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Mississippi Park Connection
This coming Saturday, Mississippi Park Connection leads their Winter Trails Day event and is partnering with several public and private partners to offer a day full of free snow-filled activities such as ice-fishing, cross-country skiing, quinzee (snow shelter) building, and hiking in the St Paul-based Fort Snelling State Park.
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Attending Capitol Hill Day?
We've Got You Covered!
Our Capitol Hill Day this February 16 is your chance to meet face to face with legislators in Washington, D.C. Rest easy, your main job is to tell your story. We've got your back with the policy details and we'll prepare you for the day.
Sign up for these training opportunities:
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Our Convention and Trade Show is Only 23 Days Away
The countdown has begun! Join the more than 350 already registered to convene in Arlington for the Convention and Trade Show and Friends Alliance Meeting.
Our draft onsite program is now available. Stay tuned for emails in the next few weeks with updates on program events, ways to start networking before you arrive in Arlington, travel tips, and much more.
Already registered?
Be sure to download a graphic to share on social media (right click and save to download).
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Western National Parks Association Hosts Find Your Park Centennial Series
On February 4 & 18, March 4 & April 1, the Western National Parks Association's
Tucson Store will host a four-part interactive lecture program and expand WNPA's ongoing celebration of the National Park Service's one hundred year anniversary.
The Find Your Park Centennial Series, funded by a grant from the Arizona Humanities, will explore the stories of Arizona's parks and demonstrate their relevance to today's urban population. Visit
http://www.wnpa.org/events
to learn more about these lectures.
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The Corps Foundation Calls for Nominations for the Enduring Service Volunteer Award
The "Enduring Service Volunteer Award" is an annual award honoring long term service and outstanding accomplishments by individuals and families of volunteers at Corps lakes and waterways; and who have achieved results in such areas as conservation, education, recreation, safety and community engagement. Application forms can be found at
http://docdro.id/g5nKOlL
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Marketplace
View the latest specials from our Corporate Partners
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Speartek E-Commerce
Benefactor
With an e-commerce website from Speartek, you can serve your customers more easily while finding new audiences for your products. With an integrated shopping cart designed for wholesale as well as retail, eye-catching website designs, and features for web marketing and search engine optimization, the Speartek team can bring your vision to life.
Founded in 2000, our easy-to-use, hosted platform makes selling online simple. Connect with us at
www.speartek.com
to learn more.
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Vapur, Inc.
Contributor
Planning to attend the PLA Convention? If so, we'd love to see you there! Come by the Vapur booth, #413, to see our line of flexible water bottles, the new DrinkLink Hydration System and more! While you are here, take advantage of our Show special offering FREE Freight for any order of $400 or more.
Vapur is committed to making hydration portable, convenient, and sustainable.
Vapur is pleased to be a 2017 PLA convention sponsor, helping to provide clean filtered water in a sustainable way! Be sure to fill up your Vapur bottles at the Hydration station near the convention registration desk.
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BluBandoo
Contributor
We're very excited to premier our NEW COOLING FABRIC DIVISION at the upcoming PLA Show. Meet with us to customize our exciting new state-of-the-art cooling fabric products with your park image/photo, location name and/or logo. Plus, see all of our newest designs and patterns within our existing cooling product polymer division.
Please stop by our booth #713 or contact us for more details:
[email protected], 949 545 6105, San Clemente, CA.
Makers of fashionable cooling headwear and accessories since 1993. Proud contributors to the APPL/Public Lands Alliance since 2006.
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ADMINISTRATION AND AGENCY UPDATES
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New National Monuments to Preserve Civil Rights Sites and the First National Monument to Civil War Reconstruction
Last week, the Obama Administration designated three new national monuments that will be managed by the National Park Service to recognize the nation's journey from the Civil War to the modern Civil Rights Movement. The President also expanded two Bureau of Land Management monuments: the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument in southwestern Oregon and the California Coastal National Monument to protect natural and cultural resources and areas of critical biodiversity, including highly important wildlife habitat.
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USDA Commits $32 Million to Protect Natural Resources through Joint Chiefs' Partnership
Through the Joint Chiefs' Landscape Restoration Partnership, USDA's Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) and the U.S. Forest Service will invest the new funds in the fiscal year 2017 to add ten new projects and support 26 partnership projects underway. Federal, state, and local partners will bring an additional $30 million through financial and in-kind contributions over three years to implement the newly added projects.
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BLM Names New Leader for National Conservations Lands
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) named Christopher J. McAlear, a career public servant, to lead its National Conservation Lands and Community Partnerships Directorate, which manages some of America's most spectacular landscapes. McAlear officially takes the helm of this important national program after serving as its Deputy Director for the past four years.
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OPPORTUNITIES AND RESOURCES
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T
he Public Lands Alliance Wants to List Your Job Opportunities
Check out our current listings on the
Job Board
and submit your seasonal, part-time and full-time employment opportunities.
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