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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Tweeters,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Every 10 years State Wildlife Action Plans get updated – throughout the US. This very important process helps with lots of things related to wildlife, especially non-game species.
Please consider taking the survey, which will help further the process. Not only does the SWAP help with formulating policies and processes, it’s also a critical item for obtaining funding.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">May all your birds be identified,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Subject:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> Share Please: WA SWAP SURVEY open until November
15, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Please share widely with your conservation contacts and partners interested in Washington fish and wildlife conservation:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Please take our <a href="https://publicinput.com/x4675">SWAP survey</a> which will be open until November 15, 2024. Your participation will help
<u>shape the plan</u>. There will be two more webinar and survey opportunities for you to participate in early 2025 (more about plan content) and again in Summer 2025 (draft plan review). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">The State Wildlife Action Plan (SWAP) revision is due to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on October 1, 2025.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">In mid- and late August, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (Margen Carlson and Wendy Connally) provided online briefings about this revision and our approach to the plan. Several changes in our
approach were rolled out in those meetings.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Now, we are developing our framework to organize by ecoregions and watersheds and working on content to meet the required
<a href="https://www.fishwildlife.org/application/files/5815/7125/4229/SWAP_Eight_Required_Elements.pdf">
Eight Elements</a>: Species of Greatest Conservation Need and species-habitat associations, important habitats needing conservation in Washington state, and threats and conservation actions for species, habitats, and systems. The survey provides opportunities
to shape many of these elements.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">The survey results and what we learn from this round of engagement will be incorporated with WDFW staff input in winter 2024-2025 and available to review and discuss in another round of briefings in early
2025. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For more information on your own, you can view our August 9, 2024,
<a href="https://tvw.org/video/washington-fish-and-wildlife-commission-2024081056/?eventID=2024081056">
presentation to the WDFW Commission and transcript on the SWAP revision</a> or the
<span style="color:#222222">Aug. 28, 2024, <a href="https://tvw.org/video/washington-department-of-fish-and-wildlife-2024081081/"><span style="color:#18459A">public meeting and transcript</span></a> and read more about on <a href="https://wdfw.medium.com/state-wildlife-action-plan-survey-available-7cf3a1a14ff5"><span style="color:#18459A">our
recent blog</span></a>. General comments can be directed to <a href="mailto:swap2025@publicinput.com">
swap2025@publicinput.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you for your time and interest!<o:p></o:p></p>
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