Friends of Brazoria Wildlife Refuges Board member Phil Huxford attended the third annual Friends Academy, held at the USFWS National Conservation Training Center in West Virginia. Each participant received electronic copies of all presentations and handouts. These documents are posted here.Please note that some of the PowerPoint presentations are quite large, and may take several minutes to download.
| Welcome | 485 KB |
| Welcome - Logistics 101 | 6106 KB |
| Citizen Science and Master Naturalists | 1080 KB |
| Cornell Lab of Ornithology | 21589 KB |
| Defenders of Wildlife | 1121 KB |
| Grant Writing for Friends Groups | 16157 KB |
| Land Acquisition and Protection Strategies | 2133 KB |
| National Friends Program - Building a Constituency | 35261 KB |
| NFWF - Applying for Grants | 4907 KB |
| NFWF101 | 4749 KB |
| NWRA: Addressing Challenges | 13513 KB |
| NWRS Historical Overview | 85173 KB |
| NWRS Priorities - Law Enforcement | 28085 KB |
| NWRS Priorities - People | 10947 KB |
| NWRS Priorities - Wildlife and Habitat | 32582 KB |
| NWRS Resource and Challenges | 25204 KB |
| NWRS Strategic Plan and Budget | 6082 KB |
| Project Bud Burst | 14064 KB |
| Refuge Management Team | 94571 KB |
| Resource Challenge - Contaminants and Water Quality | 13884 KB |
| Resource Challenge - Global Climate Change | 10134 KB |
| Resource Challenge - Invasive Species | 59209 KB |
| Transportation Programs | 13723 KB |
| Transportation Program 1 | 13035 KB |
| Transportation Program 2 | 18572 KB |
| Group Photo of participants (high resolution) |
| National Conservation Training Center website |
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