and

Wildlife managers, NGOs

and alignment with indus-

try partners. At the end of

the day, we find that people

understand the education

and awareness issue. What

From its inception, HHC

has recognized that success

in invasive species manage-

ment will lie in the political

process. With this funda-

mental perspective, efforts

in 2009 saw a start up or-

ganization build competen-

cies around advocacy meth-

ods. Implementing a simple

ASK for policy makers is

actually quite complex.

HHC brought leading advo-

cacy experts into NIWAW

for training. HHC devel-

oped a new focus on who it

Please make checks

Payable to “NAWMA”

and mail to:

Bob Parsons, Book-

keeper

Post Office Box

626

Powell, WY 82435

(307) 754-4521

pcwp@wir.net

Visa payments are

accepted and in-

voices can be pro-

vided to facilitate

payment.

Contacts Contribution Membership

We look forward to discuss-

ing your involvement and

financial support of HHC in

the coming months.

Suggested Annual Contribution to

HHC:

$4,000 State Weed Association

$2,500 Local Weed Program

$1,000 Friend

NAWMA Sustaining Membership

Dues:

$100.00 Bronze

$250.00 Silver

$500.00 Gold

$1,000.00 Platinum

$65.00 Regular Annual Membership

John Cantlon: NAWMA Board

Member, Co-Chair Healthy Habi-

tats Committee

John.D.Cantlon@USA.dupont.

com

Fred Raish: NAWMA Board

Member & Co-Chair Healthy

Habitats Committee

ycpest@plains.net

For more information, or to

make advocacy recommenda-

tions to HHC, kindly contact:

Tracee Bentley:

Peak Resources in Colorado

traceebenley2311@msn.com