GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

1. Support habitat restoration, wildlife conservation, and enhancement projects of the Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC).

• Support cooperation between private property owners and the MWC
• Assist with land acquisition programs of the MWC
• Work with the MWC to identify and address challenges (i.e. tax relief for local communities, funding, relating of information)
• Support Agency wildlife management and habitat restoration decisions
• Participate in wildlife management and habitat restoration activities

2. Serve as advocates for the MWC.

• Regularly communicate concerns and needs of MWC to government officials, conservation organizations, and community members
• Provide updates of MWC projects and methods to assist in these projects to members and interested parties
• Communicate ways the MWC can help local communities

3. Promote public awareness of the MWC.

• Develop MWC marketing tools
• Promote MWC through the news media and community events and organizations

4. Engage in educational and research activities

• Create and staff displays
• Present programs to community groups, colleges, schools, and local, county, state and federal agencies
• Organize and conduct guided tours of the MWC area
• Develop MWC educational resources
• Write articles about the MWC for newspapers and magazines
• Write quarterly newsletters
• Support research activities