Hi all, The Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife (ODFW) is looking for a new director, after the current director (Roy Elicker) announced that he is leaving the agency for a federal position. ODFW is requesting public input as it starts this search, via a survey at this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ODFWDirector You can also get to the survey via ODFW's home page: http://www.dfw.state.or.us/ If you have ideas on what ODFW should be doing to improve its management of wildlife habitat, this is a chance to tell ODFW your opinions! In addition to managing wildlife areas such as E.E. Wilson, Fern Ridge, Sauvie Island, Summer Lake etc., and regulating hunting, fishing, trapping & falconry, ODFW also deals with wolf/cougar issues, cormorants along the coast, etc. It would be good for them to hear a good representation of opinions from birders, wildlife photographers, and all-around naturalists. Happy clicking, Joel P.S. I just took the survey. Here's a brief summary of the questions. Questions 2, 3 and 4 are "essay" questions so you might find it helpful to see the questions and think about your answers in advance: 1. What are the most important qualities for an ODFW director? (you get to rank a list of 8 categories); 2. Are there any additional qualities that the next director should have? 3. What are the critical issues or key challenges you believe the new Director and/or the agency faces over the next 10 years? 4. Is there anything else you would like to share with us that will be helpful in our selection process? 5. If you have any suggestions for marketing/advertising and outreach for this position, please provide them below. 6. May we provide announcement materials for you to distribute to your contacts/networks? 7. Stakeholder Information: Please select the group you MOST identify with: (choose from a list which includes "hunters," "conservation organization," "wildlife viewers" etc.) -- Joel Geier Camp Adair area north of Corvallis OBOL archives: www.freelists.org/archive/obol Manage your account or unsubscribe: //www.freelists.org/list/obol Contact moderators: obol-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx