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ANROSP. Alliance of Natural Resource Outreach & Service Programs. What is ANROSP?. Mission: To promote awareness and citizen stewardship of natural resources through science-based education and service programs
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ANROSP Alliance of Natural Resource Outreach & Service Programs
What is ANROSP? • Mission: To promote awareness and citizen stewardship of natural resources through science-based education and service programs • Vision: ANROSP envisions healthy ecosystems and communities through citizens who learn, teach, and practice natural resource stewardship
ANROSP Goals • To provide leadership, information, and resources to support the establishment and expansion of member programs nationally and internationally. • To serve as the primary nexus of information about natural resource outreach and service programs for natural resource professionals, volunteers, and interested citizens.
ANROSP Goals • To increase knowledge of best practices for natural resource outreach and service programs and encourage their adoption. • To build effective program partnerships and collaborations at local, state, and national levels.
ANROSP Organization • Governed by a Board consisting of natural resource professionals who manage and coordinate programs in 11 different states • Primary members of ANROSP are natural resource outreach & service programs, represented by program administrators and coordinators
ANROSP Provides Members: • Increased networking & resource exchange among program managers • Mentorship for developing programs • Start-up packets for developing programs, including answers to FAQs, templates for commonly used documents, curriculum outlines • Program manager listserv • Bibliography of publications involving Master Naturalist & related programs
ANROSP Provides Members: • Links to funding opportunities • Overviews of different program models • Membership directory • E-journal for white papers on best practices • Annual national conference & conference Proceedings • Access to national survey data
For More Information: • Attend the 4th Annual ANROSP National Conference in Texas Hill Country! • September 8 – 12, 2008 • New Braunfels, TX • T Bar M Conference Center • ***The 1st “Call for Presentations” was just announced this Monday!
For More Information: • 2) Visit: www.nralliance.org • 3) Contact: • Elizabeth K. Haynes • Program Resource Committee, Chair • ANROSP • ehaynes@uiuc.edu • (309) 792-2500