dedicated to providing natural resources management on

"Dedicated to providing Natural Resources Management on Department of Defense lands in support of the Military Mission"

THE F.A.W.N.

Wild Side 1

Call for NMFWA Award Nominations

3

Meeting at a Glance 4

Conservation Research Award Winners

4

Conservation Commu-nication Award Win-ner

6

Lifetime Achievement Award Winner

7

Model Program/Project Award Winner

8

Conservation Partner-ship Award Winner

9

DoD Avian Data Ar-chiving Project

10

T-Shirt Design Contest 11

NRInform is Online 13

Conference Roundup 15

Inside this Issue: Page

THE WILD SIDETHE WILD SIDETHE WILD SIDE

Richard Fischer President

Volume XIX Number 3 October 2011

It has been a very interesting week for military troops around the world.

The reign of the long-standing Libyan strongman came to a brutal end.

Almost simultaneously, the President announced that our troops will

withdrawal from Iraq and be home for Christmas. This was assuredly

great news for many thousands of our military families across the coun-

try. The media is full of stories that act as constant reminders of just

how important our troops are to the Nation and our national security.

It’s also continually evident that nearly everything our DoD natural re-

sources managers do on the job supports the military mission. The

lands and waters that our natural resources experts manage are crucial

to maintaining realistic and quality training environments that our troops

need every day of the year. Whether it be conducting a prescribed

burn, spotlight censusing deer at 3AM, or dispersing birds on an airfield

to reduce Bird and Wildlife Air Strike Hazard (BASH), our installation

natural resource managers are on the job to support the DoD military

mission.

I just finished some work at two California military bases where BASH

is a serious issue and potential impediment to flight safety and military

readiness. This morning, I sat in the office of an Air Force E-7 Master

Sergeant who is charged with doing everything possible on the airfield

to maintain flight safety for the multiple sorties that his airmen fly each

and every day and night. We talked about dollar figures of damage to

engines from bird strikes, reducing habitats attractive to wildlife on the

airfield, and controlling the prey that attracts avian and mammalian

predators around runways. However, the biggest message that came

across was how he feels personally responsible for the lives of pilots

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The Wild Side, cont’d.

that fly in and out of “his” airfield. The cost to DoD each month for damage resulting from aircraft

striking wildlife on and near airfields often exceeds $1 million, but the value of the lives of our sol-

diers and airmen that train and fight from our airfields is priceless. It really put into perspective the

importance of the work of our natural resources professionals, and the close relationship that is

necessary among natural resource staff, air operations, pest managers, and the research commu-

nity, among others.

It’s comforting to know that there are many of us out there doing everything possible to protect our

military fighters. The NMFWA is full of well-trained professionals doing this type of work every day.

Let’s never lose sight of why we do what we do!

As always, you are encouraged to submit stories, ideas, and lessons learned for publication in the

next FAWN. Our Board of Directors has been working diligently to prepare for the upcoming annu-

al training meeting in Atlanta next March. Our new website will be released in the near future,

making it much easier to navigate and learn about the Atlanta meeting, your Board of Directors,

and all of our working groups. Please feel free to contact me or any of our Board members

(www.nmfwa.org) if you need help at any time.

Rich Fischer, NMFWA President

NMFWA President Rich Fischer presents Tammy Conkle with

Immediate Past President Award at the 2011 Annual Meeting.

http://www.nmfwa.org


NMFWA Call for Awards Nominations

All of us in the natural resources fields care deeply

about our work. It inspires us and exasperates us and

sometimes discourages us, but we keep showing up.

Honor your friends and colleagues, the ones who keep

showing up every day. The ones that strive to make a

difference…the ones that inspire us to do even better.

The ones who help make the world a better place and

our country more secure.

Please join the National Military Fish & Wildlife Associa-

tion in honoring those among us who support the mili-

tary mission by preserving the natural heritage of our

country on our rich and diverse DoD lands – nominate

them for a NMFWA award. Who knows, you may make a

difference in their life.

The deadline for submissions is 28 NOV 2011. Awards

will be presented at the 2012 Annual Meeting in Atlanta,

Georgia.

Any individual can make a nomination (not just NMFWA

members) and awards can go to any individual or group

fitting the nomination categories.

For more information, please see the NMFWA website

and application at http://nmfwa.org/awards/.

Appreciation can make a day, even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary

- Margaret Cousins

http://nmfwa.org/awards/


2012 Silent Auction needs your Donations!

NMFWA members... you all know it's time to start thinking about, and making

plans for, the 2012 Annual Meeting and Training Workshop in Atlanta, Georgia.

Hopefully, your planning will include bringing a unique donation for this year's

silent auction, such as a bottle of your favorite wine (from an organic, sustaina-

bly winery, no doubt), an informative field guide (that you have long since memo-

rized), a signed and numbered Audubon litho collecting dust in your basement

(and/or the much more valuable Chester Martin original) or any other item you

believe would be difficult for your fellow members to walk away from without ini-

tiating an all-out bidding war (Laura reminds you to "remember the FORKS!"). Al-

so, this would be a great repository for those unwanted (what were they think-

ing???) Christmas gifts, well maybe not all of them, please use your discretion....

Remember, all the proceeds from the silent auction directly support your NMFWA

and a single donation, or two, or three, or four, will help make this another suc-

cessful event and sustain the NMFWA mission. You know, it's all about mission

sustainability, right? It's always a hoot to watch the wild bidding on an item you

have enjoyed, donated, and now pass on to a fellow member who just can't live

without it. Let's all strive, either through donating, bidding, or hopefully both, to

make this an intriguing, interesting and enjoyable event. Thanks to everyone in

advance for your consideration, donations and generous bidding, to make this

another successful NMFWA fundraiser.

NMFWA is on FACEBOOK!

To follow us on Facebook, type in National Military Fish and

Wildlife Association in the Facebook search bar and hit


2011 NMFWA Award for Military Natural Resource Conservation Research

Winners of the Award for Military Natural Resource Conservation Research were Mr. Robert Lovich,

Ph.D., Mr. Chris Petersen, Ph.D., Mr. Mike Lannoo, Ph.D., Ms. Pryia Nanjappa, and Mr. Ernesto Garcia for

conducting a transcontinental study of amphibians and infection by the chytrid fungus, which has been dev-

astating amphibian populations worldwide. This project enhances the military mission by providing installa-

tions along the study transect, and the Department of Defense overall, with a more informed picture of the

health of its amphibian populations. In addition, the study provided needed information on the infection

rates of amphibians and provided conservation actions that can be taken to prevent or minimize the impact

of chytrid fungus on the amphibian populations. If this research had not taken place, near future species de-

clines would be less well understood or anticipated, and preventative measures less available, leading to po-

tential preclusion of military operations resulting from more dramatic and unmanaged species declines.

Identifying the scope of the problem now, and making the data and recommendations widely available will

work towards precluding and minimizing military-impacting species declines.

Each person named to receive this honor had an intricate part to play in this study. Mr. Robert Lovich PhD

is a Natural Resources Specialist at NAVFAC southwest in San Diego, California. Mr. Chris Petersen has

been a Natural Resources Specialist with NAVFAC Atlantic for the past eight years. Mr. Mike Lanoo PhD

is with the Indiana University School of Medicine. Ms. Priya Nanjappa represents Partners for Amphibian

and Reptile Conservation (PARC) at the state level. Ms. Nanjappa is the Amphibian and Reptile Coordina-

tor, State Agencies Coordinator, Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. Mr. Ernesto Garcia represents

Partners for Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (PARC) at the federal level.

The Military Natural Resource Conservation Research award category was awarded for the first time in

2009, and recognizes technicians, scientists, researchers, volunteers, and personnel from non-profit organi-

zations, government agencies, academic institutions, contractors, cooperators, and the DoD who have con-

tributed to significant research that has either taken place on military installations or was funded by DoD

funds, which improves the understanding and management of natural resources on DoD lands in support of

the military mission.


2011 NMFWA Award for Natural Resources Conservation

Communication - Conservation Partnerships

Ms. Patricia L. Cutler and The Peregrine Fund have been selected to receive the Award for Natural Re-

sources Conservation Communication - Conservation Partnerships. Ms. Cutler [a Federal civilian employee

at White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), New Mexico] and The Peregrine Fund [a non-governmental or-

ganization (NGO) dedicated to re-establishing native raptor populations] were chosen for their exceptional

contributions towards reintroduction of the endangered Northern Aplomado Falcon to the state of New

Mexico.

Ms. Cutler (a wildlife biologist who manages the migratory bird and endangered species programs) is being

recognized for her outstanding accomplishments as the Army’s coordinator for the five-year, interagency

reintroduction effort. The Peregrine Fund is jointly acknowledged for its determined leadership and special-

ized expertise as the primary NGO on this project. Together, they overcame a politically charged scenario,

balancing recovery of a listed species with the mission needs of affected military installations. To date,

more than 150 falcons have been released on WSMR and adjacent lands without controversy or conflict

with the missions of WSMR or other military installations. The recovery of the Northern Aplomado Falcon

will ultimately benefit not just the species itself, but all Federal agencies that hold lands and habitat support-

ing it. Mr. Junior Kerns (Chief, Environmental Stewardship Branch at WSMR), who nominated Ms. Cutler

and The Peregrine Fund, noted, “This program has clearly demonstrated to Commanders nationwide that

programs to recover endangered species can be quite harmonious with military use of the land.”

As an indicator of the program’s success, eight nesting pairs of Northern Aplomado Falcons have been

found in New Mexico since 2007; four pairs were located in 2008 alone. Joell Brown of The Peregrine

Fund stated, “As a sentinel species we will have the opportunity to learn why some years are better than

others in producing breeding pairs. In 2011 we will launch a major radio telemetry study in order to deter-

mine just were the birds are moving after they leave the release sites as well as to determine potential mor-

tality factors.”

This award category recognizes those who develop fruitful partnerships benefiting natural resource conser-

vation on military installations in support of the military mission. This includes both DoD personnel who

take part in conservation and external organization representatives who promote and foster partnerships

with the DoD.


2011 NMFWA LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Mr. David Anderson, Ph.D been selected as the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award. Dr. Ander-

son, a botanist and professional rangeland manager has spent most of his career working for the United

States Army at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.

In 2010, Dr. Anderson completed the field work for the first modern soil survey for White Sands Missile

Range and associated lands. The 6-year, $4M effort will categorize over 3M acres of soils in south-central

New Mexico. Also, the work is re-writing the science for gypsiferous soils, worldwide. This survey has

brought scientists from around the world together to redefine how gypsoils are created and exactly how they

function.

Dr. Anderson's work has supported not only the conservation and military missions of White Sands Missile

Range, but has contributed to the long-term sustainable use of Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico and

Fort Bliss, Texas. His work to collect and catalog the vascular plants of the Range has resulted in the prem-

ier herbarium in Southern New Mexico.

Dr. Anderson has worked extensively with the staffs of New Mexico State University; White Sands National

Monument; USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service; San Andres National Wildlife Refuge; NASA

White Sands Test Facility; Jornada Experimental Range; New Mexico Game and Fish Department; Fort

Bliss, TX; Lincoln National Forest; Holloman AFB; Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge; Bureau

of Land Management; the Cincinnati Zoo; Region 2 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Ecological Services; and

educational institutions from across the nation to conduct both research and management on White Sands

Missile Range .

This award category recognizes those who have contributed significantly over the course of their career to

NMFWA’s progress as an organization or to conservation on DoD lands in support of the military mission.


2011 NMFWA AWARD FOR MODEL PROGRAMS/PROJECTS IN SUPPORT

OF NATURAL RESOURCES ON DOD LANDS

Ms. Vanessa Pepi has been selected as a recipient of the Award for Natural Resources Conservation Manage-

ment, Model Programs Projects in support of natural resources on DoD lands. Since December 2006, Ms.

Pepi, has done an outstanding job as the Natural Resources supervisor at Naval Facilities Engineering Com-

mand, Pacific (NAVFAC PAC) in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

Ms. Pepi successfully led the Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Pacific Natural Resources Manage-

ment branch through the necessary steps of growth and execution of the Environmental Impact Statement

(EIS) and Endangered Species Act, Section 7 consultations (marine and terrestrial) for the movement of

40,000 Marines, families, and support personnel from Okinawa, Japan to Guam. The movement of U.S. Ma-

rines from Japan to Guam was required in order to meet international agreement and treaty requirements and

fulfill U.S. national security policy requirements to provide mutual defense, deter aggression, and dissuade

coercion in the Western Pacific Region in response to the evolving security environment in the Pacific re-

gion, as identified through the Integrated Global Presence and Basing Strategy and the Quadrennial Defense

Review (QDR).

Some of Ms. Pepi’s accomplishments include:

Development of conservation measures for the Section 7 consultation utilizing a landscape approach to

natural resources management on the island of Guam.

Promoting the recovery of the Guam Micronesian kingfisher (GMK) by supporting the introduction of a

wild population of GMK to islands other than Guam.

Initiating the Micronesia Biosecurity Plan to address pathways and encourage a more holistic approach to

managing invasive species. The Micronesia Biosecurity Plan will provide a platform for coordination and

integration of inter-agency invasive species management efforts such as control, interdiction, eradication,

and research.

Management of the Guam Build-Up EIS/Section 7 consultation and an EIS/Section 7 consultation for the

Mariana Islands Range Complex during a period of increased staff transition.

Hiring and indoctrinating a team of marine natural resources management specialists necessary to meet

the growing marine species monitoring need. Through this strategy, Ms. Pepi ensured that support of

Commander Pacific Fleet’s important marine mammal and turtle monitoring requirements was not only

sustained but improved during the period of extreme demand on NAVFAC PAC.

Overseeing and directing the natural resources management needs of the other range complexes under

NAVFAC PAC’s responsibility including Hawaii Range Complex, Southern California, Mariana Islands

Range Complex, and Japan/Okinawa Range Complex.

This award is intended to recognize resource manag-

ers (including but not limited to technicians, pro-

gram managers, biologists, and project managers),

regardless of their source of employment, who fur-

ther natural resource management on military instal-

lations in support of the military mission through

developing programs or projects which can serve as

models.

A special thanks to David McNaughton for presenting the Awards.


2010 NATIONAL MILITARY FISH AND WILDLIFE ASSOCIATION AWARD

FOR CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIPS

Richard Claytor was selected as the recipient of the 2010 NMFWA Award for Conservation Partnerships.

Mr. Claytor, who has 20 years of experience with DoD, was chosen for his outstanding contributions to

natural resources conservation partnering at the Defense Logistics Agency Installation Support at the De-

fense Supply Center, Richmond, Virginia.

Susan Robinson nominated Mr. Claytor on behalf of the Wildlife Habitat Council. Mr. Claytor initiated the

Wildlife Habitat Council partnership in 2002. Through the partnership, he has been able to establish and

maintain partnerships with a broad range of community groups. Richard Claytor champions Defense Sup-

ply Center, Richmond, wildlife management and conservation education initiatives, offering a field labora-

tory to the students of the College of William and Mary to teach real field monitoring and investigation

skills. Mr. Claytor led Defense Supply Center, Richmond, to achieve the Wildlife Habitat Council’s Cor-

porate Lands for Learning certification in 2008 and recertification at the selective 3-year certification tier

in 2010. Defense Supply Center, Richmond, will be introducing a public elk herd viewing platform in 2012

to highlight the installation’s ecological history and to promote further public education on the manage-

ment of their unique elk herd.

Upon notification of his award, Mr. Claytor stated, “I am deeply grateful to Defense Logistics Agency In-

stallation Support here in Richmond for management’s unwavering support of my efforts. Likewise, I am

very appreciative of Wildlife Habitat Council’s encouragement and technical support. The Council’s meth-

od of developing a plan for wildlife habitat development/enhancement really works.”

This award category recognizes those who develop fruitful partnerships benefiting natural resource conser-

vation on military installations in support of the military mission. This includes both DoD personnel who

take part in conservation and external organization representatives who promote and foster partnerships

with the DoD.

Recipients may include but

are not limited to volunteers,

educators, negotiators, public

affairs personnel, journalists,

and DoD natural resource per-

sonnel, non-profit staff, and

non-DoD government staff.

Mr. Bob Johnson, Wildlife Habitat Council, accepts the award on behalf of Mr. Richard Claytor.


DoD Avian Data Archiving Project

Dr. Richard A. Fischer, Research Wildlife Biologist, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Develop-ment Center, Environmental Laboratory

Significant progress has been achieved in recent years to better identify an efficient, coordinated approach to monitoring avian resources on DoD lands. Monitoring has historically been done without much consideration for techniques that match specific objectives, and sometimes without a clear articulation of what management question is being targeted. With limited budgets and re-sources, it is imperative that the DoD maximize the effectiveness of any monitoring project, includ-ing the archiving and analysis of monitoring data

Although we have documented that the collection of avian data across much of our DoD lands has been extensive, the location of many of these datasets is unknown and their long-term availability is questionable. Most of these datasets are either still in hardcopy form stowed in filing cabinets, or as electronic files stored on various computer systems or backup drives. As computers are re-placed, personnel retire or move to other jobs, the likelihood of these data remaining retrievable decreases. The more time that passes from data collection to retrieval and archiving, the higher the probability that those data will be permanently lost.

The utility of archiving data sets, which is done within the DoD Coordinated Bird Monitoring Data-base (CBMD) (with assistance from USGS) and hence benefit to the military, is multifold: (1) ar-chiving data in the CBMD will allow installation managers to permanently archive and retrieve data sets at any time in the future; (2) natural resources managers can query data to look at a variety of parameters such as relative abundance of species on versus off the base, or specific locations or distribution of a species across the installation; and (3) these data will assist natural resources managers in conducting installation-wide or region-wide analyses necessary for complying with NEPA, Migratory Bird Treaty Act, ESA, EO 13186, and Migratory Bird “Readiness” Rule, when as-sessing potential impacts of readiness and non-readiness activities on bird communities. Thus far we have archived hundreds of databases from dozens of installations. If you would like to contrib-ute data from your installation to this archiving effort, please contact Dr. Richard Fischer ([email protected]).

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What use is a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?"

- Henry David Thoreau

NMFWA Law Enforcement

Working Group - Request for

New Chair

The Law Enforcement Working

Group Chair is vacant and we are

seeking applicants interested in be-

coming the new Chair.

Please respond to Rich Fischer

([email protected])

if interested.

We are seeking a great de-sign for the 2012 Atlanta

meeting t-shirt.

For those of you with an artistic side, please con-

sider submitting a design.

Requested designs might include a regional fish or wildlife species, an inter-esting combination of the

NMFWA logo and fish/wildlife, or anything

else you think would make an appropriate design.

Send your submissions to Rich Fischer

([email protected])

by 15 December 2011. Submissions

will be voted on anonymously by the

Board of Directors. All appropriate art

will also likely be used in the 2012

NMFWA printed program.




2012 Annual Meeting and Training Workshop

March 12-16

Hilton Atlanta, Atlanta Georgia

Start Planning Now!

Is it fall already? Next spring seems far away, but planning for Atlanta is underway. We

are looking towards having a great time, and I hope you will join us!

SESSION AND WORKING GROUP CHAIRS: The abstract deadline is in early December.

If you are no longer able to participate in a session, please contact me as soon as possible.

David McNaughton, [email protected], 717-861-8408



NRInform – A New Online Forum for Department of Defense Natural Resources Managers

By Doug Ripley and Nancy Benton

NatureServe

Working with NatureServe, the DoD Natural Resources Program recently established a new online forum

for military natural resources managers. The new forum is an extension of the DoD biodiversity guide, Con-

serving Biodiversity on Military Lands, that was completed in 2008 and will afford military natural re-

sources managers an opportunity to ask questions regarding specific management issues, post success sto-

ries from their individual programs, and engage in online dialogues on natural resources issues. Nature-

Serve will assist in the management of the site and an individual knowledgeable of DoD natural resources

programs will serve as the site moderator. As currently organized, the site contains sections on success sto-

ries and forum topics to include:

General Discussions Invasive Species

Species at Risk Threatened and Endangered Species

INRMPs Encroachment on Military Lands

Tools and Training Policy and Strategic Planning

Funding Sources for Biodiversity Conservation

Registration is required to participate in the forum but this can be quickly and easily accomplished on your

first visit to the site at: http://dodbiodiversity.org/nrinform/

We believe that the NRInform is a powerful new tool for DoD natural resources managers and we encour-

age all NMFWA members to check it out and register to use it soon.

If you have any questions, contact Doug (e-mail: [email protected] Phone: 520-909-3132)

http://dodbiodiversity.org/nrinform/



DoD Natural Resources Funding Manual Now Online

The Natural Resources Funding Manual identifies funding resources for which the Department of Defense may apply, directly or through partnerships with other feder-al, local, state, or tribal governments; non-governmental organizations; commercial organizations; or private landowners. The Manual identifies potential funding sources for conserving natural resources near installation borders, but is by no means a comprehensive list of all available funds. The organizations presented in the Manual are associated with land use, endangered species, habitat conservation, en-vironmental quality, and other forms of conservation. By forming partnerships with neighboring landowners or other stakeholders, installations can support testing and training objectives as well as conservation goals by improving environmental quality, preventing encroachment, relieving mission restrictions, and establishing buffers around installations, thereby protecting and increasing the installations' effective

training space.

www.dodnaturalresources.net/files/AEC_EcoFunding_Manual_082010_FINAL_VERSION.pdf

Military Natural Resources Pro-fessional Certification Program

Details of the certification pro-

gram are located on the NMF-

WA website. New versions of

the certification application

are posted at the site and are

available in both Word and PDF

format.

If you have any questions, you

are encouraged to contact the

committee chair, Junior D.

Kerns at his office,

[email protected]

or by phone at (575)678-8731.

Click here to visit the website

http://www.dodnaturalresources.net/files/AEC_EcoFunding_Manual_082010_FINAL_VERSION.pdf


http://www.online.colostate.edu/certificates/military-lands-management/?utm_source=NMFWA&utm_medium=Email-Banner&utm_campaign=6-smlm-101018-eb-nmfwa


Natural Resources Conferences Roundup The USDA National Invasive Species Information Center has numerous conferences and training workshops: www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/news/calendar.php

DENIX has a list of upcoming conferences and meetings: http://www.denix.osd.mil/conferences/

The Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting http://www.esa.org/meetings/

The Wildlife Society Annual Meeting http://www.wildlifesociety.org/

Meeting of Society for Range Management http://www.rangelands.org/spokane2012/amsymposia/

amsymposia_addrequest.php

Society of American Foresters National Convention http://www.safnet.org/natcon11/index.cfm

Waikoloa, Hawaii (The Big Island) -

November 5-10, 2011

August 5-10, 2012

http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/news/calendar.php

http://www.esa.org/meetings/

http://www.rangelands.org/spokane2012/amsymposia/amsymposia_addrequest.php

http://www.rangelands.org/spokane2012/amsymposia/amsymposia_addrequest.php

http://www.safnet.org/natcon11/index.cfm

NEWSLETTER OF THE NATIONAL MILITARY

FISH AND WILDLIFE ASSOCIATION

NOTE: Titles and affiliations are for informational purposes only and do not present the individuals as spokespersons of the Department of Defense or agency/installation listed.

NMFWA BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President Rich Fischer ERDC-EL, Vicksburg, MS

Past President Tammy Conkle, Navy CNIC, Washington DC

President-Elect Kirsten Christopherson, Beale AFB, CA

Vice President David McNaughton, Fort Indiantown Gap, PA

Treasurer Jacque Rice, CPF, San Diego, CA

Secretary Coralie Cobb, NAVFAC Southwest

Director At-Large Aaron Alvidrez, Luke AFB, AZ

Director At-Large Jackie Smith, Paxtuxent River, MD

Director East Joe Hovis, Fort Indiantown Gap, PA

Director East Don George, Patrick AFB, FL

Director Central David Beckmann, Fort McCoy, WI

Director, Central

Dan Friese, AFCEE/TDNQ, TX

Director West Lisa Markovchick, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, CA

Director West Bob Schallman, NWS Seal Beach, CA

NMFWA COMMITTEE CHAIRS

Archives Tom Warren, Fort Carson, CO

Audit Coralie Cobb, Naval Facilities Engineering Com-mand, Southwest, San Diego, CA

Awards Sharon Jones, U.S. Army Environmental Com-mand, TX

Government Affairs Junior Kerns, White Sands Missile Range, NM.

Membership Matt Moran, Elmendorf AFB, AK

Nominations Tammy Conkle, Navy CNIC, Washington DC

Outreach Todd Wills, NSA Monterey, CA

Conference Coordi-nation Committee

Chris Eberly, DOD Partners in Flight , VA

Certification Com-mittee

Junior Kerns, White Sands Missile Range, NM Terry Bashore, Langley AFB, VA

FAWN Editor Laura Busch, US Fleet Forces, Norfolk, VA

2012 Program David McNaughton, Fort Indiantown Gap, PA

2012 Host Mark Floye, Dobbins Air Reserve Base, GA

Invasive Species David Beckmann, Ft. McCoy, WI Pete Egan, AF Pest Management Board, MD

Bats Eric Britzke, ERDC-EL, Vicksburg, MS Matthew Moran, Elmendorf AFB, AK

Herpetology James Asmus, USMC, Camp Pendleton, CA Steve Najir, New Boston, NH

Law Enforcement Vacant

Fish & Wildlife Recreation Working Group

John Haddix, Fort Wainwright, AK

Climate Change Laura Muhs, NAVFACHQ, Dawn Lawson, SPAWAR, CA

Pollinators Joe Hovis, Ft. Indiantown Gap, PA Jack Markham, NAVFAC Atlantic, VA

BASH James Swift, NAS Patuxent River, MD

Lucas, Oligschlaeger, Holloman AFB, NM

NMWA WORKING GROUPS AND CHAIRS

dedicated to providing natural resources management on

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