[TN-Bird] Re: Important TWRA Wildlife Meetings Begin Thursday.

The TWRA Region 3 Crossville Office Meeting has been moved up to 6 p.m.
on 2  Aug (Tuesday).  Information that was provided to Wallace Coffey by
TWRA has just been updated.  Sorry for any inconvenience.  We hope to
see you there.  Mike
 
Michael Roedel, State Ornithologist
Nashville, Tennessee
 

>>> "Wallace Coffey" 7/18/2005 14:12:02 >>>


In recent years, Congress has appropriated new funding to the states to
address issues facing many nongame species.  Tennessee is in the process
of meeting the planning requirements for funds.
As part of that effort, the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA)
will hold a series of public meetings across the state.  Birders are
encouraged to attend a meeting near you and become informed and
involved.  Now is the time!  
The first meeting is this Thursday at Knoxville.  
This is important funding which will include birds.  The Tennessee
Ornithological Society is a partner in this process with the state.  
As a requirement to the new funding, Congress has asked the states to
develop a Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy (CWCS)
identifying species of greatest conservation need, their habitats,
problems they face, conservation actions and monitoring. 
The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) and its conservation
partners are working on a draft of the CWCS. Details of the planning
process and information in DRAFT form, can be found on TWRA's website,
www.tnwildlife.org or www.state.tn.us/twra/nongmain.html. Draft chapters
will be posted on the website as they become available. 
Public meetings are scheduled for:
21 July (Thursday) 7 p.m. -- Knoxville,  University of Tennessee
Agriculture Campus, Plant and Soil Science Bldg. Auditorium.
26 July (Tuesday) 7 p.m. -- Nashville, TWRA Region 2 Office,  TWRA
Meeting Room.
28 July (Thursday) 7 p.m. -- Jackson,  University of Tennessee
Agriculture Experimental Station Auditorium.
2  Aug (Tuesday) 7 p.m. --  Crossville, TWRA Region 3 Crossville
Office, Conference Room.
Tennessee is home to a wide array of wildlife species. Several are game
or sportfish species, but most are not. Approximately 90% of Tennessee's
wildlife are nongame species. Many of the same problems facing game
species, such as habitat loss or water quality, also affect nongame
species.
Let's go birding.....
Wallace Coffey
Bristol, TN

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