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APPL works to enhance public
understanding, appreciation, and stewardship of America's
natural and cultural heritage. Nearly 80 organizations
currently belong to APPL , providing assistance for more than
630 of our nation’s finest natural and cultural areas.
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Member News
- New APPL Members
University of Nevada Las Vegas Public Lands Initiative
- Staffing News
Crater Lake Natural History Association
has appointed Vickie Grieve as Business Manager.
Hawaii Natural History Association has appointed Margot
Griffin as Executive Director upon Kathleen English's
retirement.
- Position
Announcements
Glen Canyon Natural
History Association
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Carl Hayden Visitor Center, Page, Arizona
Seasonal Tour Guides
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Navajo Bridge Interpretive Center/Lees Ferry
Sub-district
Seasonal Information
Specialist III
Farcountry Press
Book Publicist/Marketing Assistant
Sequoia Natural History Association
Cave
Manager
Yellowstone Association
Director of Development
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New
Products:
Alaska
Natural History Association recently released
Sculpted by Ice: Glaciers and the Alaska Landscape.
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Vendor Support Program News
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Agency Partner News
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Upcoming APPL Events
Portland Pathways 2005,
APPL Convention & Trade Show,
March 6-10, Portland, OR.
Scholarships for the
convention are available to APPL Members. Applications are available
for download in the Members' Area (password protected).
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Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network Conference,
April 4-6, 2005, Holiday Inn Select, Solomons, Maryland.
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APPL Initiatives & Issues
- Strategic Planning
Representatives from 23 APPL member organizations
gathered in Mesa, Arizona in October to advance APPL’s
strategic planning efforts. APPL’s board of directors met
for an additional two days following the facilitated forum to
begin drafting of a strategic plan for APPL. This draft plan will be shared first with forum participants and
then with the entire APPL membership and with agency partners.
Strategic directions requiring additional discussion or changes to APPL’s bylaws will be discussed during the
Portland Pathways 2005
convention in March.
Driving Forces
Information on trends affecting APPL, its members and partners
has been developed as a reference. Used in APPL planning forum, it cites “driving forces” in the external
environment grouped into 20 categories ranging from politics and
the economy to state and federal land management agencies, to
various types of nonprofit organizations. A list of websites and
references for future trend-watching appears at the end of the
paper.
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Standardized Reporting Task Force
Comprised of representatives of APPL member organizations and each
of the public land agencies this task force was formed to draft a
standardized agency reporting form that cooperating associations,
interpretive associations, and friends organizations could use to
report their contributions to their agency partners.
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