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1st Annual Member Meeting

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Another Meeting?

• Better Understanding – Purpose, structure & functions – Opportunities for input & action – Check-in: Are we on the right track?

• Year in Review • Setting Priorities • Looking Ahead • Capacity Building

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Mission Statement

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TO UNITE ORGANIZATIONS AND ENHANCE THEIR CAPACITY TO EFFECTIVELY ADVOCATE FOR PROTECTING AND RESTORING THE DELAWARE RIVER BASIN BY COORDINATING COMMUNICATIONS, MESSAGES, AND ACTIONS AND FOSTERING ACCOUNTABILITY FOR SUCCESS AT THE FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LEVELS

Steering Committee

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American Littoral Society

American Rivers

Delaware Highlands Conservancy

Delaware Nature Society

Ducks Unlimited

Friends of the Upper DE River

Musconetcong Watershed Assoc.

National Parks Conservation Assoc.

National Wildlife Federation

New Jersey Audubon

PennFuture

PA Environmental Council

Wissahickon Valley Watershed Assoc.

Members

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American Littoral Society American Rivers Aquaschiocola/Pohopoco Watershed Cons. Aquetong Watershed Association Appalachian Mountain Club Basha Kill Area Association Bertsch-Hokendauqua-Catasauqua Watershed Association Brodhead Watershed Association Christina Conservancy, Inc. Citizens for PA’s Future (PennFuture) Conservation Pennsylvania Conservation Voters of Pennsylvania DC21 Delaware Highlands Conservancy Delaware Nature Society Delaware River Greenway Partnership Delaware River Shad Fishermen’s Assoc. Ducks Unlimited Federation of Fly Fishers, NE Council Friends for the Abbott Marshlands Friends of the Upper Delaware River Friends of the Wissahickon Fry’s Run Watershed Association

Glen Foerd on the Delaware Greenbelt Overhaul Alliance of Levittown Greentreks Network, Inc. Green Valleys Watershed Association Guardians of the Brandywine Kirkwood Lake Environmental Committee Lacawac Sanctuary Lehigh Gap Nature Center Lehigh River Stocking Association Musconetcong Watershed Association National Audubon Society National Parks Conservation Association National Wildlife Federation Natural Lands Trust New Jersey Audubon Society New Jersey Council Trout Unlimited NJ Outdoor Alliance/Conservation F’dn. New Jersey Water Association North Branch Land Trust Nurture Nature Center Partnership for the Delaware Estuary Pennsylvania Council Trout Unlimited Pennsylvania Environmental Council Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust

Pinelands Preservation Alliance Pocono Environmental Education Center Pocono Heritage Land Trust Pompeston Creek Watershed Association River Network Schuylkill Headwaters Association SEEDS of Northeastern PA Sierra Club, New Jersey Chapter South Jersey Land and Water Trust Southeast Montgomery County Trout Unlimited Chapter Tinicum Conservancy Tobyhanna Creek/Tunkhannock Creek Watershed Association Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership Valley Creek Restoration Partnership Valley Forge Chapter of Trout Unlimited Watershed Coalition of the Lehigh Valley Wild Trout Flyrodders Wildlands Conservancy Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association

Members

Coalition for the Delaware River Watershed

American Littoral Society American Rivers Aquaschiocola/Pohopoco Watershed Cons. Aquetong Watershed Association Appalachian Mountain Club Basha Kill Area Association Bertsch-Hokendauqua-Catasauqua Watershed Association Brodhead Watershed Association Christina Conservancy, Inc. Citizens for PA’s Future (PennFuture) Conservation Pennsylvania Conservation Voters of Pennsylvania DC21 Delaware Highlands Conservancy Delaware Nature Society Delaware River Greenway Partnership Delaware River Shad Fishermen’s Assoc. Ducks Unlimited Federation of Fly Fishers, NE Council Friends for the Abbott Marshlands Friends of the Upper Delaware River Friends of the Wissahickon Fry’s Run Watershed Association

Glen Foerd on the Delaware Greenbelt Overhaul Alliance of Levittown Greentreks Network, Inc. Green Valleys Watershed Association Guardians of the Brandywine Kirkwood Lake Environmental Committee Lacawac Sanctuary Lehigh Gap Nature Center Lehigh River Stocking Association Musconetcong Watershed Association National Audubon Society National Parks Conservation Association National Wildlife Federation Natural Lands Trust New Jersey Audubon Society New Jersey Council Trout Unlimited NJ Outdoor Alliance/Conservation F’dn. New Jersey Water Association North Branch Land Trust Nurture Nature Center Partnership for the Delaware Estuary Pennsylvania Council Trout Unlimited Pennsylvania Environmental Council Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust

Pinelands Preservation Alliance Pocono Environmental Education Center Pocono Heritage Land Trust Pompeston Creek Watershed Association River Network Schuylkill Headwaters Association SEEDS of Northeastern PA Sierra Club, New Jersey Chapter South Jersey Land and Water Trust Southeast Montgomery County Trout Unlimited Chapter Tinicum Conservancy Tobyhanna Creek/Tunkhannock Creek Watershed Association Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership Valley Creek Restoration Partnership Valley Forge Chapter of Trout Unlimited Watershed Coalition of the Lehigh Valley Wild Trout Flyrodders Wildlands Conservancy Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association

Year In Review

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Communications

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List-serv – Info. to share? – Other recipients? – Calls for action

Facebook Page – Make new friends!

Twitter – @DelRivCoalition – Follow each other

Action Alerts Website…

Coordinating Advocacy

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Sign-on Letters – WRDA/DRBC Funding – NPS Superintendent – PA Gov/DRBC Funding – WOTUS

DE River Basin Cons. Act – Congressional Outreach – Workgroup – Education

WOTUS – Sign-on Letter – Alert w/Templates

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Coordinating Efforts

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• Regional Conservation

Partnership Program – Proposal workgroup – Announcement in 1/15

• Workgroups – Federal Funding – Compile a Basin-Wide Blueprint – Marketing & Messaging – Fish & Wildlife Habitat

• Forum

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Looking Ahead

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To Do List

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Formalize Priorities – Workplans – Workgroups

Grow Coalition – Add Members – Expand Steering Committee

Enhance Communications – Website – Branding – Webinars

Forum 2015 Solicit & Approve New Priorities

DRBCA

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Minor Revisions to Bills Outreach to New Members of Congress Reintroduce in Spring 2015 DC Fly-in In-District & Other Events Messaging & Materials

Questions?

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Kim Beidler & Madeline Emde 204 West State Street

Trenton, NJ 08608

609-392-1182

kim.beidler@njaudubon.org madeline.emde@njaudubon.org