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National Wildlife Federation's Hunter and Angler Climate Change Campaign
The National Wildlife Federation (NWF) has launched a state-wide campaign on Global Climate Change based on the results of a National poll.
NWF conducted an unprecedented comprehensive nationwide survey of licensed hunters and anglers about their attitudes on global climate change that revealed that a majority of sportsmen are witnessing the effects of global climate change and believe immediate action is necessary to address it. Complete poll results are available at www.targetglobalwarming.org
The campaign is very grassroots based. I am building a coalition of 50 hunters and anglers across Michigan to become presenters and/or activists (level of involvement is their choice) to help us spread the word and show support on behalf of the sportsmen/women community. This is a very target-specific outreach program in which we are asking the sportsmen and women to stand up for wildlife and their habitat against global climate change with one unified voice. As most of us know, it's the outdoorsmen and women who are the true conservationists among us and I'm looking for those people in the hunter/angler community who want to preserve the conservation work put forth over the years. Some examples of activist roles might be to include an article about climate change impacts on wildlife in their club’s newsletter, contact their elected officials urging support for dedicated wildlife funding in climate legislation; begin habitat restoration projects that benefit wildlife and landscapes likely to be affected by climate change; request a meeting with the editorial board of the local newspaper to explain the threats of global climate change to wildlife; volunteer for training in order to be a qualified presenter of the hunter/angler power point; give the established sportsman PowerPoint presentation to sportsmen/women groups (these could be their own associations they belong to), attend elected official town hall meetings and ask questions on behalf of the sportsman/woman community or even tell their story of observed changes on the landscape in a media interview. The overarching goal of course is to urge Congress to push legislation that reduces emissions by 2% annually...a very achievable goal. Again, level of involvement is their choice.
With that said, I'm writing to ask if you or anyone you know would be interested in getting involved with the campaign. The only big commitment is to attend a free “train the presenter” day on July 12 at the MUCC (Michigan United Conservation Clubs) headquarters in Lansing. It is from 9am – 4pm and the attendees will receive all of the climate change science they could ever want; they will be professionally trained to give the powerpoint presentation (which many of us have paid good money to receive as part of advancing our career); they will see the Global Climate Change Hunter and Angler PowerPoint presentation, and participants will be fed breakfast, lunch and snacks! Not to mention the networking opportunities with other Michigan sportsmen and women.
If you or someone you know is interested, please contact Kelli Alfano @ 734-353-0029 or changedclimate@yahoo.com. I want to make sure that anyone interested isn’t overlooked when sending the final invitations!
Kelli Alfano – Outreach Consultant National Wildlife Federation changedclimate@yahoo.com 734-353-0029
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