{"id":3987,"date":"2022-05-23T20:11:40","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T20:11:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/pathways\/?page_id=3987"},"modified":"2022-08-15T17:12:07","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T17:12:07","slug":"afwa-partners","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/pathways\/afwa-partners\/","title":{"rendered":"Partners in Planning"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Partners in Planning: AFWA Committees”][vc_column_text]The Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies is one of the cohosts for Pathways 2023. As a cohost, the following committees, subcommittees, and working groups are involved with planning organized sessions within specific themes for the conference.<\/p>\n

If you would like to submit an abstract that correlates to these themes and committees, choose the committee under “Topics of Interest” on your submission. View all of our themes and topics of interest.<\/a><\/p>\n

Thanks to the committee leads for all of their hard work![\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Submit Your Abstract” color=”green” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fpathways2023.exordo.com%2F|title:Submit%20Your%20Abstract|target:_blank”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”Waterfowl Working Group” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center”][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=”3998″ img_size=”300×200″ alignment=”center”][vc_toggle title=”Committee Details”]The Waterfowl Working Group is charged to: (1) contribute to the implementation of the North American Waterfowl Management Plan (NAWMP) to conserve priority landscapes for waterfowl habitat and to advance the human dimensions aspects of the Plan; (2) advance policies, legislation, and funding initiatives (NAWCA and others) in support of wetland protection and restoration, with consideration of drought, water quality, and climate change issues; (3) provide guidance and oversight for the Fall Flights program, including implementation of the recommendations in the President\u2019s Task Force on the Fall Flights Program Report; and (4) initiate and support wetland and waterfowl habitat information sharing with Congress, state, federal, and NGO partners, and the public.[\/vc_toggle][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”Human\/Wildlife Conflict Working Group” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center”][vc_single_image image=”4122″ img_size=”300×200″ alignment=”center”][vc_toggle title=”Committee Details”]The Human\/Wildlife Conflict Working Group is charged to assist Agencies with the growing challenges of managing human-wildlife conflicts by providing a forum for discussion and a mechanism for agencies to work together to come up with solutions to conflicts that benefit wildlife and the humans with whom they interact.[\/vc_toggle][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”Wildlife Viewing & Nature Tourism Group” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center”][vc_single_image image=”4003″ img_size=”300×200″ alignment=”center”][vc_toggle title=”Committee Details”]The Wildlife Viewing & Nature Tourism Working Group is charged to advance wildlife viewing and nature tourism programs within state agencies as strategies to build support for fish wildlife conservation by connecting ethnically and geographically diverse people to the outdoors.[\/vc_toggle][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”Bird Conservation Committee” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center”][vc_single_image image=”4123″ img_size=”300×200″ alignment=”center”][vc_toggle title=”Committee Details”]The Bird Conservation Committee is charged to:<\/p>\n