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SUMMARY: Director's Order:  Review of the National Wildlife Refuge System
DESCRIPTION:Joshua W.D. Coursey joined the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service following 13 years as Founder and President/CEO of the Muley Fanatic Foundation (MFF)\, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the conservation of mule deer and their habitat. Under his leadership\, MFF evolved from a grassroots initiative into a nationally recognized conservation force\, with active chapters in seven states\, members in all 50 states\, and more than 700 Life Members.\n\n\nCoursey’s leadership earned him a respected voice in broader wildlife and hunting policy efforts. He co-chaired the state’s Chronic Wasting Disease Working Group in 2020\, has served on the Wyoming Governor’s Big Game License Coalition since 2017\, and was a member of Governor Gordon’s Wyoming Wildlife Taskforce.\n\nJoshua is a native of Wyoming\, and serves as Senior Advisor to FWS Director Brian Nesvik.  He was recently tasked by Director Nesvik to lead a comprehensive review of the National Wildlife Refuge System\, its organization\, its workforce\, facilities and management structure.\n\nAs part of this review\, he is seeking feedback and ideas from State Agencies and Partner organizations\, including Refuge Friends Groups.   This Webinar is an opportunity for the Refuge Friends Community to learn about this review and to understand how best to provide him with meaningful feedback.\n\n\nSign Up!
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SUMMARY:Friends Get Together 1.27.26
DESCRIPTION:The first Friends SHARE call of 2026 is on January 27th at 4:00pm ET! SHARE calls aim to connect Friends groups and foster relationships within the broader Friends community. Our goal is to get to know and learn from each other through sharing stories\, information\, resources\, expertise and by asking questions. \nPlease join us on January 27th at 4:00 pm ET for the next SHARE call. Our call will include an opportunity to talk more about the Director Order 230 and the call with Joshua Coursey\, Senior Advisor to the Director of the USFWS\, on Thursday\, January 15th. Hopefully\, you were able to attend the Zoom call but if not\, you are still invited to attend the SHARE call and learn about what was presented. A recording of the call will be posted on the CORFA website when it is available. \nFor the SHARE call\, we plan to spend about 20 minutes discussing the Zoom call and its implications. Following that conversation\, we will break into small groups and have open discussion for another 20 minutes\, with each small group discussing the topics of interest to their participants. If you have a burning issue you’d like to discuss\, please let us know at the beginning of the call and we can set up a small group just for that topic. \nThe whole call should not last more than one hour. We will leave time at the end for announcements or other news. \nPlease RSVP by January 25th RSVP to coalitionrefugefriends@gmail.com with Friends SHARE in the subject line. In the body of the email tell us the name of your Friends group and we will send you a Zoom link to the call. \nThe SHARE calls are only for members of Friends groups or staff of Friends groups. Feel free to share this invitation with your board members and other Friends groups. To ensure everyone can fully express themselves\, ask tough questions\, have their comments heard and respected\, and be assured that conflict will be respectful\, the call will not be recorded and we ask all participants to review and agree to our Safe Space Guidelines. \nWe look forward to seeing you on January 27th at 4:00 pm ET. \nCORFA’s Friends SHARE Team \nMike Baldwin\, Ceal Craig\, Cheryl Hart\, Joan Patterson\, Polly Sheppard\, Willem Stoeller\, Joan Van Gorp\, Kathy Woodward\, Tom Worthington\, Maria Montag\, Janelle Wicks \nP.S. We thank the National Wildlife Refuge Association for providing Zoom for the call.
URL:https://coalitionofrefugefriends.com/event/friends-get-togther-1-27-26/
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